Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.
In the spirit of rememberance, two of Dads Squadron mates were kiled on 2 consecutive days. Flight Sergeant William Spencer (see log book entry 4th June) and Pilot Officer Donald Joseph Eugene Schmitz (June 5th).
Age Shall Not Weary [...]
This B5N2 Kate is part of a 3 model kit that Hasegawa released a few years ago. The other two planes are an A6M2 Zero and an D3A1 Val. The 3 planes all took part in the initial attack on Pearl Harbor, and were launched off Imperial [...]
I also added an Eduard Big Ed.
Color Gunze SM metalic.
My favorite Hasegawa Skyhawk model variant is the two seater TA 4J. While this series is not perfect, it is the best Scooter model at the 48th scale. Surface texture of the variants is excellent and there is a good balance between the [...]
Over the years, many aircraft types have evolved become far more by having their existing piston engines replaced with turboprop powerplants.Less common is to eimagine a World War II-era fighter as a modernized, turboprop attack aircraft [...]
This was my very first WW1 aircraft built and also with floats. Built from the box, added only cockpit equipment, engine pipes and needle exhausts. Added compass and Parabelum machine gun. This machine was stationed at the naval base in [...]
The Chilled Toons A-10 Egg Plane called “BRRRT” was a commission build for a previous client. The kit is a full resin 3-D printed kit. This format required a lot of prep work to clean up the parts. I also made custom decals to match [...]
The German invasion of The Netherlands was part of “Fall Gelb”, the Nazi German invasion of the Low Countries and France during World War II. The invasion of the Netherlands saw some of the earliest mass paratroop drops to occupy [...]
History
The B-2 Spirit is actually the second aircraft to bear the designation; the first was a Curtiss interwar biplane bomber which entered service in 1929. The name Condor, though, was a Curtiss creation, the USAAC always referred to [...]
