Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.
I occasionally modify kits for the fun of it. Here's an example. Wheels are up, Buffalo and Wildcat style. I'm beginning to put together an IModeler Group that I hope will steer AeroKnow Museum friends in the direction of iModeler [...]
I present a number of my favorite masking tapes and masking paper that I use for scale modeling. Tapes from 3M, Tamiya, and FBS are highlighted.
This video covers the features, makes, and models of small sanding machines that are suitable for creating scale models. Discussion involves various belt sanders, disc sanders. and drum sanders.
Well, here is part 3 of the build, things are moving quite swiftly and needless to say I am having some serious fun. Apart from my husband duties, like going to the beach and chatting with the Wife, I have managed to do some building as [...]
Hello my friends, some pics of my recently finished MiG-29 which is a comission build for a collector...Hope you like it and I wish you all a happy new year! Christian
This is by far my most ambitious project so far. The diorama was born from the Revell 1/32 scale kit of the FW 190 F-8 and the superb range of Eduard resin and PE that was available for it. Having built the kit with the resin engine, [...]
The Tamiya kit, OOB, with Aeromaster decals.
James H. Howard and “Ding Hao!”:
Born in China, the son of Methodist missionaries, James H. Howard joined the U.S. Navy in 1938. After graduating from flight school at Pensacola, Ensign [...]
Proof you don't have to have the latest kit to get a nice model, if you're willing to put in the work. About 15 years ago, a friend gave me a bunch of old kits that he figured were good for spare parts. Among them was this kit, which I [...]
Hi friends!
I guess some of you know that this build was my "FRYING PAN CHALLENGE".
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Yesterday was spent planting grass on the base plate. As you can see, I made some low valleys and hills in the plate, to give it a bit [...]
This is the first video in the series on building the 1/48 scale Revell - Monogram A-26 Invader. Additional information on the A-26 can be found on my web page ... (link)