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Retired US Navy Senior Chief working as a production supervisor in Seattle.
Hi Folks, I haven't posted much lately because I have been working on the Tamiya 1/32 Mustang, And well, not much more can be said about it than hasn't been written! Then a good friend of mine who has been living in Germany stopped by. I [...]
Well she's finally done. I realized I started her last July! Next I think a Tamiya kit before diving into my F-4B for the Phantom group build, I need a shake and bake! So mods included, detailing the cockpit to look like a C-2, [...]
Sorry for the quality of a couple of these, but figured I would do a quick update. Almost finished, she is a BIG plane and the landing gear doors almost did me in, but as I said almost there!
Man third times a charm tried posting this twice before! Ok so I started decaling my COD. The first challenge was to get the walkway decals to fit since I had re-scribed the aft escape hatches in the correct positions. I cut the walkway [...]
Finally am painting the COD, the thing is huge! Not too much smaller than a 1/48 B-17, bigger than a 1/48 B-25 for sure! The last picture is how I handled the heat shields on the inboard flaps. Kinetic has some raised texture I sanded [...]
So this will probably be the last pre-paint COD post, still some bits-n-bobs to add, but I am closing in. I added notes to the pictures so I won't describe them all here!
Post pics of your favorite builds from the different types you build, for example aircraft, armor automobiles. I'll start. I don't build many cars, but my favorite is this re-pop of the classic Monogram Snake Funny Car. I have the [...]
Happy New Years everyone! I am finally done with the cowlings for my COD. The Kinetic kit provided the basic shapes, but that was about as far as they got. The configuration of the scoops and vents was hit or miss at times and in other [...]
I like this set up pretty well, not always this neat. An old drafting table my daughter gave me and odds and ends left over when they got old or obsolete from the other parts of the house 🙂
Rob
Well they do this over on Hyperscale, but I am thinking it would be fun here as well, so here is mine add yours if you wish 🙂 For me Dragons "smart" Panther G, Polar Lights 1/1000 Enterprise, and finally AFV Clubs late Tiger [...]
