Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.
This 'Daffy' was built during a quick break during training, I didn't have anything in the stash that I thought would be a quick build so I ended up going to the only model shop left in my area and picking this guy up, and then later [...]
I wanted the enclosed canopy A5M so It was nice to see the new tooled Clear Prop kit . A very nice build. I also have the Wingsy 1/48 Version and it is really identical but larger in scale...Same tooling & nice detail. This build [...]
1/72 Monogram, built in 2019 - 2020 for the Teeth & Fangs GB, more pic's and details there.
MENG F-4G 69-7582 7440th Composite Wing 23rd Tactical Fighter Squadron
There is not much more that I can add about the Phantom that everyone else who is far more obsessive about this plane hasn't already said. My advice? Listen to the [...]
Interwar aviation wasn't just biplanes and silver wings. A lot of valuable research took place under the guise of competition. Aviation was new; it was a prestige activity and the boost to national morale and pride of an aviation success [...]
Historic England have just released a large collection of photos taken by the USAAF over the UK during WW2. I think many of you might be interested in having a look, both from a historical and a modelling viewpoint. Here’s the link [...]
I started this project 8-1/2 months ago along with an XP-55 Ascender kit. These two planes were part of a trio of planes developed from a proposal R-40C for a new type and style of fighter for the US Army Air Corps. The last of the the [...]
The first quarter moon hung in the western sky gleaming dimly through scattered clouds over the Pacific; the moonlight sufficient to illuminate the many wakes of the huge formation of ships below. At 0300 hours, an observer would have [...]
I had built this quite a while ago but did not like the orange peel in the paint so I got rid of it and bought this one which took me about four days. Krylon matte midnight ink spray paint bought at Lowe’s. Supposedly the way they looked [...]
Jim Sullivan’s “F6F Hellcat in Action” Squadron book features a Don Greer profile of Hellcat F6F-3 “white 13” of VF-16 that flew from the USS Lexington CV-16 in December of 1943. I chose to model this particular aircraft for the [...]
