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I work in an engineering, I am 58 years old and I have always been passionate about two things, photography and building models.
This is one of these jobs that is twisted from the beginning and everything goes wrong, I break the compressor, the airbrush came at the end of his days while cleaning the airbrush needle broke.
The varnish was as if it had something that [...]
An old Missouri 1: 350 from Tamiya and wanting to try the products of several manufacturers to make water.
Well then I'm like at the beginning, the cotton for the foam works well but when you mix acrylic colors with the products to emulate [...]
Good afternoon.
First, I apologize because I can not comment or upload jobs as much as I would like since my work has me very tied. I hope to retire soon and be able to dedicate more time to my hobbies.
This is the second biplanis I build [...]
The 1/48 Spitfire from Eduard
A good model without problems, the only problem for me is the scale, I usually work with 1:32 and this is my first 1:48 is a gift for a colleague.
He asked me at this scale for size issues.
But for my eyes it [...]
F-1o4 Starfighter
Length: 17 m
Cruising speed: 925 km / h
Wingspan: 6.36 m
Manufacturer: Lockheed Corporation
First flight: March 4, 1954
User: Luftwaffe
Engine types: General Electric J79, Turborreactor
Revell 1:32 scale model, a fun [...]
Well, it all started with an old model for trash.
The process began by cleaning the model with caustic soda.
I continue with a try paint tests to imitate an abandoned tank in the desert.
He continued with me hooked and hours of tests and [...]
The first post and my first model of the first world war.
I had never been encouraged to build such aircraft, Until I discovered the models of Wingnut Wings.
But finding these kits from Spain at reasonable prices is complicated and [...]
