Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.
The F4F-4 Wildcat was the result of a British request for a Wildcat with folding wings, to allow more to be carried on the escort carriers they operated from. At the same time, the British asked for an increase in armament from four to six [...]
Although I knew about the existance of those egg shaped models, I never took the opportunity to work on one.
This changed when I received this Dassault Mirage 2000 from AFV club as a Father's day gift from my daughter.
It was an enjoyable [...]
This is the Revell 1/144 scale Tu-95 Bear, kit #4727, first issued in 1992 and now out of production but generally available for rather elevated prices on Ebay. I acquired mine years ago when it and shipping was more economical. This kit [...]
Copper State Models' 1/48 Hydravion is a challenging and work intensive build. Like CSM's 1/32 Caudron G.III the surface texture of plastic is excellent. However, the instructions are suggestive and you may require additional references to [...]
This is the Tamiya Kawanishi N1K1 Kyofu Type 11, No. 135, "Sasebo Kokutai", 1/48 scale, kit #61036 First issued in 1994 I bought this for a reasonable price on Ebay and it had been sitting in my collection for at least 10 years. [...]
1/54 scale. Glenco kit #04101 originally issued as the ITC kit #3727-98 in 1958. One of the fledgling Grumman Aircraft Company's first successful military contract utility aircraft designs this model is completed as assigned to the U.S. [...]
This is the out of production ProModeler 1/48 Focke-Wulf Ta 154 Moskito, kit#5959, 1999 issue. Revell Monogram Models produced the molds in South Korea and first issued the kit in 1999. Dragon Models later issued the same molds in their [...]
Northrop-Grumman developed the X-47A prototype in support of the U.S. Navy's Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstrator (UCAS-D), which seeks to demonstrate a carrier-based, remotely-piloted aircraft capability. Initiated as the J-UCAS [...]
1/48 USN F-4 Phantom II
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Photograpy:
Nikon D7500; Focus Stacking using Helicon Focus; Editing using LightRoom
Kit: Tamiya 121
Paint:
This is another great kit from Tamiya. It isn’t perfect though and after [...]
An attempt to get as close as possible to how XZ119 looks in East Fortune now.
Well, apart from the open canopy but I liked the look of that.
A better kit than it's reputation as the fit was fairly good and I didn't have to resort to [...]
