Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.
A few months ago, I built an ICM 1/72 FW-189C/V-6 and enjoyed it so much that I wanted to build a 1/48 version of the FW-189A. Shortly after, I found the 2024 Great Wall Hobbies kit for the FW-189A-1/A-2 on sale at one of the online hobby [...]
Although not the state of the art molding, Monogram's venerable Fortress retains the outlines of the iconic bomber.
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Here is the latest chapter of my fight with Hasegawa Harriers. This time it is an AV-8B built as an EAV-8B Matador of the Spanish Navy.
At the 2024 Modelpalooza Show here in Orlando, FL., I acquired several Hasegawa Gen 2 aircraft, [...]
Here is an Airfix 1:48 Avro Anson out of the box. Initially I was intimidated when looking through the instructions as to its complexity and parts count, but when I bit the bullet and began build it turned out to be a fun project. Fit [...]
Hasegawa's Nick is a heaven for mottle camouflage patterns.
The Enforcer was the brainchild of David Lindsay, founder of Florida based Cavalier Aircraft in the late 60’s - early 70’s. He envisioned developing heavily modified surplus P-51D's for counter-insurgency purposes, hoping to land a [...]
Finally, after almost two months of hiatus, I finally got around to finishing a long-standing model. A relatively more demanding build, mainly due to the more complex coloring that Halberstadts are known for. The propeller is made of wood [...]
The Kugisho E14Y Type Zero Reconnaissance Seaplane (Allied reporting name “Glen”) bears the distinction of being the only Axis aircraft to bomb the continental United States during the Second World War. The mission was to start forest [...]
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After fighting with the Hasegawa Harrier, I needed a simple. easy to build kit. Thanks to Steve Corvi I had an Italeri (ex-AMT) P-40E/K kit. The AMT family of P-40s are easy to build and look like P-40s. They do have their warts [...]
In spite of its short falls, Revell's big Bf 109G-10 kit delivers the goods.
The large tulip decal that was Maj. Erich Hartmann's recognition emblem was cut leaving only the white strips. The black areas were painted to avoid an otherwise [...]
