Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.
My first WNW! Theoretically, for the manufacture of the model may be enough for 3 nights - the first day of the assembly, in the second- painting, and the third - braces ))). Thank you guys from New Zealand for their excellent model! And [...]
Found during my recent visit to RAF Cosford was this new, massive P-51D model which is now adorning the entrance hall to the museum and which I thought is worth sharing. This model was built and donated by Mr David Glen as a tribute to [...]
Finally finished this morning, Not much to tell that wasn't in the WIP blog.except for the propeller. I took Seamus's advice and used the "PropBlur" brass parts to make a mask the
airbrushed the prop on to a clear disk. The [...]
My last three models which I have just finished. Models represent Serbian aviation from ww1
The recent beautiful 1/24 Harrier builds made me dig back and think I should post my own Harrier build of a few years ago. I built this for a friend's father who flew them with the RAF (among his many other duties). I wrote this up for [...]
Following quite a bit of interest in natural metal finishes on the other Convair (Hustler) I thought I'd give the Mach II 1/72 Convair 440 a go with a similar finish, at least on the lower half and wings. I'm still not sure what scheme it [...]
As featured in December's Scale Aircraft Modelling (Volume 36, Issue 10)
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When I was building plastic models in the 70s, Monogram kits were the state of the art.
I always dreamed of building on of their big bombers in 1:48, but was never able to do it.
They were too expensive for a kid with a meagre weekly [...]
Again set Academy. Slightly altered and added details.
Regards, Vlad.
HI
I would like to share with you two new models made by my father during the last week.
Here are some photos. The Airspeed AS45 Cambridge was made from balsa wood but the Airspeed AS5 Courier was made from a resin kit.
Airspeed AS 5 [...]
