USCG Albatross
This is another Monogram Albatross I painted and lettered for the USCG.
iModeler Aviation
Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.
USN Albatross
This is an old Monogram 1/72 scale Alabatross that I painted and lettered for NAS AGANA.
Decals by Microscale.
Tommy McGuire's last "Pudgy"
The Trumpeter P-38L done OOB with seatbelts, and Eagle Cals decals. (Last of thre P-38s for now, though there are two 1/48 kits in the stash)
On Jan. 7, 1945, Tommy McGuire led a flight of four planes on an early morning fighter sweep over [...]
Red Star Wings
My builds with the ominous red star of the Soviet Union, the Russian Federation and their former Soviet member states.
They include historic builds and rebuilds, aggressor and what-if kits.
T-45C Goshawk 1/72
This the Wolfpack 1/72 kit (Italeri base) with a lot of correction to make a real T-45C.
Shelf of Doom Pt 2 Eduard Spitfire FR IX
This is another testament to my bad choices! 30 months ago, when I still lived in the UK, I very happily surveyed the contents of the highly praised Eduard Spitfire MkIX profipack. It was due to be my second build upon returning to the [...]
Shelf of Doom Pt 1 Eduard 1/48 Polikarpov Rata
After about a year deciding whether to consign this to the bin or not I went back to it. I had been experimenting with brush-painting it entirely using oils having seen a brilliant youtube clip...
Anyway after failing completely I put this [...]
WSK Swidnik SM 1 "Hare" 11, Polish Air Force Coast Guard.
1/72 MPM, I modified a few things, brass tube and wire for the rotors, replaced the tail skid and antennae etc with brass and stretched sprue, finished in MM and Tamiya enamels, Tamiya clear over decals from the spares box, this scheme is [...]
Tamiya 1/48 scale DeHavilland Mosquito MK VI
Depiction: 605 squadron / 100 bomber support group.
Bradwell Bay Essex England 1943.
Pilot Leader: Heath
One of the aircraft that is probably on everybody's list of their top favorite aircraft of WWII, and what's not to like. The [...]
Tom McGuire’s P-38H
Trumpeter P-38 with Jerry Rutman's early P-38 conversion set. Had a friend up-size 1/48 personal markings to 1/32 for this. Hard to believe I did this 13 years ago, but there you go...
Thomas Buchanan "Tommy" McGuire, Jr., was [...]
