Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.
This is my 404 (Buffalo) Squadron, RCAF, Beaufighter, as it would have appeared on the morning of D-Day.
While Coastal Command would usually have used semi-armor piercing warheads, on this day they had the 60lb warheads for Flak [...]
A few years ago I was at a local club day admiring the work done by my fellow modelers and mooching through the boxes under the tables of models for sale (always the best bit of the day for me) when I came across the Hobbyboss Hellcat, I [...]
Hello friends,
I recently started a new subject, since my dad passed away, I decided to find the old kits that we built when I was a kid, from the end of the 70s to the end of the 80s. It's not an easy task, because there are few left, [...]
live tonight at 1900 GMT/1400 EST: Fezday night live! Finishing the diorama for the Shelby Mustang, and Starting the Diorama for the PRU spitfire crash. with the usual gang, Starr, Sandy, Beth and Squiddy
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In its brief operational role, the small fighter made a lasting impression thanks to its revolutionary design.
Of the four models presented here, one is Tamiya's and the rest are Dragon kits. Both are very good kits. Yet, I had to replace [...]
The Airplane:
Before the war, the Imperial Japanese Navy wasn’t the only one concerned about the provision of air power in an island campaign across the Pacific. The U.S. Navy was also well aware that between the time the troops stormed [...]
Missing for Seven years May 26, 1946
The Messerschmitt Me-109 G-6 J-713 was on March 29, 1944 as an aircraft
of the German Air Force under the master Code RU + OZ Landed in Samedan.
The designation Me 109 G-6 / J Bo Rei was found in the [...]
This was a kit I've bought recently for no reason in my local hobby shop. Just an interesting unusual prototype, and it was looking as an easy kit to build. And so it was. It took me just four days to complete it. Nice OOB (well, not [...]
Next Latin American subject finished by my dad.
ICM A-26B-15 kit (which includes also the late canopy), Vespa Model Kits decals (based in Peru, printed by Fantasy Printshop in the UK). Upper turret hole closed with plastic sheet, removed [...]
Emerging from the Fairey Battle project, the Fulmar was submitted as a response to a prewar British specification, calling for a two-crew fighter capable of observation and fleet defense operations. As the aircraft was intended to [...]
