Fairey AS 5 Firefly, N1-VX-385, 817 Sqn RAN HMAS Sydney 1951.
1/72 Special Hobby, my first Firefly, I modified and replaced a few things, finished in Model Master, Xtracolor X5, enamels with Halo decals, Future and Xtraflat
iModeler Aviation
Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.
CAC CA 30 MB 326H Macchi, A7-014, Roulettes, CFS RAAF East Sale Vic 1981.
1/72 Supermodel, my first Macchi, with Pavla MB WY6AM seats, I added some detail to the cockpit, modified the nose wheel, tail bump and jet pipe, finished in Model Master, Tamiya X6 over Floquil reefer orange enamels, Roodecal and Future. [...]
DHA Vampire T 35, A79-637, Telstars, CFS RAAF East Sale Vic 1966.
1/72 Airfix, my third Vampire, I fitted nav' lights and antennae, finished in Model Master enamels with Future over kit and Daves decals.
Gloster F 8 Meteor, A77-875, Meteorites, 75 Sqn RAAF Williamtown NSW 1956.
1/72 Xtrakit, my third Meteor, with Pavla MB1 seat, finished in Humbrol enamel 11, 19, Tamiya X14 and details in Model Master metalizers with Red Roo decals and Future.
1/48 Smer Bristol Bulldog
As the Beatles said, " Hey Bulldog", so do I. This was a fun build. Hope you like folks. Thanks for looking.
CH-47D Chinook
Eventually got the Chinook finished! Thanks very much to everyone who followed the work in progress.
This is the 1/35 Trumpeter kit, and is a fair size! It was a Christmas present from Claire, not the last one, the one before, so it's been [...]
General Dynamics F 111C, A8-132, ARDU RAAF Edinburgh SA 1988.
1/72 Hasegawa, my second F 111, I added cameras, those orange bits on the nose and tail cones, static dischargers, and four AGM 88 HARM missiles, finished in Model Master enamels, kit, Aussie, Roodecal and other decals, Future and Xtra [...]
General Dynamics F 111G, A8-274, 6 Sqn RAAF Amberly Qld 1999.
1/72 Hasegawa, my first F 111, with 24 Mk 82 500 lb bombs from their weapons set 1, finished in Model Master enamels and I think their acrylic flat clear, no that's wrong, Tamiya X22 with X21 flat base, the kit came with this scheme but I [...]
P6M, VP might have been.seamaster
Yes I know another fantasy bird, This is Revells History makers edition of this old mold, putty sand, putty sand and once again. I was going to do it out of the box but the decals were shot, so I came up with a 1/144 P-3 VP squadron decals [...]
Finished! 1:48 Scale, Nichimo Ki-45, “Toryu”
Well, it's finally finished...except for the aerial, which I'll add tomorrow, because I'm tired and I'd just screw something up right now.
I used two detail sets by Lone Star Models, one for the cockpits, and the other for the wheel wells. [...]
