Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.
After my dad finished the F-35 5th generation fighter, now back to something oldschool.
The nice Revell Germany kit of the Sabre Dog, markings from Hi-Decal (thanks to Diego from Hi-Decal for providing them). The sheet comes only with few [...]
This kit in my opinion is one of Hasgawa's best. I used an SBS cockpit set and it has better detailing than the kit cockpit but by no means is it necessary. I did this because I already had the SBS one. The kit supplied cockpit parts are [...]
This started life as a Berlin Airlift boxing of the Minicraft kit. I picked it up at a swap meet for $3. A deal too good to refuse! This is also how stashes grow exponentially, lol. Anyways, I was going to build it using the kit [...]
This is 1/48 HKM’s B-17G-15 (42-31353) LG-Q named “Queenie” from 91st BG, 322nd BS in Bassingbourn –England April 1944.
I have used Eduard instrument panel and seat belts in the cockpit.
I shortened the length of the landing legs [...]
When Hasegawa's 1/48th scale Spitfire Mk. IXc appeared, it was a big disappointment due to the short fuselage that seemed to doom the kit. Yet overall, the kit had a finely engraved panel lines and was easy to build.
Hasegawa's flaw was [...]
As the Allies continue their push into retaking Europe pushing the Axis back to the German border. No.80 Squadron, transitioned to the new Hawker Tempest Mk.V's and until the end of September were tasked on anti V1 duty while maintaining [...]
Trumpeter 1/48 Focke Wulf Fw200C-4 Condor of 8/KG40 Atlantic anti shipping duties equipped with FuG 200 Hoentwiel radar. I always said I'd need a bigger house before building this old kit. Luckily, I have the bigger house now.
I'd not want [...]
On April 24, 1946, both the MiG-9 and Yak-15 were ready to become the USSR's first jet aircraft. The MiG-9 flew first, allegedly on account of a lucky coin toss.
Both jets made use of salvaged German engines; while the MiG-9 was a new [...]
Europe's Concorde, the Soviet Union's Tupolev Tu-144 - and the USA's Boeing 2707: this is what the world of supersonic passenger aviation would have looked like from the 1970s onwards according to US plans. It was obvious that the American [...]
