Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.
Hi All!
We all have a shelf of doom. How long has the oldest member of your shelf of doom been there? Well, this Novo re-pop of a Frog Canberra B(I).8 sat on mine for at least 23 years ( you need to “age” kits for a while!). Frustrated [...]
Next one fresh out of my dad´s factory.
Hasegwaw kit with Kora decals. This was Hasegawa´s first "III" version, released in 2014, kit No 7371. They took their "I/II" kit and added some resin parts like cowl, exhausts, [...]
Grumman's "cats" are all beautiful aircraft, but the lines of the fighter version of the F9F Cougar are particularly stunning. So why did I choose muck up its lines by building the photo-recon version? Well, there was just [...]
My latest build is an extensive reworking of the old 1/72 Monogram HU-16 Albatross. First issued in 1957, this kit is a true classic, and represents the later HU-16D version, with the taller vertical fin and extended wings. I remember [...]
The Zlin Z-43 is a four-seat, single-engine trainer-trainer aircraft, developed as a development of the two-seat Zlin Z-42. The aircraft was equipped with a more powerful engine, a larger cabin and wings with a longer span, which allowed [...]
Hi All,
My second build within the Phoney War/Early War Group.
I’ve had this Tamiya Spitfire kit in my stash for a while and this was the perfect opportunity to build simultaneously with my Hawker Hurricane tribute build.
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Here is a small batch of Claudes hot off the bench, Fujimi, Clear Prop, and Nichimo from left to right. The Mitsubishi A5M4 Claude is an attractive aircraft and it carried a variety of colorful and interesting paint schemes. I was happy [...]
I finally got around to finish this kit. It is my first contribution to the Phoney War Group Build. At this point i would really like to thank everyone who is participating, i am really glad the topic inspires fellow modellers. Personally [...]
Greetings iModeler amigos.
The P-36 Hawk represented America's leap into modern aviation on the pursuit side. After winning the 1937 pursuit competition, Curtiss received and order for 210 aircraft (largest order since WWI). P-36s flew [...]
Here’s an old Nichimo kit I had sitting in my stash for a few years. I got it out and looked at it several times then put it away for later, as it was kind of crude and needed some scratch building and enhancements. It had no cockpit [...]
