D-Day GB – Typhoon Mk.IB
Tiffy, a well-known British single-seat fighter-bomber. This is addition to my previous two models. HobbyBoss "Easy Assemble" 1/72 kit, very funny and fast build. Build thread here - (link)
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D-Day GB – Grumman Hellcat Mk.I
A well-known carrier-based aircraft, produced by Grumman. The British Fleet Air Arm (FAA) received 1263 F6Fs under the Lend-Lease Act. This E-L aircraft was based on the HMS Emperor during D-Day.
HobbyBoss 1/48 kit, Techmod decals. Build [...]
B-26B “I****s Delight” 575th BS / 391st BG
This aircraft is reputed to be the “scruffiest” Marauder of them all and had there been a contest for the worst one it would have won. I have shown wear on this model but it is nothing compared to photos of the real airplane. I used [...]
Academy 1/48 F-4B ‘Rhino’ – preview of coming attraction.
To be featured in an upcoming issue of AMW, here's a sneak peak at my latest completed project. More photos and details will be added once the article is in print.
Eduard 1/48 Polikarpov I-16 Type 10
Here is my first contribution to this great new (to me!) site.
It is Eduard's 1/48 scale Polikarpov I-16, Type 10. I used decals from a long OOP Superscale sheet for the code letters/numbers and the 'Betty Boop' on the tail. All other [...]
Armstrong-Whitworth A.W.27 "Ensign"
Hi,
While my father is finishing to paint the pair of De Havilland DH 91 Albatross he started a new model from scratch.
In this case he is dealing with the huge AW 27 Ensing. A friend of us will make the decals for the BOAC Albatross and [...]
1/32 Bf 109G-6 of 8./Jg1, 1944
Here is the kit that got my on my large-scale building bing, the mighty Hasegawa 109G-6! I built this kit very soon after it came out back in 2002 and is still in my collection, along with 2 others I've built since. Yes the kit has a few [...]
1/48th Hasegawa F4U-5 In The Markings Of VF-44 In 1949
I just finished this Corsair yesterday. It's the 1/48th Hasegawa F4U-5 done in the 1949-era markings of VF-44. The kit is very well engineered with the exception of the fitment of the cowling where it joins with the fuselage. The cowling [...]
