Article Directory: Aviation
Building, painting and finishing aircraft models of all scales.
This was the first kit I built after a 4 year hiatus in model building. Its the Academy reboxing of the Hobbycraft kit, which at the same time looks very similar to the Hasegawa version.
The only trouble I had with this kit was that the tailplan[...]
This kit came straight from the box of the Academy 1:48 "Bf 109G-6/G-2 JG27" boxing. It´s a rebox of the Hobbycraft Bf 109G-6, with fuselage halves for a Bf 109G-6, so you have to make some cutting for the retractable tailwheel opening if you wi[...]
This is the 1/48th scale Beechcraft T-34C Turbo Mentor by Czech Model, done in kit markings. This kit originally came out in 2002, but it has taken me this long to finish it; I have had the major part of the assembly done for quite awhile, but o[...]
Hello, friends!
I got my prize for my model Tu-22KDP (imodeler.com/2018/07/tupolev-22kdp-1-72-modelsvit/)! From the list of prizes that Martin kindly provided me, I chose the MiG-21MF 1/48. But I was very surprised when I saw in the package an [...]
8th of December, 2019, will mark 80th anniversary of the establishment of Mikoyan and Gurevich Design Bureau by Artem Mikoyan and Mikhail Gurevich. After the WW2 designs of MiG-1 and MiG-3, with the advent of jet age, the name "MiG" has become a[...]
Hi all, this is a companion build to the TA-4J I posted earlier. I started it with a Hobbycraft A-4C. When the Hobbycraft kits first came out, I bought a B, an E, and two C kits sight unseen (no reviews/photos beforehand). I was a bit disappoint[...]
First time i build WWI airplane in this scale,must say that i liked, so there will be some more of them in the future.
Jorg Czypionka Hunts Mosquitos:
The ranks of "Great Luftwaffe Aces" do not include my friend Leutnant Jorg Czypionka. "You have to understand,I joined the Luftwaffe because I loved airplanes and flying, not for the combat. All the choices I ma[...]
This TA-4J kit was sitting for quite a while, and I finally finished it off at the end of this summer. Airbrushed gray but hand brushed tan and green- with brushed touchups on the gray area. I used Afterburner decals although the same markings a[...]
Hello guys
So much fun getting together this little gem of a kit. Fully recommended for a fun build.
MrPaint paint, had some problems with silvering on decals.
Happy modelling to you all.
