Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.
I drove down from San Jose, CA to the airplane graveyard that was near Tucson, Arizona in 1986 and took lots of photos, not knowing that someday there would be a plastic kit of this F-107A jet. The first 4 photos are the ones I took and [...]
This build of the 1/48 Tamiya A-10 Thunderbolt II was done for a client who is an active pilot in the online Digital Combat Simulator. The scheme is an exact copy of the aircraft he flies in the simulator. The scheme specific decals were [...]
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This is my recent project, an Airfix Avro Lancaster, 1/72. I usually build 1/48 aircraft, but this one would have a 60cm wingspan, too big for my space.
Having built a few nice Airfix new tools, I have to say I was a little [...]
Here’s my interpretation of Gabby Gabreski’s P-47D. This is the Tamiya kit, one of the best engineered kits I’ve ever had the pleasure to make. Honestly, I don’t know why I don’t have a half dozen more in my collection. Oh, [...]
Hello everyone, I finished this kit May 2020. I used Tamiya acrylics and converted the instruction's suggestions to:
RLM 74(gray green): (AS-3) xf-61 dark green or xf-81 dark green
RLM 75(gray purple): (AS-4) xf-54 dark sea gray or xf-22 [...]
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This one was built for the wee fellas roof.
No nose weight and undercarriage to deal with... Yeehah.
I haven't strung the aerials yet and not sure if I will as their absence will make hanging a lot simpler.
Primed with UMP [...]
Hello everyone, here is my recently completed Phantom. I chose it because I liked the sea camoflage. I used Tamiya acrylics and masked the camo with silly putty. I had some trouble with air bubbles under some of the larger decals. Thanks [...]
Since I have quite a few family members who served in Vietnam , I was inspired to build 2 more Vietnam war planes. The 1/48 Sky Raider from Tamiya has been great (though I did make a horrible mistake with the seatbelts l) but the 1/32 [...]
This is the Tamiya 1/72 Kawasaki Ki-61-Id Hien.
