73 articles · 2.9K karma · 28 friends · active 1 week, 3 days ago

55 years old modeler with young hearth. My favourites are aicrafts WW II and todays chinese scale 1/48.
My FCB page https://www.facebook.com/JoeRossModels/ I am member of Modeláři Kelč, Czech Republic

Chinook Ch-47J 1/48 Italeri

When my daughter asked me what I wanted for my birthday, I said - buy me a model and innocently added which one you like. And she got this... a helicopter. I don't build helicopters, I don't understand them and I don't understand why they [...]

Spitfire LF Mk.IXe 1/32 Revell

Last year on local competition in Czech republic with my lovely Spitfire

Messerspit 1/48

Since my love is Spitfires in all their forms, I definitely had to have this German hybrid on my shelf. I chose the Mk.Vb kit from Tamiya and the conversion kit from LF models. It was not a good choice. The resin was bad, full of bubbles. [...]

Maryland Mk.I 1/48 Special Hobby

Maryland Mk.I AR733,RAF No.69 Squadron,Lupa airfield,Malty, January 1942 This aircraft was used,except other pilots,by A.Warburton. The kit is classically short run, which means more work, but at the same time more joy after completion. [...]

Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk.IXe 1/32 Revell

I didn't share with you how I restored the quick-release screws that either disappeared during grinding or were straight-up Revell fluff. Step 1 I cut a wheel of the appropriate diameter from a 0.5 plate, step 2 glued it, step 3 drilled [...]

Supermarine Spitfire LF IX.e 1/32 Revell

This build is my personal tribute to Lt František Vavřínek (25.1.1914 Vsetín – 26.7.1978 Vsetín,On March 3, 1942, he was assigned to the 313th Czechoslovak Air Force as an operational fighter pilot. fighter squadrons at Hornchurch. [...]

Buccaneer

I've been working on the beloved buccaneer of the old forms for several years now.when airfix made a new one but not a version,which i like.I put together the decals and other parts and built my version with new kit

Rafale !!!!!

Revell kit and Syhart decals- and this is result. Friend of mine wanted a Rafale for the exhibition and this is how it turned out.The work with the decals was horrible but the result was good.The Revell model is not the best, but it is [...]

Grumman FM-2 Wildcat 1/48 Eduard

This is one of the best kits from Eduard. I bought the limited edition Wilder Cat, where there are parts for one plane, but decals for two. Brilliant idea to buy overtreess. And that's what I did right away. I want Wildcat to have an [...]

Douglas DB-26 B/C with drones

This is kit for me. 🙂 Drone carrier DB-26C, Holloman AFB, late 1950. Ths is beautiful ICM kit Like a parrot, i say kit for me 🙂