Video: Unimat Lathe with Direct Readout
This video presents my solution for adding dial indicators to provide direct readout for my Unimat 3 lathe. The same method can be used for the Unimat SL or DB200 as well as other miniature hobby lathes.
iModeler Aviation
Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.
Airco DH.9 Spanish Civil War 1:72
As a modeller of aircraft from Spanish Civil War, I sometimes have a take some unusual steps in getting the model that I want. The plane on its nose was the inspiration for this one.
For this Spanish Airco DH.9 I used a vacuform fuselage [...]
1/48 Fw-190 d-9 black6 Eduard
Oh god its been a long time since I last posted a model here. The kit is the Eduard profipack offering with beautiful colored PE parts, nice decal options - three of them being the Ta-152 type wooden big tailed birds - and pre cut masks [...]
Video: FULL VIDEO BUILD TAMIYA Vought F4U-1 Bird Cage Corsair (1/72)
1/72 Warbird Collection No.74 Vought F4U-1 Bird Cage Corsair
The F4U-1 Corsair® was a truly unique aircraft, with a powerful 2,000hp engine and a massive 4m propeller, not to mention the highly characteristic inverted gullwings. In [...]
Štefánik’s wing 2019 exhibition, Ivanka pri Dunaji, Slovakia
Exhibition of plastic models Štefánik's Wing 2019, Ivanka pri Dunaji, Slovakia. Free exhibition of airliner plastic models. It was possible to see the most models from all neighboring countries (Hungary, Austria, Czech republic) at the [...]
Tamiya 1/48 Mosquito F.B. VI
The Mosquito is truly one of the legendary aircraft of World War II. Conceived as a private venture to utilize “non-strategic” materials in construction and originally planned as an unarmed bomber that depended for its defense on high [...]
Ready for tomorrow’s exhibition Štefánik’s Wing 2019
Everything is ready for tomorrow's exhibition Štefánik's Wing 2019. Models are in place. Come to see tomorrow or bring your models. It will be a beautiful celebration of aviation and a reminder of the 100th anniversary of the death of [...]
Yak-28P Firebar, 1/48th
During the 1960's, the Soviet Union's interceptor force was a very interesting mix of aircraft, which included the Yakovlev Yak-28 Firebar. The Yak-28 was part of the Soviet Union's air defense component, or PVO (Protivovozdooshnaya [...]
Building the Platz 1/144th N1K2-J Shinden-Kai “Early Version”
Every once in a while I stray from my "keep it simple" path and travel down the less-traveled road. Bear in mind that I have reached an age where I got rid of most of my 1/72d scale kits because I could neither see or accurately [...]
