Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.
My Tamiya 1/48 P-51b in the markings of 4th FG star, Captain John T. Godfrey.
Replaced the cockpit with a True Details resin item, Aeromaster decals except for some home made kill markings. Used Tamiya AS-12 Bare Metal Silver, overcoated [...]
TAMIYA 1/32 Aircraft Series No.22
North American P-51D Mustang™ Video preview:
Tamiya has reproduced this famous aircraft with high level of accuracy and attention to detail! Excellent scale kit!
DISCLAIMER:
I am NOT! being paid to [...]
This build is of a 1967 boxing of the 1964 Frog kit, alas, without the “F 20 Spin-a-prop motorizing kit!” I had read in numerous Detail & Scale books about Frog kits, but had never built one, as such. So when I saw this one for [...]
Three day build complete. P-40B/C Flying Tiger - spring 1942 - 1/72 Trumpeter kit.
The aircraft is actually a Hawk H81 A-3, which was Curtiss’ designation of the P-40B/C aircraft pulled from an order to Great Britain (H81 A-2) and sent [...]
Tamiya 1/72
Mitshubishi A6M3 typ32, ZERO, "Hamp" serial number3030
petty officer 1st.class Kazuo Tsunoda, 2nd Air group 26.8.1942
Buna ,New Guinea.
Build from the box with some added necessary details from the wires.
Painted with [...]
Nice model, nice construction, very intresting kit, some problems with gaps but nothing difficult to fix; there are some instruccions and decals flaws, so, you have to be careful during the construction time.
I really enjoyed built this [...]
I first met my late friend, Jerry Yellin, in September 2009 at the Military Writers Society of America (MWSA) convention in Orlando, FL. I was there with my wife, Kathy (kathleenmrodgers.com) who was receiving an award for her first novel, [...]
A 1990 kit in a 2012 boxing and it was a bit of a battle.
I managed to lose the air-brake part but as I was building it closed I just filled the space.
The fuselage was significantly warped and the wings were squint. Filler and clamps were [...]
Accessories: Eduard PE seatbelts (EDUFE841) and Barracudacast resin wheels (BARBR48439)
Paint: Various shades of Alclad and AK real metals. The principle color is Alclad Aluminum.
The build: Great kit. Fit is excellent in most places [...]
Here are some pictures of my latest WNW build.
I have included some "work in progress" shots in case anyone finds it interesting to see how I went about it.
The speckle finish, whilst simple looking, is one of the most [...]
