Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.
Having served in the RAAF and worked on the Falcon 900 business jet used as a VIP transport at no 34 Squadron I had to have a model of one. At the time I started this project there were no 1/72 kits available (July 2004).
I found out that [...]
Well another one finally complete. This is the Kinetic issue of the early version S-2A, basically short body and short wings to keep the description simple. I went all out on this kit using Quickboost engines that were wired and had the [...]
Make my own stands for aircraft. I mostly use coffee sticks but I'm trying to be more inventive and upcycle other things as well. This is the latest for my 1/72 Red Arrows Gnat. First Jet I've finished and quite happy with the result. [...]
1/48 Eduard Bf109 G-2 White 4 flown by Oberleutnant Theodor Weissenberger, Staffelkapitan 7./JG5, July 1943.
I bought this kit about 9 years ago and kept it in the attic until such time as I felt I had the skill to do it justice. About 18 months ago I felt that my confidence was at a level to give it a go, and 9 years after the initial purchase [...]
It's been over a year since my first few posts so I have some catching up to do! We moved to a new larger home so I have a much more roomy hobby room, and as a result I can build a bit faster.
This is Trumpeter's 1/32nd P-47 Razorback in [...]
I seem to have a Korea War interest these days and wanted to do a Mig as well as an F-86 Saber jet. Started the Saber with the Academy kit but ended up ruining it, however a Revell replacement is in the works. Lots is known about the Mig [...]
In the fall of 1916, in answer to air raids conducted over the Flanders front by the Royal Naval Air Service, the German Navy combined two Kampfeinsizter Kommandos into Marine-Flieger Abteilung II, based at Neumuenster. The unit was [...]
Eino Luukkanen was in the cockpit of this airplane while achieving his 56th confirmed victory. He downed a Soviet Yak-9 fighter flown by Lt. G. F. Nizhnik on August 5, 1944 over Narva Bay. This Yak was the only aircraft downed by the guns [...]
