Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.
Welsh Models are known for the vacform/resin kits. This kit was a challenge in some areas, in particular getting a solid join between the vacform fuselage and resin wing roots. The other issue I had was the amount of nose weight required [...]
Tonight's presentation is hot of the work bench. It is the second completed build for this year, (but most of the work was done last year...).
I have been building a set of four Hasegawa F6F Hellcats as part of our current "Year of [...]
The F-16C Block 52 + was built by me in 2009, from a very good Revell set. My task was to add some small elements that are characteristic of the Polish version. The model is in painting and marking from the 31st Tactical Air Base based in [...]
It's mid July 1950, it has been about a month since the war started when the N. Koreans crossed the 38th parallel invading S. Korea. Cpt James Kerley stands next to his F-51 ready to fly his first mission. One of 145 Mustangs rushed to [...]
This is the second episode of building the Revell Monogram A-26 Invader. A web page with additional information about the kit as well as the A-26 Pilots Manual and training film can be found at (link)
Built pretty much out of the box except for seat belts and TD wheels, this P-40N was a smooth, trouble-free build. After-market decals were used to mark the plane as one flown by the 8th FS Commander Ernie Harris. He scored 10 kills in [...]
Here we go again, I did quite a lot of work since the last post, I want to get some build time in before I make another trip to the DRC, so this is what I have done since the last post.
Shaped a spinner from Balsa wood and vac form. [...]
This is the Tamiya 1/48th scale FB Mk.VI Mosquito. I made both the FB Mk VI, and the B Mk IV when they were first released. The FB Mk VI was released way back in 1998. It is painted with Aeromaster acrylic. The decals are from Aeromaster [...]
Well the New Year is off to a great start... I just finished up the first model for this Year. Granted, most of the work was done last year, so it only needed some little things completed to make it whole. One down and three more [...]
Pictures of a Westland Wessex helicopter at Bournemouth Air Museum in the U.K
