MiG-21MF, Egyptian Air Force, Eduard 1/48
This is my OOB Mig-21 from my favorite Eduard. Very good fit and nice kit at all.
As usually, every comment is welcome.
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Eduard 1/32 Bf ME109 E-4
All this lockdown time and I've barely done a tap. I started this one nearly a year ago, and finally got it finished after a long bout of modeller's block. Really nice kit (that I won as a prize at the Bolton show about 8 years ago !) Goes [...]
Defending the Reich...1/48 Focke-Wulf Fw190A-8/R8, 6./JG300
Hasegawa kit built over 6 years ago, the add-on armour is believed to be from a Tamiya kit, seatbelts, brake lines and antenna wires added, painted with Gunze and Tamiya acrylics.
This aircraft was a former nightfighter with [...]
Hard to believe - and yet true: The Waco CG-4, one of the most built aircraft in history!
The Waco CG-4 cargo glider
Looking at this plywood and canvas construction, it is hard to imagine the bundle of most remarkable facts associated with this iconic cargo glider.
One thing right up front: with over 13 900 produced, the Waco [...]
F-51D, 12th FBS, 18thFBG, Korea 1952 – Forgotten war Group Build,1/72 Airfix
Another Airfix 1/72 gem of a kit. The fit is great, as are the decals. I did the Korean war selection kit decals. Which must have been a popular plane as Tamiya's and Italeri's 1/72 also offers the same bird in their 1/72 kits. As great [...]
Cyber Hobby 1/72 Sea Venom FAW.21
Hi There,
A nice little kit pretty much straight out of the box other than some masking tape belts, vaping wire ejector seat loops and some white decal lines.
Primed with UMP Grey
Painted with Colourcoats Extra Dark Sea Grey, Sky Type S, [...]
Tamiya 1/48 A6M3 Model 22a Zero
Just completed the superlative Tamiya Zero. it is a much more complex kit than I am used to building, but it went together without a hitch. this was my first attempt with multilayer chipping, and I have learned some lessons that I will [...]
1/48 Hasegawa Ki-100 - I ko
Here is my build of the Hasegawa Ki-100_1 ko that I completed late last summer. there were some issues with the fit of the gun troughs and front cowl ring, but nothing that couldn't be solved be slight shimming and lots of dry fitting. [...]
ESCI Mirage F1AZ 1:48
This is my second contribution, and it ties in with my first ; it’s the Mirage F1 AZ in 1:48 of the South Africa Air Force (SAAF) during the early eighties. This a/c was crucial in lending tactical air-ground support to the various SADF [...]
CF-104 CAF Starfighter ‘1971 Tiger Bird’ – Academy 1/72
This build was a testing stage for painting this Tiger Meet scheme after seeing a similar paint scheme at the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum.
The biggest concern was being able to completely separate the Yellow from any Black overspray [...]
