Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.
This is the 1/48 Hasegawa Japanese Isuzu TX40 fuel truck that comes with one of their Ki-45 Nick kits that I’m building.
(I’m building three Nicks and you can follow the build log here)
Last weekend I decided to start this as a [...]
Harken back to the old group build, iModeller at the movies, this one was seen in The Hunters. Several F-84s were done up as Mig 15s against Robert Mitchum and F-86's. This is still a nice kit, a bit old maybe they could revamp the molds.
Hi All,
Adding another Lycoming powered aircraft, the Curtiss Wright AT-9 “Jeep”, to my Lycoming builds.
The AT-9 was a twin engine, advanced trainer, used to train those pilots moving from primary to multi-engine roles. The AT-9 was [...]
Finally finished something. 1/48 Hasegawa Nakajima Ki-43 11 Hayabusa (Oscar) flown by Captain Yukichi Kitsakoga, 54th Flight Regiment 2nd Sqd. Kashiwabara Air Base, Horomushiro Island, June 1944.
All markings are painted on. Chipping fluid [...]
This Weekend in The Hangar: My 1/48th Eduard P-40N model represents RCAF serial number 857, aircraft "V" of No.135(F) Squadron, RCAF. Stationed at Patricia Bay, British Columbia, in 1944-45. This P-40N had an unusual paint finish [...]
Hi all,
By the end of last year George @gblair came up with a wonderful idea and provided Spiros @fiveten and me with this amazing gift, the Italeri in 1/72 scale. The idea was to build this iconic aircraft in the colors of the countries [...]
is it a bird, is it a plane? No, its jet powered "egg"
idea came from: (link)
and livery from: (link)
idea came from: (link)
made from old second hand models as I-305 prototype that never was produced.
MIG-17 was I-310 so this would be his predecessor.
This is my 1/48 F-86D-40-NA from Pro-Modeler. Markings are for the 498th FIS, Geiger Field, Washington and is built Out-of-Box with no aftermarket parts. The model is painted with Tamiya Lacquer silvers and I used the alternate kit [...]
