Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.
I uploaded a few WIP pics of this little diorama a few months ago and after languishing on the shelf for a few months, I decided to finish the build. I don't normally build anything smaller than 1/72, but these two at 1/144 were the [...]
Accurate Miniature TBM-3 Avenger 1/48th scale. The only addition is the harness. This kit is over 20 years old now. This version was released in 1996. It's painted in Aeromaster acrylic. Markings are from USS Intrepid.
Here's my first entry into this group build, I couldn't find another subject with more than three cat references, this one has "CAT", "Jaguar" and "Kitty". It is, of course, Kittyhawk's 1/48 kit, which I [...]
Here is a very old AIRFIX kit I found in the attic. Not sure when it was made? It is rather battered.Sale 1:24.
My partner's father in law was Wing Commander Ken Wallis who built and flew this auto gyro in the James Bond film.He also [...]
Another recently completed build. 1/32 Tamiya F4U-1 birdcage built OOB with Eagle Edition decals. I entered it in the annual Sproo-Do model contest and show and it took a gold and Best Box Stock.
This is the recent Trumpeter kit. This project was just plain fun! I never thought we'd see a mainstream Fishpot, let alone three. Trumpeter has kitted the -9, -9UM, and the -11 that you see here. I was fascinated by this plane as a kid, [...]
Monograms venerable Phantom kit, using decals from Airfix's old F-4 kit. This is an older build, I still have one left I my stash plus a Fujimi photo bird.
One from the cheap seats. Ertl/AMT F-14A .After starting this I almost chucked it ! I think I'd rather have done the old Airfix or even Monogram kits. There is panel line detail but the fit is very poor, I think the Sword Cougar was an [...]
Finally completed. Ilyushin Il-4 A3 10th guard long range bomber squadron 1 regiment. 1944 Xuntong kit. Tough build. Glad its over but love the result. ?
Hope you like.
I had started this build a few months before the stroke. I got tired of looking at it a decided to finish it after the ZM F-4J. The decals are from Syhart and I added a pic of the bottom before adding the flaps and landing gear.
