Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.
A new Spitfire for the New Year!
I'm sure many of you have been looking at Tamiya's new release and new tool Supermarine Spitfire Mk.1 in 1:48 scale. Here follows my two cents having built it over the last few days of the Christmas [...]
Completed at 2130 hours, Pacific Standard Time, December 31, 2018:
The Airfix 1/48 Blenheim IF. Great kit (full review at Modeling Madness on Thursday). Easy project if you commit the revolutionary act of following the instructions.
For [...]
So I know i was supposed to keep an updated account for the Revell MV-22 but with Christmas, heavy work load, and all that jazz, I failed in my duties. Anyhow I can say that the kit was very well put together in terms of molds. Most [...]
Hi everyone i'm back with a new model, the last of 2018 this one was very fun to build and paint. I'm french so i'm proud to present to you the aircraft of my country it was a pleasure to work on the best plane of the world ? I creat, [...]
I thought I'd share another completion from last year. Monograms 1/48 262 done up as Galland's aircraft from JV 44
Rescribed as required (real aircraft had panel lines, joints, rivets filled and sanded smooth)
Open engine panels and [...]
This video is a brief follow-on to the Tasca Sherman suspension video. It adds an additional explanation of how I use the lathe to clean-up the wheels.
Taegu AFB South Korea 1952
the little round hole was an access cover so ground crew could get to the electronics below the canopy
pilot is Col. Joe Davis Jr.
58th Bomb Wing
the white canopy frames were not individual windows...the [...]
With ICM's Dornier 17z having been out for a while, I thought I'd revisit Classic Airframes 1/48 Do17Z-2.
It’s completed as a machine belonging to 9/KG 76, Corneilles-en-Vexin, France, July 1940 using Techmod sheet 48009 (great decals!). [...]
The Yak-38 Forger was the Soviet Union's take on how a VTOL aircraft should operate. It was derived from the experimental Yak-36 which like the Harrier didn't rely on supplimental lift engines. It used two Tumansky turbojets for lift and [...]
Realistic scenery for water effects No.2 with Faller Premium natural water and premium water effect.
Faller "Gras-fix" tool was used to create realistic grass effects.
For more details about Faller items please visit (link) [...]
