Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.
This was a kit i was looking forward to building as soon as it was announced. It boasts great detail and the fit is great overall. As for the build, i wanted to emphasize preshading a lot this time and i worked with oil colors extensively. [...]
Here is my interpretation of the Nakajima Ki.84 of Major Koki Kawamoto (8 kills), HQ Chutai of the 50th Sentai in 1/32nd scale. This aircraft was based in Phnom Penh, Indochina in 1945. All the markings, including the lightning bolts, [...]
Revell's 109G-6 with Erla canopy depicting Schwarze 14, pilot and W.Nr. unknown of 8./JG1 at Detmold, Germany in February 1944. Decals are EagleCal.
Today, I would like to upload a biplane I adore, the British Royal Navy's Swordfish. This is Tamiya's 1/48 Swordfish Mk I floatplane. Normally, I avoid 1/48 scale due to space constraints, but my desire to build this aircraft won out, and [...]
The origins of the Mirage 2000 can be traced back in 1965, when France and Britain agreed to develop the "Anglo-French Variable Geometry" (AFVG) swing-wing aircraft. Two years later, France withdrew from the project on grounds of [...]
Two hurdles of the nice Tamiya Meteor mold prevent me from defining it a gem kit. One is the notorious inclusion of the F.3 airbrakes. Second, the stiff and silvering decals. I puttied the air brakes area. I also detailed and lowered flaps [...]
The background story would be around 1947 where soviets captured Messerschmitt 472 (410 cockpit and 262 engines/wings) somewhere where are snow airfields and repainted it.
concept from where idea snowballed:
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In the immortal words of Monty Python, “And now for something completely different”.
I’m not much of a MiG-21 fan, but when I saw this special scheme, I had to have it.
This MiG-21UM was a special demonstrator as part of the Czech [...]
Five years ago, after I’d completed building the VacWings O2U Corsair kit, I swore that I would never build another vacu-form biplane, because it was just too frustrating getting that top wing aligned properly on homemade wing struts. [...]
This is the second Airfix Spitfire Vc that I built for Roy Sutherland’s Barracuda Studios FB New Years group build. This one also used a scheme provided in the kit for a 307th FS plane in Algeria in 1942. I used Barracuda wheels, prop [...]
