Revell 1/48 MQ-9 Reaper
Fellas,
Revell's Reaper built OOB with scratch built intake and exhaust, and camera lens covers. Finished in Tamiya acrylics with decals by Caracal, Fireball and Afterburner.
Andy
iModeler Aviation
Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.
Accurate Miniatures 1/48 P-51C
When you get some time off, build some models is what I say. Seem to be on a P-51 kick right now and here's my latest off the work bench. Had some trouble closing up the fuselage but believe it was operator head space and not the fault of [...]
2017 Build Plan (?!)
Well, just for the heck of it, I decided last week what my build objectives are for this year. Part of my problem is that most of my stash is stored in large plastic totes in the garage, and because I don't see them, I don't remember what [...]
Some Aviation Truisms (Please feel free to add any of your own)
Aviation Truisms.
Blue water Navy truism; There are more planes in the ocean than there are submarines in the sky.
If the wings are traveling faster than the fuselage, it's probably a helicopter -- and therefore, unsafe.
Navy carrier [...]
Special Hobby 1/72 Yak-17
Several months ago, a modeler in Tulsa passed away, and his family donated the kits to our club asking that we pass them on to modelers who would build (rather than sell) the kits. We ended up distributing the kits to our club members and [...]
Hasegawa 1/48 P-40E Kittyhawk....
Well, good people keep trying to drag me from the dark side to the light... and I always resist. Except for this time- A good kop (whose favorite A/C is the P-40) dared/cajoled me into doing a Kittyhawk. Credit for inspiration also goes [...]
Special Hobby 1/32 Yak-3 “Normandie-Niemen”
The Yakovlev Yak-3 is commonly considered the best sub-type of the wartime Yakovlev fighter series that began with the Yak-1. The Yak-3 was one of the smallest and lightest major combat fighters fielded by any combatant; its high [...]
Academy B-17F "Shamrock Special"
Hey guys, here's my try at Academy Fortress. Almost OOB, with exception of QB gun barrels and scratchbuilt landing lights. Markings are from Revell, since i always wanted to do "Shamrock", with it's replacement tail, it makes [...]
1/72 Academy Bf 109 G-14 (Erich Hartmann) Winter Scheme
No wind in the Valley, so it's picture takin' time !. I actually finished this little gem in June, and then waited for that perfect blanket of white to photograph it. The platform is from the J2F session, enhanced with the real stuff.
This [...]
