Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.
My latest build - a new tooling Zero from Arfix. Great kit (as the others "new tooling" kits from this manufacturer). This is completely OOB build, except a Pitot tube made of syringe needle and canopy masks from Eduard. Chipping [...]
Here's a companion to my F7F-3N I did a while back. I had the kit sitting on my shelf for half of forever and decided just to build it straight OOB just for a little painting practice. I've read about the numerous inaccuracies in this kit, [...]
The subject of my avatar, this is the Jasmine Model 1/72 Horten Ho 229 'skeletal' model consisting of photo-etched stainless steel and a few cast metal parts. A beautifully engineered kit, it was an enjoyable project with the only grief [...]
A very nice model kit; the second one I've built of Hasegawa's. Straight out of the box except for the canopy. The RAF in the CBI theatre seems to be largely forgotten & had to soldier on with outdated equipment long after more modern [...]
At least they were to a young modeler in 1958. The Lindberg "Flying Saucer" was a big deal to me and was my first model I was allowed to build all by myself. Like many kids of the 1950's, I was a big fan of space [...]
I guess I can't just work on one model at a time. This is Revell's Lockheed Ventura. The kit is nicely detailed externally with a nice representation of the front office. The only low point is the area aft of the cowl flaps. I simply [...]
Today is May 15, the 66th anniversary of commencement of the Israeli War of Independence.
In honor of that date...
The Egyptian Army thought they would smash Israel in a matter of weeks following the outbreak of war after the May 14,1948 [...]
Here's my version of the Revell (Monogram to my old way of thinking...) P-47D 'Razorback'. I tried to model it after the one you see on the book in some of the photos. The book is a 1989 Squadron/Signal Publication titled "49th [...]
After my ever first post, with the positive comments I received, I was encouraged to crack on with the Vampire as and when spare time allowed. I always like to learn lessons, new techniques and improve on every build, and with this one I [...]
This RF-101C Voodoo was originally built several years ago. It got damaged a while back when I dropped another model on it while re-arranging my model shelves. The horizontal tails, one of the dive brake doors and one of the flaps were [...]
