Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.
I recently did the Arma hobby Hurricane IIC. IT was a nice new tooled build of the venerable Hurricane. This is probably the best kit in 1/48 of this airframe. IT will be nice to see the series develope from Arma hobbys!
Link to the [...]
Kit made by Platz
I finished the T-2 in the instructor squadron specification, which features the Hinomaru (Japanese flag) and the aircraft number painted in fuselage-color gray.
This kit is a small 1/72 scale aircraft, but it is well [...]
Hellcat double completed, after the F6F-3 now a -5N.
Eduard Weekend Edition released in 2016. Sadly the fuselage code F(N)4 is oversized, also the fuselage number 21 and the cowl number 88 of the second included scheme are. Funny thing is [...]
OK, I am exe Army Air Corps so why Vietnam?
Well part of our pilots job was AOP and on occasions FAC and I don't think most of us could imagine the workload and sheer terror (at times) and huge amount of skill these pilots went through. I [...]
This little Airfix Wildcat crossed the finish line today. This model was part of an Airfix starter set that included a set of acrylic paints and a brush. I purchased it because it came with markings for a VC-13 plane aboard the escort [...]
I had so much fun building this.
Never having built a Helicopter before but the scheme caught my eye and so I decided the time was right to give it a go.
Primed with Tamiya Neutral Grey.
Painted with Airfix Signal Red.
Colourcoats RAF Blue [...]
I'm obviously very interested in the heavy bombers of RAF, amongst several other topics. Ever since I built the massive Airfix kit of the Stirling many years ago, I've been intrigued by the sheer size of this bomber. Not forgetting the [...]
The Stearman was a trainer in the early days of the IDF. The iconic aircraft received several schemes during its decade long service. I chose two of the more common schemes while in service.
Roden's Stearman is a most problematic build. [...]
This is a B25 from the 34th bombardment squadron in 1941, according to Airfix. I was surprised to see how small the B25 actually is.
Painted with AK interactive and Ammo Mig acrylics. Panel line wash also by Ammo Mig. Someone posted a [...]
Hi All,
Iv'e just joined the Brotherhood/Sisterhood ( to be PC), and was enthralled to read some of the posts regarding the venerable 1/28 Scale Revell models . It always amazes me to see what can be done with these old kits to give a [...]
