Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.
My recently completed Italeri 1/48 Harvard Mk.II done as one used by the FAP Museum in Portugal and painted in the scheme used for the 50th Anniversary of the Portuguese Air Force.
Decals are aftermarket supplied by Caracal decals and the [...]
My first photo show's a black & white photo that I took out of Reed Kinert's air racing book. The paper back book had a red cover, but I don't remember its' name. I just cut out dozens of photos and scanned them into our Apple p.c. [...]
This is part two of my new series on the Battle of Britain (which has just started with part 1 - the Spitfire - in the new edition of Model Airplane International, out now). This is the superb Airfix Ju87 B-1 Stuka, built as an aircraft [...]
Latest off the bench is LTC Robert Rowland's "Miss Mutt" which also carried the marking Pride of Lodi, Ohio. Rowland's birth place was in fact Lodi, Ohio, where he was born in 1917. He graduated in 1935 and then attended Ohio [...]
This is 1/32 Hasegawa P-40N-1 flown by Lt.G.L.Walston, , 16th FS 51st FG, Kunming, China 1944.
Base kit is 1/32 Hasegawa P-40M with some after market modifications.
Cockpit modified by Eduard PE set.
Exhaust stacks and wheels replaced with [...]
Here are the completed photos of Hasegawa’s 1/48 EA-18G Growler which has been detailed with Eduard photo etch sets (Cockpit, seats, and external) and I used the Two Bob’s decal set for VAQ-209.
All the build photos are in the build [...]
Apparently this never posted, but hey, stuff happens.
This is my Fw 190 that I completed about a month ago. I had gotten this as an early christmas gift from my mom, who knew I wouldnt be at her house for christmas, so I tried my best to [...]
Another big beast is done.
The new Il-28 from Bobcat Models (former Xuntong) with markings from Hi-Decal. The kit is basically ok. The clear parts could be a bit clearer. Fuselage fit is good, but engine nacelles, nacelles to wings and [...]
