Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.
This was another commission build using Dragon’s 1/72 P-61A/P-61B Black Widow Night Fighter. The client is a huge fan of the Northrop P-61 and really liked the 1/48 scale I built last year. He wanted a 1/72 version in a case for his [...]
Aircraft models do not fly but, time does. During the 90s Hasegawa's Bf 109 variants at the 1/48th scale were popular among modelers. Some Messerschmitt models that I built then included 109s depicting aircraft serving in the North African [...]
I spent the day attending the Blue Angels practice and visiting the Naval Aviation Museum at Pensacola today.
The SBD-2 is the only known survivor of both the Pearl Harbor attack and the Battle of Midway. The plane was delivered in the [...]
Hello... I’m Rikurdin and this is my Hasegawa 1/72 Kawasaki T-4.
I build this kit few years ago during a post operatory period.
I think it took me 6 weeks to complete. I enjoy it a lot and one of my best finishes without a doubt.
But the [...]
OK, little bit of venting with this one. This is my first Kinetic build and I wanted to try a free-hand camouflage paint pattern; so I scored this from my local hobby shop. It took waaay longer than expected, mostly due to fitting issues [...]
Its an Eduard kit so nuff said. I used the PE but this is probably my last time as when you close the canopy not much is seen. These were attached with Lepage 12, 5 Minute Epoxy. The resin wheels are a big improvement over the plastic [...]
Following the 14 July 1958 Revolution, which resulted in the end of monarchy in Iraq, the influence of the Iraqi Communist Party grew significantly. The first commander of the now Iraqi Air Force (the "Royal" prefix was dropped [...]
Captain Robert L. Faurot (39th FS, 35th FG, 5th AF) P-38 F-5-LO, Port Moresby, New Guinea, 1943
Tamiya kit (61120) with some Eduard aftermarket decals, seat belts and instrument panel. Very nice kit to build, typical excellent Tamiya [...]
This was guide idea
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my version, imagined as CAS aircraft with lots of weapons under wings, fuselage full of fuel, wings for lot of lift.
This build started out as the grey Italian Scheme until a friend donated the 100 hours Decals to me, so it had to become that.
It was a challenge to do the black paint in a way that made it look interesting because it still had to be clean [...]
