...F-8 Crusaders launching from the old FDR CV-42
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEW5jACD1iE/@CriticalPast&t=47s
A bit more intensive for the crew was the Bridal/hold back system of catapult hookup.
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Mildred Fish Harnack
So, I have a -- perhaps morbid, I prefer to think, timely -- fascination with photos of victims of state repression.
I'm not alone as per David King's "Ordinary Citizens" and Tomasz Kizny's French-language "The Great Terror [...]
Scratchbuilt 12th scale Fire Hose Reel.
There is a Fire Hose Reel at the M.O.V.E museum at Shepparton Vic and has some excellent designs painted on it, I thought it looked quite good, so I took quite a a few photos OF IT for future reference.
I found a working drawing of a Fire [...]
'27 Model-T
Hellow everyone. It's been a little wile since I've posted anything. It's been a wile since I've worked on anything. I hate it when real life gets in the way!
Anyways, here is my latest completed project. The body is a resin piece from [...]
Scratchbuilt 1/12th scale Van on Lorry Undercarriage
A 1/12th scale 'Van on Lorry Under Carriage', made from the drawing of J.E.Bishop, published in the January, 1919 edition of "The Coach and Motor Builder".
Changed the wheels from wooden spoked wheels to steel wheels, these steel [...]
1/48 Monogram Bf-109E
The title says Bf-109E, but when this kit was relleased, the box said “Me-109-E”. Built this one from a white box kit. Added a Hobbycraft cockpit and wheels. Decals from a Sky Models sheet for Hans Troitzsch of 6/JG77.
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1/48 Hawk/Testors P-47D
A P-47D using the Hawk/Testors kit as a starting point. I was a major AMS junkie in the 90’s and early 2000’s. Hence, I amassed a lot of discarded kit parts to use on other kits.
This one used an engine front, cowling, wheels, landing [...]
Jozsef Cserny
So, Cserny was the boss of the Lenin Boys, the Hungarian Soviet Republic's equivalent of the Cheka.
He was a brutal, sadistic killer, but with an undeniable flair for fashion, a stick grenade being an indispensable accoutrement for the [...]
Grab bag of 1/48 P-51D’s
Older builds of P-51D’s I did.
First up, the Hobbycraft copy of the Fujimi kit. Decals from the Tamiya F-51D . Don’t remember what extras were used to spruce it up.
Next, a couple of Testors Authentiplate P-51D’s. Markings for [...]
1/48 Hawk/Testors Laird Solution
Here’s my build of the 1/48 Laird Solution racing plane by Hawk/Testors. I added a cockpit, removed the etched markings locations, added a better engine, and some forgotten details to the cowling.
