Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.
I built this kit as a teen, my late brother was always good about getting me a kit for my birthday and I still remember getting this one when it was the hot new Monogram pressing. A while back I found an original 1974 issue of the kit. [...]
This is 1/32 Hasegawa P-40E Warhawk finished with the markings of “Old Exterminator” flown by Colonel Robert L. Scott in Assam -India during April-May 1942.
The name “Old Exterminator”was not painted on the aircraft.Scott refered [...]
Eduard's Weekend Edition Grumman Hellcat Mk.II finished in the markings of No.1844 Squadron FAA, based on the aircraft carrier HMS Indomitable stationed off Okinawa around April 1945 & piloted by Sub Lt. W.M.C. Foster.
Completed back [...]
Hi everyone,
haven't posted for ages but wanted to share this latest. Hope it looks ok, a bit rough around the edges and the decals were a nightmare but turned up pretty good in the end,
cheers
Riccardo
Just completed the Airfix 1/72 F4F-4. Markings depict Lt. "Swede" Vejtasa's white 19 of VF-10 on board USS Enterprise in Oct of 1942 during the Guadalcanal Campaign. Painted with MRP paints. Added gunsight glass, some Eduard PE [...]
Trumpeter 1/48 scale F9F-2 built straight out of the box just adding etched seat belts.
Aeromaster sea blue was used to paint the model using the decals supplied.
The base is resin PSP planking painted with humbrol metalcote with markings [...]
Hi, using this as a kind of introduction, few pictures of my recent build, i am one very lazy modeller so i won´t be posting much. For now i just want to explore how this all works and questions will come later, cheers.
This is the Eduard kit built straight from the box. Stainless steel wire rigging, lead sheet seat belt, painted with Humbrol enamels. You could call the “N” the world’s first fighter plane. Enjoyable project if you can find a kit. [...]
