Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.
Hello all and welcome to my latest build. The Tamiya F35A Lightning II, dressed up in RAAF No. 3 Squadron colours. The version depicted in this kit is serial number A35-009, flown by Wing Commander Darren "Clarey" Clare, who was [...]
Matchbox 1/72 Northrop F-5A PK-12 was first released in 1972. A simple and sharp looking kit that took the modeling world by storm, well for someone who was 13 years old back then. But to be honest, a lot of my paper route adult customers [...]
Latest completion is the Tamiya 1/48 Dewoitine D.520. This was one of Tamiya’s two-sprue wonders from the 90’s, and it still holds up today as a nice kit.
I added considerable scratchbuilt details to the cockpit sidewalls, and made [...]
Tamiya's Beaufighter of Coastal Command Squadron No. 254.
I really swithered about sticking this up as I think it's far from my best work.
It took four repaints to get it to this stage and it shows in the loss of surface detail.
Towards the end this was an effort in perseverance and sheer [...]
"Shangri La", the iconic P-51B piloted by Capt. D. Gentile, 336th FS, 4th FG with the early white spinner. And how disappointing was the end of this aircraft...
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486 Bomb Group 384 Squadron out of Sudberry. This aircraft survived the war to be broken up in Kingman AZ. I am waiting for the California countryside to turn green which should be in March. At that point I will post many more [...]
My interpretation of the "Desert Snake" Stuka flown by Leu Lt. Hubert Polz from Tmimi, Libya in 1941. The black and white photos confirm that the red color stands out from the camouflaged background.
Hellenic Air Force (HAF), started receiving the F-5A in 1965. In the same year, the 341st Day Interception Squadron (MAH) was declared operational, followed by the 343 MAH. 55 aircraft were initially received, followed by 17 RF-5As in [...]
Hansa-Brandenburg D.I. 1/72 Eastern Express / ТОКО