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I have been building models since I was five. Many moons ago. I currently concentrate on 1/32 WW II aircraft. Also, have built a few vacuforms in this scale also. Member of IPMS- Great Plains.
This was started in 2014, but sat on SOD for most of the time until Covid shutdown. This is OOB brake lines, engine wiring, and EZ line antenna lines. Weathering done with a few drops of white added to dull coat, thinned, and sprayed in [...]
This is another kit that I treated myself to in ‘18 for my birthday. Guess you get the gist that my wife doesn’t get to treat me to birthday gifts! I know what I want- right folks? This has to be one of my favorite aircraft. This one [...]
I had desired doing this kit for some time and had treated myself to obtaining it for my birthday - September of last year. Started building in November and finished in March. This is a very, very nice kit, but it resin with PE and decals [...]
This is the newer Zero kit- A6M5c changed to -5b. I had to modify the wings and fuselage. Removed the machine guns in the wings, and filled in panel lines and rescribed for the 5b. Also, modified the cowl to add the larger gun housed in [...]
With the COVID shut down and general caution with life, I have been able to complete a number of kits- all 1/32. Some where started prior to March and completed beginning in March. This was the first. Started in 2016 and on the SOD due to [...]
This is the ID vacuform kit 1/32 nd scale. This as built over a 5 year period, and I really ran into an issue with the nacelles. I had tried to strengthen them with resin and they severely distorted. It took me about a year to work up [...]
This is the ID vacuform kit. I have built nearly every scale kit of this aircraft starting with the Frog kit years ago. This kit however challenged me from the very start- and I have built a number of 1/32nd scale Vacs.
I used the [...]
