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I started building models back in the 1960's. In the 70's and 80's is when I built most of my kits. 1/72 scale, WWII is what I built the most but I do like 1/48 single engine fighters too. I have also built jets from the 50's, a few Sci Fi models and Gemini/Apollo program model kits from Revell and Monogram. My favorite builds are the old Revell, Matchbox, Frog and Airfix kits that needed some work but showed potential if built out of the box. In April 2020 I made my comeback into this great hobby after 30 years of not building a kit. I am pretty happy to be back.
The Supermarine Stranraer was designed by R.J. Mitchell, yes he also designed the Spitfire! First flown in July 1934, the Stranraer entered frontline service with the RAF during 1937 and undertook anti-submarine and convoy escort patrols [...]
This is the old Frog kit (F241), first released In 1973. The model I built was boxed by Ark Models. I actually started this near the end of 2023 but stopped when I was working on other builds at the time. After my recent Matchbox B-17 [...]
Matchbox first released this kit in 1979. This is a very basic kit with the typical little details that goes with many of the Matchbox kits. This kit does offer two different tail gunner types that were used on the B-17G and it comes with [...]
This is a 1983 build of Airfix's Spitfire Mk.I that was first released in 1978, kit No. 01065-0. I remember this as a very nice kit that falls together quite nicely and it looks pretty accurate.
This is a straight out of the box build, [...]
This is a 40 year old build that needed a good cleaning and it also needed to complete the painting on the fuselage and engine nacelle's sides. When I built this in 1985, I never applied the mottle paint patterns. I think I gave up on it [...]
This is an old kit from KP, kit no.8 first released in 1974. It is a simple kit with a not so great fit but still not a bad kit to deal with. The history of this plane is a short one, this model represents the first prototype that first [...]
Not a big year but happy with my builds. For the first time in my life I just built jets! The build I enjoyed the most was the vacu-form WAKU, 1/72 Yak-17. My least favorite was PM's Yak-15.
All of my builds are in 1/72 scale, they are [...]
This is my first resin kit build that was built a little over 3 years ago. The kit is an old one from the 70's probably one of the early releases from CMK (Czech Master's Kits). It has fine recessed panel lines, decent details in the [...]
I know some modelers may disagree with me on saying this but I feel this is a pretty decent 1/48 scale kit of the P-40B. It builds up nicely and is an easy build but there were two areas that I felt that needed some attention:
The [...]
Matchbox 1/72 Northrop F-5A PK-12 was first released in 1972. A simple and sharp looking kit that took the modeling world by storm, well for someone who was 13 years old back then. But to be honest, a lot of my paper route adult customers [...]
