Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.
Built in 2018.
Tamiya Mustang Mk.III kit, main markings are from Kits World Decals, the rest from Aeromaster and the kit.
Vallejo Metal Color Aluminium for the NMF, Gunze and Tamiya acrylics for the rest, brass wire for the whip [...]
this is my 1:32 scale WingNut Wings RE.8 from the Duellist boxing. Mostly OOB with a few added details, ignition wires out of lead wire and some vent pipes for the fuel tank and of course the bracing wires and control wires out of [...]
First time around here, but my builds take a long time ?
one year to complete this project,?
I didn't appreciate this kit, some construction issues, misinformation instructions, I had to use a lot of filler, bad fitting bad decals etc ?, [...]
Tanagra, 114 Combat Wing, end of August 1981. The Mirage F1cg, No. 110 after 26 days of maintenance work, for its 1500 flight hours on its assets, was now ready for the test flight. At 11.00 am. the test pilot came and after doing the [...]
Sometime in the early 1990's I met up with "Pylon Dave Jone's" who lived in Oklahoma/U.S.A. Dave sent me over 500 color 3-1/2" x 5" prints. I scanned in all of the photos, including several black and white prints then [...]
Built in 2018.
A typical shortrun kit with all its disadvantages, also the plastic didn´t respond good to the plastic glue, for example the left tail boom broke off two times, after the model was painted.
Gunze and Tamiya acrylics used, [...]
Sometime in mid 1990 a guy call's me on the phone and say's: "I'll pay you five grand to build me a 1/48 scale Apache Helicopter." I was a bit "flabbergasted-gasted" but I said I will do it. He sent me a package in the [...]
Fockewolf FW 190D9
Luftwaffe JV 44 Papagei Staffel,
"White 1", Hptm. Waldemar Wübke,
Munich-Riem, Germany, April 1945
Kit: Hobby Boss
Scale: 1/72
Decals: Kit's Own Decals
Paints: Mission Models, Tamiya, Mr.Hobby, [...]
F-5A Freedom Fighter
Turkish Airforce 14904
5th Main Jet Base
Date of Arrival: 01 December 1987
ex.RNoAF
Kit: Testors (1966 Hawk Mold)
Scale: 1/48
Decals: Miscellaneous
Paints: Tamiya, Mr. Hobby, Vallejo
Airbrush: Sparmax [...]
Inspired by the new-tool Airfix Vulcan, which I immediately put on pre-order the day that was possible, I pulled the GWH 1/144 Vulcan K. 2 out of the stash as my last build of 2019. On the whole it’s a nice kit for 1/144 scale.
The [...]