Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.
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 [...]
Phantom II is always loved for all aircraft modelers.
I built my first one (because its' not possible to build just one phantom!) with Academy's new tool kit.
It is Snap tite kit so you can build without glue or painting (sticker [...]
Trumpeter 1/32 P-38L with Jerry Rutman's resin F-5E conversion.
Here's the best story I know about a photo-Lightning mission:
The Loire River Death Ride of “Chili” Childress:
One of the most hair‑raising missions ever flown by the [...]
Some photos taken 10+ years ago out at Planes of Fame of a P-38L in NMF.
My mother always claimed that the first word I said was "airplane!" (opane!) as I pointed up at a P-38 flying over the park we were in. So my love affair [...]
This little clip shows the entire process of assembling the beautiful Fokker D.VII kit from Wingnut Wings in the colours of Reinhold van Benz, Jasta 78b. He flew his aircraft in August 1918 and had one sole victory over a Salmson [...]
This Mig model is supposed to be an older idle machine somewhere on the edge of the airport somewhere in Russia.
The model is without accessories and I built it as a test of metallic colors and riveting.
Hello, friends!
Today finished another model. This is a sports training aircraft Yak-18A. Kit from the firm Amodel in scale 1/72. Stand homemade. I hope you will enjoy.
Here we go again, this build has been an absolute challenge from the beginning. I have found that I have problem solving skills that I never thought I had.
Before I left for the Congo I decided to laminate the wings from 1mm Plastic card [...]
This time I'll add the smaller Viper from Tamiya.
The machine is marketed by the National Guard of the State of Arkansas.
The kit was supplemented with the brake shields and RBF flags from Eduard and the Plusmodel ladder.
