Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.
The film "Where Eagles Dare" left me with a lasting impression. On several occasions I saw the Ju 52 used in the film during visits in Switzerland. It crawled in the sky and I could not imagine that this big aircraft would [...]
This is an old kit with raised panel lines and thick rivets, and very little detail in the crew nacelle. I sanded it smooth and engraved all lines and panels/hatches, and riveted. Added lots of details in the crew nacelle and two aircrew [...]
A model representing one of the late development of Kfir. Wingman Models issued three variants of the Kfir. The reconnaissance version of the Kfir is a challenging model due to the nature of the plastic mold, which is Kinetic's Kfir,
A fully equipped F/A-18 Hornet in civilian hands? Is there such a thing? Surprisingly, you don't have to look far to answer yes: the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has been operating a small fleet of F/A-18 Hornets [...]
1/72 OzMods, built 2022 - 2023 for my Aerobatic group, more pic's and details there,
A23-052 built in Australia, with the Roulettes from 1998 to 2019, sold 2020 to Blue air training USA as N775BA.
This is the final segment of a four part musing on being an "Aesthetic Modeler" . The entire series is available at no charge as a free subscriber to Scale Model Workshop on Patreon: (link)
The Yakolev-38 Forger was the Soviet Union's answer to the Harrier. It shared some similarities in shape and mission, but also had major differences such as no thrust vectoring (the Forger carried two small engines for lift that only [...]
Hasegawa's old mold still produces an attractive looking Sabre without build complications.
Nothing special, just an old build of Airfix’s 1/72 Pe-2. Brush painted, kit decals, a little scratchbuilding in the cockpiit and turret.
Brian Riedel
It seems there’s some debate about whether or not Spitfires on Malta were painted in a one color blue scheme. The information I found online was interesting and I decided that yes, Spitfires stationed on Malta during World War Two were [...]
