Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.
This is the 1/48 Hasegawa kit built OOB with the exception of the decals, which came from Aeromaster. The 48 FG.1s built for the Royal Navy are the most unique Phantoms of all. The RR Spey engines necessitated a redesign of the fuselage. [...]
I managed to make the molds for the front(Cracked kit part) and rear main canopy, I used my trusty, home made Vac form machine, it worked like a charm. I then did all the canopy framing with lead strip and masked and painted. I am off to [...]
So once in a while I'll do a jet or two depending on my interest. This kit is pretty much OOB, with the exception that I added some True Detail seats and wheels. The kit decals represent the 67th FBS, 18th FBW, Osan, Korea, 1953. Paint [...]
If anyone read my post about the Eduard Spitfire I posted in Egyptian markings recently you will remember my griping about the poor quality ,now it's time to eat my words because this little kit went together without a hitch.I only really [...]
gear doors were not always lined in red...i found many pictures to the contrary
What is there to say a superb kit of an equally superb aircraft ,the stunning Mustang. For those who don't know this is one of those kits for everyone from a total novice with his first kit to a serious competition builder, you cannot go [...]
History:
The Royal Navy received 48 Phantoms. In service 30th april 1968, retired 27 november 1978. Due to its seize, operations were limited to HMS Eagle and HMS Ark Royal.
The twin reheating Rolls-Royce powered F4K Phantom had some [...]
I bought this kit at a club day just as everyone was packing up ,why ?,because I didn't want to go home empty handed and instantly regretted it ,so anyway it came home with me and sat on the shelf of hasty decisions for a while while I [...]
This build was made for a collector in germany. He likes the F-4 very much, as he was living near an airfield base in earlier times. He wants me to build exactly this aircraft before it has gone to a museum-hangar. It was a big challenge, [...]
This was a fun project despite the glitches in the instructions. It took longer to complete than I had planned, but I had the opportunity to use this project to try out a variety of tools and techniques. All I can suggest with this project [...]