Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.
This was a crude kit, but little flash and not much putty work. The price was right (on sale), and I was fairly pleased with the build. The quality was that of a early 80's kit, that is to say, simple, with not much detail.
At first I [...]
This is the 1/32 Trumpeter kit. The model went together well. I really cant complain about fit.
Parts added:
Rhino intakes (great fit)
Seat from legend
Bombs from the trumpeter tomcat
Items "fixed":
The vent holes in the back [...]
This is reluctant robot a P-59 Airacomet used for researching unmanned flight in 1946, it later resulted in drones, than UAVs
the V-173 was designed to test the charactoristics of short take off and landings (STOL) for the U S Navy there was only one built and it resides in the national air and space museum sorry some the pictures are a little blury, having [...]
This one goes way back to at least 1978, so I built it at least 36 years ago, when we lived in the City. This is from the Monogram 1/48 B-24J kit.
It depicts Consolidated Liberator GR.VI, “O-Orange”, of No. 220 Squadron, RAF Coastal [...]
Needed a fresh start I still have time so here we go!
The AC-47 gunship was a test bed for the gun platform intended for AC-130 gunship. It was a devastating weapon. This Spooky replica has motorized props as well as an LED interior, I tried some photos in the dark but they are not coming [...]
VF-17 Jollyrogers US Navy Built out of box with the exception of lead foil seat belts
This is the first of the Monogram medium bombers I've finished. I have to say the quality of the kits during this era was and still is very nice! I've built the B-29 a couple of times and the B-17 and they're all fun builds! (I also have [...]
Up to a few years ago, this was regarded as the most accurate Flanker in 1/72nd scale by many modellers. There was the Hasegawa kit which although much superior in build quality and surface detail, had some terrible inaccuracies. I built [...]
