WW2 x-plane "what-if"
Experimental airplane from axis that never flew, sitting in a museum.
Design idea was light ground attacker with heavy guns and internal bomb bay.
Academy P-40B Tomahawk 1/72 scale
With this being my second airplane build, I thought I would try a new technique or two. What I didn't realize at the time was that hand brushing a number was going to be one of those new techniques. We'll get to that in a moment. [...]
The Spirit
This one I did quite a while ago but I thought I might share it with you. It is the 1/72 Northrop B-2 Spirit made by Testors. This kit is quite a thing. It took me almost a year to get it done with some others to step out of it and step [...]
Review: First look – Magic Factory F4U-1A / F4U-2 Corsair
Photos to come later. This is first impressions:
Most important: don't believe the voices over at Hyperscale. The kit is not unbuildably wrong - not as much as the usual critics are unreformable.
The rivet pattern in the wings they are all [...]
DAK Sd.Kfz. 222
Retirement has allowed me to return to modeling. First completed vehicle humbly submitted. Early Afrika period 222 with field applied mud camouflage.
P-39s Airacobra and lead corrosion
Eduard's 1/48 P-39 Airacobra variants are excellent kits that are well detailed and look like the famous aircraft when assembled. I took out these models from my display cabinet where they rested for two decades.
As I was photographing the [...]
Tamiya 1:48 U.S. Howitzer Motor Carriage M8
The M8 Howitzer was a self-propelled infantry support gun based on the M5 Light Tank chassis that was used by the US during World War II in both the ETO and PTO. It was also used by France during WWII and after the war was deployed to [...]
1/72 TBM-1.
The U-boat war continues in 1/72. I picked up this Hasegawa kit for $6 at a show last year and just got around to building it. I figured my Airfix Wildcat needed a partner. This is actually the second Atlantic TBM that I’ve ever [...]
