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1/72 scale aircraft ww2 - present, mostly military.

Airfix Hawk 81-A-2 in 1/72nd.

Built straight OOB. Good value for money, with good fit overall. There is a mistake in the decal sheet: the woman figure should be facing towards the cockpit, i.e. backwards on the starboard side. I only noticed this in the reference [...]

Mig-29UB

Here is Heller's Mig-29UB. It is quite good both in fit and shape. I had already built the Airfix single seater, and when I got this from a friend, I thought that I will make one of those infamous Moldovian Mig-29UB for which I have two [...]

Special Hobby TR-1A

Special Hobby TR-1A built straight from the box. The only real let down of this kit, at least my example, were the poorly printed decals. On the sheet they looked excellent, but on applying them to the black surface, a strong white outline [...]

Trumpeter An-2

This is Trumpeter's inexpensive An-2 offering in 1/72nd scale. A little better than the Italeri offering but not by much! Used the kit decals but after along time from completion, a Polish friend of mine pointed out to me that no Polish AF [...]

Trumpeter 1/72 Sea Fury

OOB build with the kit decals, but without the Korean war stripes. Roundels were out of register and I printed some as I couldn't find suitable replacements.

Revell P-47D Thunderbolt

My first post here on imodeler. I'm not up to the standard of most modelers here...but here is my Revell P-47, finished in Alclad paints with the kit decals.