de Havilland DH 100 FB 5 Vampire, A78-3, ARDU RAAF Laverton Vic 1949.
1/72 Heller, my first Vampire, I modified and replaced a few things, finished in enamels, MM 1781 with Tamiya X22 over Airfix and spare Aussie decals.
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Video: 1/72 SUKHOI SU-33 FLANKER-D by ZVEZDA
1/72 scale Russian Naval Fighter Sukhoi Su-33 Flanker-D by Zvezda. Excellent kit.
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A Year In Builds – 2016
I knew I would finish at least one of the 3 in-progress builds during the Christmas break, so wanted to wait until I got that done to add to the "year in the life of a modelaholic" mania sweeping iModeler this December! With my [...]
RAF P-47s
Not totally oddball but 2 1/48 P-47s that served with the 73OTU in Fayid, Egypt,1945. The razorback was a Monogram kit and the bubbletop was Academy. Decals by LPS Decals "British Thunderbolts" and Iliad Decals "RAF [...]
AviationUSK 1/72 VL Myrsky II
I enjoy old kits and unusual subjects, and this one fit both bills! This was an old AviationUSK bagged kit. Soft plastic, not a lot of parts, vac-formed canopy (which I'm not a real fan of), and butt joints. It also had engraved panel [...]
1/48 Airfix B.P Defiant Mk.I
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My latest and last in 2016 completed build. This time Defiant Mk.I from Airfix in 1/48 scale.
Pretty nice kit maybe the panel lines a little bit soft and out of scale, but goes together no problem it all.
Decals I used for this [...]
Water Wings GB – Be-200ChS Altair
Beriev Design Bureau was established in 1934 and is the synonym for the amphibian aircraft not only in Russia but on the world level as well. While most of the amphibians were propeller driven like WW2 era MBR-2 and Cold War Be-6 [...]
1/48 Tamiya F4U-1 Birdcage Corsair “Daphne C” Bureau number 03829, VMF-213, Captain James Cupp
Tonight's article is about the second F4U from my very first article here on Imodeller. This one is hot off the work bench. It's one of 3 early Corsair builds that I had going on at the same time. Two were by Tamiya and one was from [...]
DH Vampire T.55
Well here's a thing, I finished an Airfix Vampire too !
Built for the RNZAF 80th Anniversary GB over at Kiwi Modeller, the Airfix T.11/T.55 is quite simply a delight. Construction is virtually vice-free with only a 'smear' of putty here [...]
de Havilland DH 100 F1 Vampire, A78-1, ARDU RAAF Point Cook Vic 1947.
1/72 Airfix, my second Vampire, I modified and replaced a few things, finished in Tamiya and MM enamels with Future and Matt Cote or Micro flat over kit and spare Aussie decals.
