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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.
Airfix first released this in 1978, kit No. 020066-6. Before this, we had two choices on building a P-51B, Monogram and Lindberg. So it was nice to see a new kit of this aircraft.
This is another of my old builds, it was done in 1984.
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I decided to build something different and went with an interwar French fighter plane from the 30's. A monoplane with fixed gears and an inline engine. First released as the D.500, then D.501 and later the D.510. They were obsolete by the [...]
Matchbox 1/72 Hawker Hurricane Mk.IID, No. PK-49 (1989)
This is Matchbox's later release of their earlier Hurricane but this time, with extra parts to build the Mk.IID version with the two 40mm cannons.
I wanted to build this for a recent [...]
When I saw "Vintage" I had to show my vintage builds too. Many of these builds have been posted on this site in the past and some have never been posted. About 26 were built in the 70's and 80's while the rest were built within [...]
I have to thank Jay @ssgt, for providing me this kit to build. This is my second build from the four that Jay has sent to me, my first was the Hasegawa 1/72 Hi-61. I have two more to go.
This is the Airfix 1/72 Lockheed P-38F Lightning [...]
My first P-63 Kingcobra, I really enjoyed my recent Revell P-39 Aircacobra which also made me interested in bringing a Kingcobra on to my collection. Started out as an easy build but found some parts had to be trimmed, sanded and filed [...]
Another old build that I decided to do a little work to. This was originally finished as a factory fresh build since the markings are from the second prototype of the Ki-84. This is an Otaki kit that was first released in 1973. Not too [...]
This is an old build that I made back around 1988. I remember having a great time building this kit. I recently gave this a good clean and repaired a missing aerial and loose main wheels. Not too bad for a model made 35 years ago.
Back in [...]
Not too long ago I really enjoyed the build of Revell's old 1/72 F4F-4 Wildcat. The Wildcat did need a little work to bring it up a bit but I just loved the whole build. So after building a few Matchbox kits in a row, I decided to give [...]
My final Matchbox build from a group build to celebrate Matchbox's 50th anniversary.
Added some extra details in the cockpit, did some cutting to add the landing gear lights and rear clear panels. All and all a very nice kit.
Most of the [...]
