Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.
This is RS Models 1/72 Avia Ba.122, a 1930s Czechoslovakian aerobatic biplane, a few of which were pressed into military use at the beginning of WW2. The kit's typical short run; some nice detail, some rough parts, vague instructions, [...]
The Ta-154 Moskito was a two-seat night fighter that flew for the first time on 1 July 1943. It was designed primarily as a night fighter to stem the tide of Allied bombers attacking Germany at night. The Ta-154, like the de Havilland [...]
Here's my new model, a Revell 1/48 Scale A6M5 Zero. This is a small, simple model, a grand total of 28 parts, 36 if you count the 9 decals I used! Of course it's rated for ages 10 and up, so I only barely meet that criteria, by the slim [...]
This is the 'Jug' flown by Capt. Edward O. Fisher of the 377th. FS, 362nd. FG, in 1944.
The kit was built a few years ago but is still one of my favourites. Build was out of the box with Model Master Metalizer paints & Eagle Strike [...]
The Ta-152 was a short-lived high-level interceptor fielded by the Luftwaffe towards the end of WW II. Developed from the existing Fw-190 D fighter family, it incorporated a new wing, lengthened fuselage and to attain high-altitude / high [...]
So why is it the Czechs make such good plastic models?
For those who don't know the answer to that question, the reason why, in the past 24 years since the overthrow of communism and the end of the Cold War, Czech-based companies have come [...]
This is Academy's rendition of Maj Howard Park's P-47 D in quarter scale. Although not on par with the Hasegawa and Tamiya offerings, it is nonetheless an acceptable replacement that with the necessary TLC builds into a fine P-47 D. The [...]
Of the many types of warplanes used by the Soviet Air Forces during the Second World War, the most celebrated, successful and widely-used were the series of fighters by the design bureau led by Alexander Sergei Yakovlev. Though they lacked [...]
Dornier produced 10 Do-335A-O's for evaluation as single-seat fighters. This is Tamiya's AWESOME 1/48 scale rendition of Dornier's radical twin-engine Pfeil (Arrow). My model depicts the 7th of the 10 single-seat fighter versions built and [...]
Hi to all,
this is my latest build, great Zvezda's La-5 in Eduard's packaging with addition of their PE parts and resin wheels. I have enjoyed every moment building this kit so i cannot recommend it enough.
Painted with Vallejo Acrylics, [...]
