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US Navy 1984-1988
US Army 1999-2008
Hawker Typhoon Mk.IB
1/72 scale
Airfix Kit No. A02041
72 gray parts
2 clear parts
2 marking options
Airfix kits seem to be getting a little better, and better, with each new release. Having said that, I’ve thought that [...]
North American P-51 D Mustang. "Blondie", as flown by Lt Marvin Arthur,334th Fighter Squadron, 4th Fighter Group.
One of Tamiya's finer kits, I think.
OOB with Eduard seat harness.
Finished with Testor's buffable Metallizer [...]
This is the CyberHobby 1/72 DeHavilland Vampire FB.5, warts and all.
As previously mentioned in my in-box review, the cockpit is sparse and entirely fictitious.
For the most part, construction was straightforward. I filled and sanded out [...]
From early 2010...
Built OOB.
Gunze-Sangyo acrylics.
Not much else to add, I'm afraid. Just wanted to post something today and get some sweet, sweet karma. 🙂
Here's the Accurate Miniatures Vought SB2U-1 "Vindicator".
I started it in 2005, and when I laid down the natural metal finish (Alclad II) to replicate the silver-colored lacquer "dope" used on the fabric, it reacted [...]
CyberHobby 1/72 DeHavilland Vampire FB.5
Kit # 5085
Parts: 40+
RETAIL PRICE: USD 24.95
The DeHaviland Vampire FB.5 is the single-seat, fighter-bomber version of Britain’s second production jet fighter. Powered by the Goblin 2 turbojet , [...]
I decided to pull the venerable Hasegawa kit out of the pile and slap it together. I started about 10 days ago, and had it built in about 4 days. The rest of the time was spent painting and weathering.
As ususal, it's built OOB.
Tamiya [...]
I recently did an in-box review of this kit for iModeler...here is the finished product.
The kit is engineered very well, as one would expect from Tamiya. Interestingly, I found the plastic to be slightly softer than what I am used to [...]
Here is another model I built a few years ago.
This was DML's "Premium" kit - I don't even remember why it was called that. The zimmerit was applied and sculpted from two-part epoxy putty (Tamiya), using a homemade tool I [...]
Here's one that i built a few years ago, when the Eduard kit was released. I remember there being some online angst regarding the thickness of chord around the vertical tail empanage. I found it to be pretty much accurate based on my own [...]
