Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.
Two unique camouflage schemes representing aircraft from the Warriors and Cobras Squadrons of the Indian Air Force are presented here. The camouflage was spayed over the overall light grey color that the aircraft were painted.
The rear [...]
The Sukhoi 25 Frogfoot came from a 1968 specification for a dedicated subsonic ground attack aircraft aka shturmovik to provide close air support as the current generation of attack jets were based on interceptors and not adequate for the [...]
The first German aircraft design of a dedicated night fighter.
ProModeler's and later re boxed Revell and Dragon Ta 154 is plagued with fit issues and warped wings. Nonetheless, the model's outlines concurs with the design sketches and [...]
After finishing my last build (MiG-17PF) I wanted to build another KP kit. I've been eyeing the Yak-23 for a while and decided to give this kit a try.
The Yak-23 is an early Soviet jet fighter which flew in the late 40's. This is a very [...]
The US Army had done a lot of planning and doctrine development for Air Mobile forces built around the heavy use of choppers in the 1960s. One of the things the more astute planners realized (based on the French experience in Algeria) [...]
Although not a simple build model, Hasegawa's venerable Tomcat kit looks great on the display shelf.
This is an old kit that I got at a bargain price, partially built and with already yellowing decals. The objective of the build was to [...]
Well, this is a prime example of checking your reference sources, which I didn't. I really liked this colour scheme when I saw it ten years ago now, and promptly applied it to this model. Unfortunately, on tidying up the colour scheme [...]
Hi, my recent build of this kit was just something to do that wasn't too taxing, and I chose to leave the bomb bay closed off and the flaps in neutral.
Easily the best kit in 1/72 scale, this builds up into a very attractive kit and it has [...]
This commission build used the Hasegawa 1/72 P-3C Orion. The scheme is for VP-8 “Flying Tigers” based out of NAS Brunswick during the early 1980’s. It is a commission work for a Navy Veteran who worked on these aircraft. The squadron [...]
I chose a series of three JV44 support aircraft that accompanied the Me 262 jets during the pattern approach when they were most vulnerable to Allied aircraft attacks. The Focke Wulf 190Ds were painted with striking red and white stripes [...]
