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Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.

Eduard Spitfire Mk. IXe 1/72

Spitfire Mk. IXe, flown (probably) by Maj. Vasiliy A. Matsyevich, the unit commander of the 26th GIAP, Leningrad area, May 1945. There are various theories to the appearance of this peticular Spitfire, this is one of them. (This info is [...]

Tamiya 1/48 scale Nakajima, Gekko Night Fighter Type 11 Late version

Originally designed as a long range fighter, the Nakajima Irving (as it was know as) was soon outclassed by other fighters. It was relegated to recon duties primarily, until a field design modification proved its worthiness as a night [...]

F-86F Sabre Skyblazers 1/48 Italeri + PE parts Eduard

F-86 F Sabre, Skyblazers Aerobatic Team, 48th FBW Chaumont-Semoutiers Air Base, France 1956, Captain Jim Reynolds

F-14 A Italeri 1:48

Maverick aircraft from Top Gun Movie 1986

Haven’t we all encounterd this?

This is a large scale Fokker Dr-1 purchased from an British gentleman. It was shipped with a very heavy base. The base came adrift causing major damage. Von Richthofen's Fokker was in better shape than this after his fatal crash. I [...]

Academy P-38M Nightmare…er, Night Lightning (or) the P-38M in Japan and Why It Matters to Me

Warning: This is a lengthier than usual post, so read on at your own peril. History of the Bird The P-38M captured my imagination some time ago, and I decided this point in my return to modeling was my chance to act. In fact, my digging [...]

Eduard Airco DH-2. 1/48 Profipak. 14SQN RFC

Hi all, I know I normally construct Australian Flying Corps aircraft but the DH-2 is my all time favourite aircraft. To be fair, this one was used by a sister squadron to 1SQN AFC. Now this is a pretty good kit anyway but I got pretty busy [...]

I-1 (IL 400b) ECM 1:72

Some 20+ years ago, I was a teenager walking his first steps alone in Santiago, capital city. I had built a Revell F15-E I bought in a school trip to Arica, full of mistakes but you know, what you build as a teen you love forever. Somehow [...]

Spitfire mk XIX Airfix 1/48

Hello Everybody I must admit that I have not enough time for modelling. But, I found few weeks to realize this beauty. The Mk XIX is one of the purest Spitfire ever done, with the Mk XVI and his bubble canopy. The Airfix kit is just a [...]

Not another Phantom? F-4J VF-101 NAS Oceana 1976.

This is an older build, Monogram 1/72 F-4J, Microscale decals of VF-101 Grim Reapers .