Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.
Built in 2015.
When the 225 Sqn RAF was in need of long range recce aircraft in North Africa, they borrowed four Mustangs from the USAAF which could stay up in the sky longer then the Spits. There´s some discussion about the camo. [...]
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probably the last model finished in this year, Eduard Focke-Wulf 190 F-8 airplane captured by Yugoslav Partisan forces (Yugoslavia 1945).
The only remaining examples of the Fw190-F-8 of the two preserved, one is located in the [...]
This video gives a more detailed description of the Iwata LPH80 and it's use for painting scale models along with how significantly it has improved my finishing routine.
This is a preface to my revisions of the "Airbrushing for Modelers 101" web pages and the additional information in the last four Scale Model Workshop Airbrush Series.
Airbrushing for Modelers 101 Web Page: (link)
Probably the last completion for 2020... Got away from the bench for a bit during the COVID shite, but I decided to clean up what is hanging about, before starting any other kits.
This is Hasegawa's 1:48 scale, Aichi B7A2, Ryusei Kai, [...]
Calling this one done...FINALLY...
After not spending time at the bench due to a lack of "Mojo", I finally sat me rump down, and got back at this kit.
Tamiya's amazing P-38F/G in 1:48 scale. I will not go into a major [...]
26 years ago I was a recent college grad...no debt, and things to do. A friend of mine bought a flight in Crazy Horse, at the time it was $1,600 for an hour. Three of us Mustang nuts piled in the car and headed to Latrobe, PA to watch Tony [...]
From the dark mists of time, actually 2006:
Prior to the invasion of Russia, the Luftwaffe had determined that dive-bombing was the proper way to attack armored vehicles. However, four days after the beginning of Operation Barbarossa, on [...]
Very sad that so many Revell kits are no longer available in larger scales. Found this lovely 1/48 Catalina on ebay. It's an excellent kit and I don't think I used any after market parts. Similarly this 1/32 NON TECHNIK Ju 88. Very hard [...]
I was intrigued in doing this conversion of Trumpeter wings/ Hasegawa fuselage after reading an online article someone who had accomplished this. Looking on eBay this spring, I saw both kits for $30-40 range. Wheels began spinning and I [...]
