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Three things accompany and fascinate me throughout my life: history, the fine arts and the fascination of aeroplanes and ships. In the many aspects of model making, these fascinations come together quite happily.
In this respect, I take the freedom to build anything and in any scale that occupies me. In practice, these are mainly aircraft in 1:48 and 1:32 scale, but lately the 1:72 and even the 1:144 scale have developed a great fascination for me.
As a child of the 1970s, I am aware of the scale in which the offers, possibilities and demands in plastic modelling have developed: we are living in truly great times... aren't we?
About the Seafire F.XVII
The Seafire F.XVII shown here represents the second generation of "Spitfires that were taught to swim", now equipped with Rolls Royce Griffon engines instead of the previous Merlin engines.
The first [...]
Hurricane, Tempest, Tornado, Whirlwind, Thunderbolt - and Typhoon: energetic weather phenomena as namesakes are very popular with aircraft manufacturers. Hawker Aircraft in particular seems to have subscribed to these names. Many of these [...]
"If you know yourself and your enemy, you need not fear the outcome of 100 battles".
Well, what model building article can you begin, as here, with the quote of an ancient Chinese philosopher? In the case of this Hawker Typhoon [...]
About He-111H-6 "Delta Lily", 260 Squadron RAF
Two questions immediately came to my mind when I first heard about this special He-111 "Delta Lily": firstly, I was puzzled why the British had gone to such great lengths [...]
About the Do 335A-10 "Anteater
As if the sight of the Do-335 wasn't already impressive enough due to its sheer size, lines and the amount of technical innovations, the two-seat variant literally "adds to it": the training [...]
Two models, one and the same aircraft! The Do 335B-2 “M14”
In a previous article, I already dealt with the Do 335 M14, serial number 230014: as a prototype of the planned "destroyer" version, this aircraft is of particular [...]
Two models, one aircraft!
The idea of depicting one and the same aircraft in two different paint schemes, which the aircraft wore at different times, can be an attractive undertaking in itself from a modelling point of view. However, [...]
The original: Lockheed AH-56 Cheyenne
Some aircraft are astonishing - and the AH-56 Cheyenne undoubtedly belongs to this category. The appearance of this aircraft is astonishing, the flight performance amazes and the short but intense [...]
Do you know this too? Almost all of my kits tend to have a long to very long stay in the various stacks and storerooms of my model building sanctuary before they actually make it to the workbench.
Not so with this Beechcraft 200 King Air [...]
Some aircraft look so impressive that, once seen, they remain in the memory. If this memorable appearance is combined with a dramatic mission history, it can happen that this aircraft becomes an "icon": the mere sight of it [...]
