Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.
I said I would next built an American plane in British markings, here it is, a Tarpon, from the ancient 1/48 scale Revell TBF Avenger kit.
This kit is sooo old...it has a 1958 copyright mark, that,s even older than my copyright mark, but [...]
Mitsubishi A6M2b (Model 21) - Akagi Carrier, Lead ship of Carrier Div. 1, flown by Lt. Saburo Shindo, Air Superiority Force, 2nd Strike Unit - Dec, 1941.
The kit: Tamiya 1:72
I think Zeke needs no presentation, but let me drop a few [...]
Just finished my Airfix 1/72 Spitfire MK II LR. Used the new tool Airfix kit with the 3D Kits conversion kit which provides the extra wing mounted fuel tank and markings for Spitfire P8448 "Counterattack" of 152 Squadron. Added [...]
Today is the70th anniversary of the end of the Second World War the most destructive event in human history. It was hard-fought to the last minute.
HMS Indefatigable joined the American Third Fleet in Japanese waters after August 10, 1945, [...]
an oldie but goodie from 1972...sanded out the lines and did a half fast re scribe...Techmod decals...this plane was meant to be a fighter but the engine leaked so much oil and exhaust pilots had to muzzle up and go on oxygen as soon as [...]
The model is the Monogram 1/48 Mirage 2000, the instructions are dated 1986. I built the kit somewhere between '93 and '95. It had never been photographed at all until last Tuesday. When it was built way back then, I had very little [...]
Model built from a scrap of a very old kit!
Many pieces have been replaced and a lot has completed the technique of scratchbuilding (using aluminum cans).
The model has all the movable parts (doors, access, rotors) as the original!
A [...]
This model represents the plane flown by Flight Leader Charles "Chuck" Older for the AVG in China 1941/42.
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