Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.
Had this kit in the stash for a long time (yes, this is the old one), waiting for the courage to build it. Horror stories preventing me to...
Well, it's not an easy kit but it's doable.
Finding a photo of the real one (see attached) was [...]
At first glance, the Junkers F.13 shown here appears to be completely unspectacular in the standard Junkers factory colours of black and silver: an appearance that in no way suggests the intricate political and economic background against [...]
When i say 'super detailing' i actually mean 'putting some details' on this rather unimpressive, pre Hornby Airfix Mosquito Mk. XVIII. with almost every single upgrade set on the market.
Part 1 - (link)
Part 2 - (link)
For Christmas in 2022, my son bought me a few model kits that he thought I might like. Now my son is not a model builder, and therefore knows nothing about the various pluses and minuses of different kits. He was more interested in the [...]
My latest completion is a Kotare Spitfire. This is a commission build for a regular customer of mine, he's now planning several more he wants to add to his collection! I used the kit decals apart form the codes which were from FunkDecals, [...]
This commission build used the Academy 1/72 A-10A "Operation Iraqi Freedom" of the 75th fighter squadron in 2003. For this build I used Model Master's brass gun set. All other details were from the kit or scratch built. The [...]
Many things are to be considered when determining if something is 'good.' Quality of the product, ease of use, support base from the manufacturer, and fulfillment of enjoyment. The Wingsy 1/48th scale Mitsubishi Ki-51 is certainly a good [...]
After finishing my P.24A I was left with almost a complete Bulgarian P.24B kit (minus the engine faceplate) and the engine faceplate from the P.24A kit. As I mentioned before - this faceplate was pierced and only used on KTF built P.24s. [...]
Fresh off bench 1/48 Tamiya P-51B 352nd FG flown by Lt. Earl J. Meyer model is built for the Grandson of the pilot. Finished with Eagle Strike decals , Tamiya Acryics and Oils washes .
IMG_0974 by b007scott, on Flickr
IMG_0984 by [...]
A surprisingly challenging project that I made more so by adding rigging. Very fiddly with extensive use of photo-etch. Definitely a skill builder, but now I have a Zeppelin in my WWI model collection.
