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Started building plastic models as a child. Focus on aircrafts, converted from 1/32 to 1/144 several years ago. More a collector, than a builder - unfortunately. Working hard to change this. Turned 50 - warranty expired.

Myasishchev M-50 Bounder, Anigrand 1/144

The Myasishchev M-50 Bounder was a Sovjet bomber prototype in the late 50ies, see (link) for more details. The M-50 was Anigrand's second resin kit, released in 2007. Casting quality is fine but adding filler, sanding, filler, sanding, … [...]

Patrouille Suisse Aerobatic Team, 6 F-5 Tiger II, F-Toys 1/144

My Patrouille Suisse is build with 6 Gashapon kits from Japan. I bought them around 10 years ago before they became ridiculously expensive on Ebay. Detail level of the single airplane is no match if compared with the old Revell kit. I [...]

Yakovlev Yak-28-64, Anigrand 1/144

The Yakovlev Yak-28-64 is a truely exotic airplane. Designed in competition with the Sukhoi Su-15 Flagon, the protoype was difficult to fly and the project soon ended with only one plane ever flown. Few pictures can be found in the [...]

Sukhoi Su-15 Flagon, Anigrand 1/144

Anigrands Sukhoi Su-15 Flagon in 1/144 is a bonus kit in one of their earliest offerings, the M-50 Bounder. The Flagon is another cold-war fighter aircraft which is ignored by the mainstream model kit manufacturers. I finished the Su-15 [...]

Ilyushin Il-28 Beagle, Anigrand 1/144

Another short-run resin kit from Anigrand is the Ilyushin Il-28 Beagle, a bonus item in their offering of the Ekranoplan Bartini-Beriev VVA-14M1P in 1/144. This kit was ‚allmost done’ for several years and finally finished only few [...]

Lavochkin La-250 Anakonda, Anigrand 1/144

The Lavochkin La-250 Anakonda is one of three bonus kits in Anigrand‘s offering of the M-50 Bounder in 1/144, a short-run resin kit from Hongkong. This is an older project that I completed allmost 10 years ago. In fact, it was the first [...]

Yakovlev Yak-36 Freehand, Anigrand 1/144

The Yakovlev Yak-36 is one of three bonus kits in Anigrand‘s offering of the Ekranoplan Lun in 1/144. It is a short-run resin kit from Hongkong. I reworked the landing gear, scratch-built the thrust deflector between the front and rear [...]