Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.
And I do mean little! A friend in Japan sent me these a few years ago. They are Bandai kits in 1/100 scale, and yes, I had to assemble them, though they did come prepainted. I can't even begin to imagine the power of the magnifier the [...]
Hi Guys,
I want to share my next model, famous messerschmit jet engine fighter Me 262 Schwalbe. I used tamiya kit, aires detail set (engine,cockpit,control surfaces...) and photoetched parts by eduard. I also scratched all of service [...]
While rummaging around in the attic a few months ago, I came across a small box tucked into the corner of a larger box filled with stuff from our old house back home. On it, in my dad's script, was written, "1st place model airplane, [...]
what better representative than the defenders of Wake Island. An epic defense if there ever was one, Wake's Marines were the only ones to successfully repel an island invasion. A big part was the fierce attacks of the island's few F4F [...]
The build:
I was never happy with the finish on this one so went for a complete respray as the real aircraft had a roughly applied demarcation line between upper/lower paint scheme on fuselage. Re-done weathering and added antennae wire. I [...]
For the 238th birthday of the Marine Corps, the Eduard Royal Class F6F-5N flown by Bruce Porter of VMF(N)-542 at Okinawa, June 1945.
Bruce Porter first entered combat in the Solomons with VMF-121 in 1943, flying the F4U-1 Corsair. He [...]
here is my MiG done.
extras include Eduard Brassin resin cockpit
Eduard P.E. exterior set
stainless steel tubing for the 23mm cannon and pitot tube
Uschi 'superfine' rigging thread for the aerial wire
CMK nav. lights (though i think they [...]
Wing Commander Peter Mallan Brothers CBE, DSO, DFC, RAF
Spitfire HF Mk.VIIc S.N. MD188
August, 1944
MD188, an HF Mk.VIIc was the third-to-last MkVII Spitfire to be built, coming off the Eastleigh production line in the third week of May, [...]
I built this a year or so ago. Great kit for under $20.00. No real fit issues, fairly accurate, and options like posable flying surfaces. If I remember right, it had five(!) decal options.
Enjoy!
Canada's 441 Squadron's Hornet Special for the 50th anniversary of D-Day, complete with invasion stripes and "JE-J" codes for Johnny Johnson, who commanded 126 Wing.
And there were those who said, "invasion stripes on a [...]
