Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.
Hi,
I haven't posted here for a while, but that doesn't mean i have stopped modelling.
Here is my recently completed ICM Messerschmitt 109F in 1/48 scale. Not a bad kit but it took some persusading to fit together well.
Finished in the [...]
Fw190A-8, Blue 9 of 12. /JG 5. "Eismeer" Herdla, Norway, 1945. Flown by Karl-Heinz 'Charly' Koch. This aircraft, Werk #350185, crash landed during aerial combat over Sunnfjord, 9 February 1945. (Known as the Black Friday)
Koch [...]
The P-40E-1 was produced for service with the RAF under Lend-Lease, where it was known as the Kittyhawk. The aircraft served primarily in the Middle East and Far East, where it was the first fighter equipment for the RAAF.
As the Japanese [...]
An impulse build after the 1:48 Airfix Spitfire from a month or so ago. Five weeks from cracking the box to what you see here โ and yes I know I havenโt painted the sway braces on the pylons and centreline yet.
As usual with [...]
Following on from last week's post on my RAF Fortress III, I said that when the new issue of AMW was out I'd post some detail photos. Well the new issue is out tomorrow so here are the photos as promised. This is a 1:72 kit so you are [...]
Applied the first coat of Tennessee Red on three RC planes this morning. The new spray gun worked great ! I'll post more pictures when they're completed.
OK, folks, my first article on IModeler. As my profile states, I'd been out of the craft for about 35 years doing life, and now life seems to have granted me to get back into it. This featured model is my third essay (the previous being an [...]
I found the Minicraft PBM-5 to be an enjoyable build but not without its challenges. For the most part, the kit is nicely engineered with clean crisp parts and finely recessed panel lines. On the negative side, I found that the PBM-5 is a [...]
Made OOB, it has few mistakes, but s*** happens ๐ I am not completely satisfied, but it will be better in next projects. ๐ Enjoy.
