Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.
The origins of the Rafale can be traced back in the late 1970s, when the French Air Force and French Navy sought to replace and consolidate their existing fleets of aircraft. In order to reduce development costs and boost prospective [...]
The model depicts the mount of Ofw. Hermann Förster serving in 2/JG27, Ain-el-Gazala, June 1941. Förster served mostly in the single-engine night fighter squadron NJG 1 before transferring to Africa with 2/JG27. He scored a total of 13 [...]
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Here’s my latest project—and my first in 1/144 scale—the Academy B-52H, an iconic Cold War bomber.
I have to admit, working in this scale wasn’t the most enjoyable experience. The lack of detail and, of course, the tiny [...]
Here’s my latest project, the Zveno-1A from A-Model in 1:72. Not an easy build. The two I-5 fighters were built first. The instructions consisted of an exploded view with lines showing the approximate locations of parts. Fortunately, [...]
Airfix' Hurricane is among the better kits of their 1/24th series. The mold is not very crude and plenty of details were added to the engine and wheel bay. I built this kit some 40 years ago. Since then, the model was repainted including [...]
This is the original Hasegawa long nose Ki-61 kit from 1994. I bought it brand new when it was released and it marinated in the stash for 31 years. I pulled it out of the stash last month along with a short nose Ki-61 Hei and an Otaki [...]
As an assembly ship in the 458th Bombardment Group in the Eighth, Spotted A*s Ape flew more than 60 missions, assembling her group’s aircraft. It had its guns removed and formation lights in the letter “I” on her flanks and the red [...]
I completed this 1/72 Japanese fighter today, after four days of work. It is part of the #TonyTonyTony group build on the Bluesky #HistScaleModel group, and is my first group build. It's a straight out of the box build of the 2018 Tamiya [...]
The Mitsubishi J8M1 Shusui (Sharp Sword) was a reverse-engineered copy of the Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet. It was built as a rare cooperative project between the Imperial Japanese Navy and Army, the Army version was designated Ki-200. [...]
