Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.
Here is the historic background to the model by Tom Cleaver:
Red Wrath was the personal mount of Lt. Colonel Clinton "Fearless" True, Group Commander of the 345th BG. Aircrew viewed him as "hard," but someone who never [...]
This is another of one of my rescued birds. I bought this kit for $1 at a model show in Richmond, Virginia; although already started it looked like it could be saved. The biggest issue were the misaligned fuselage halves and It took [...]
Built for a friend of mine,a retired Brazilian AF Colonel,both limited edition kits,long ago out of market here in Brazil...not good works,I admit,but perhaps they are interesting to take a quick look.Thanks for visiting.
It's been a while since I've posted here; I did take a small hiatus from modeling and I've returned to it recently. I recently finished the Matchbox Beaufighter. It was a fun build.
The kit is an early one with multi colored plastic [...]
Next IJN subject finished by my dad.
Hasegawa kit oob, only added brake lines with lead wire and antenna wires with EZ Line. The seatbelts are molded onto the seat.
Painted with AK Xtreme Metal White Aluminium and Gunze H59 IJN Green with [...]
This was my very first attempt at imitating a wooden fuselage. It was quite a comfortable building without any major intricacies. It is only necessary to refurbish the cockpit and a few details. Used turnbuckles from Eduard.
This aircraft [...]
I have many hobbies, (probably too many) one of which is pinstriping and painting WW2 style nose art. Over the years, I've painted pin-ups on several flight jackets, hot rods, and numerous metal panel wall hangings for people.
The first [...]
Hasegawa's Stuka is a very nice kit. However, it requires modifications to emphasize the characteristics of the aircraft in the model. The flaps and ailerons are joined to the wings in false rods. I scratch build the connections opening [...]
This kit was completed as the aircraft flown by Sergeant Pilot FH Dean of No. 274 Squadron RAF at Sidi Barrani, Egypt in 1941 with the assistance of Geoff Coughlin's excellent series of videos on YouTube.
The aircraft depicted, P2638, had [...]
This is my recently completed 1/48 Minicraft/Hasegawa A6M5a Zero.
A few months ago I found its worn & battered 1985 dated box on the consignment table at the LHS for $10. Given the price of new kits these days, it seemed like a [...]
