1/72 Mi 8 Hip
Hi
Hobbyboss kit made for a former nva pilot !
thanks
iModeler Aviation
Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.
My latest entry into the Good From Afar but Far...
My latest entry into the Good From Afar but Far From Good Collection: Monogram's AV-8B Harrier II, 1/48 scale.
Scratch built enhancements include the nose and main landing gear doors, auxiliary inlet door interiors, and lead wiring on the [...]
Why I Hate Building Airplanes! (Tamiya Focke Wulf 190A8 1/48)
Ready for some aircraft builder tongue and cheek?
Hey everyone.
First off, I want to say how many of you aircraft modelers I admire and respect. You're crazy. You have way too much time on your hands. You seem to like really difficult, [...]
A giant spreads its wings: B-24 GR.Mk.VI, 10th Squadron RCAF
A quote from Paul Kennedy's book "Engineers of Victory" should open this article: "Closing the air gap did not happen because some great person decreed it. There was a group of chiefly Canadian air engineers who in early [...]
Hobbyboss 1/48 F-105G Thunderchief
Hobbyboss' Thud kit is not a great kit. It is plagued with fit and shape issues, notably the cockpit components. Nonetheless, the model radiates much of the greatness of this fighter.
Given the large number of parts that require [...]
An Inauspicious Inaugural – Frog Typhoon IB
I built this kit many years ago when I resumed building after my growing hiatus. It is the Frog kit number 231. While I have not measured the length and wingspan for accuracy the overall shape seems good. The spinner seems a little bulbous [...]
LTD 1/48 CAC Boomerang
The origins of the Boomerang can be traced in late 1941, when Lawrence Wackett, manager and chief designer of Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation (CAC) examined the possibility of designing and building a new fighter aircraft, a first for [...]
Hep Cat
This the seventh P-40 that I started last year, but did not complete, in time for a club display for the Australian Model Expo. I built them as one group of three and a second group of four.
Top P-40 Ace
P-40 in Defence of Port [...]
Focke-Wulf FW190A8, Airfix (A01020A) 1/72
This kit was sent to me by Bernard @lis, it was a great and wonderful surprise. Besides the kit, other surprises were the included masking sheet for the upper surface camouflage scheme and a decal sheet with lots of various marking [...]
