Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.
Here's a shot of the USN Albatross from the starboard side.
Another of my collections is this model from Eduard.
Thanks to the extensive range of accessories included in the box, I did not even care.
The construction was quiet, only suction channels needed to go dry enough.
I had a problem with [...]
Tamiya 1/48th F84G Thunderjet.
Eagle strike decal set number 48143
The aircraft was a F84G of the 310th fighter bomber squadron,
58th fighter bomber wing,
Korea 1952.
I painted the model with various shades of Alclad 11 & Aeromaster [...]
This is another Monogram Albatross I painted and lettered for the USCG.
This is an old Monogram 1/72 scale Alabatross that I painted and lettered for NAS AGANA.
Decals by Microscale.
The Trumpeter P-38L done OOB with seatbelts, and Eagle Cals decals. (Last of thre P-38s for now, though there are two 1/48 kits in the stash)
On Jan. 7, 1945, Tommy McGuire led a flight of four planes on an early morning fighter sweep over [...]
My builds with the ominous red star of the Soviet Union, the Russian Federation and their former Soviet member states.
They include historic builds and rebuilds, aggressor and what-if kits.
This the Wolfpack 1/72 kit (Italeri base) with a lot of correction to make a real T-45C.
This is another testament to my bad choices! 30 months ago, when I still lived in the UK, I very happily surveyed the contents of the highly praised Eduard Spitfire MkIX profipack. It was due to be my second build upon returning to the [...]
After about a year deciding whether to consign this to the bin or not I went back to it. I had been experimenting with brush-painting it entirely using oils having seen a brilliant youtube clip...
Anyway after failing completely I put this [...]