Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.
Matchbox first released this kit in 1979. This is a very basic kit with the typical little details that goes with many of the Matchbox kits. This kit does offer two different tail gunner types that were used on the B-17G and it comes with [...]
Here is an Academy Hunter with T.7 resin conversion (can't recall the manufacturer) and corrected wheels and landing gear. Got all the makings in a "builder's special" deal on eBay. Two kits and all the extra parts. 65 sqn. [...]
Here’s my build if the ICM Do-215B-4 in 1:48 I completed a couple of months ago and just got around to getting some photos when the sun finally came out of it’s winter hibernation. A nice kit, but with some minor issues. The [...]
The yellow eye catching undersides of Japanese trainers was an incentive for another Zero. The correct position of the sliding canopy appears to be in the rear cockpit, obviously
With modern military aircraft officially prescribed camouflage schemes vary. The green hues within IDF's "Desert" camouflage scheme is subject to the most changes in color. Color photographs in optimal light conditions are [...]
Bought this kit last December and in between other projects started to put it together. I tried to eschew any aftermarket and just build, needless to say ordered the Eduard canopy mask and found in the stash some Airwaves Luftwaffe PE [...]
A really nice kit except for the decals, they fought me all the way. I think these are at the change-over when Eduard changed the decals to a peal off film.I learned the hard way when I started with the swastikas.They grabbed like [...]
It took a long wait until I found a model without (horrendous) shipping costs. By far, my favorite Monogram model. It just looks grand like the real aircraft.
One that had been on my list to do for a long time but the amount of resin that came with the kit scared me off a bit.
The kit, as we all know, has fit issues but with the help of a number of build threads I was forewarned of the areas of [...]
