Soviet Victor III Class [Project671RTMK] SSN, 1/350 Hobby Boss
Great little 1/350 kit from Hobby Boss. This is second Soviet era submarine of a
growing fleet of Russian subs I'm building. Watch this space for more to come.
Trumpeter 1/48 F9F-2
I had all kinds of trouble with the fit of this kit...probably self-inflicted. This is not my best build. There are all kinds of mistakes on it. I used the Pavla cockpit and nose gear well. The cockpit opening is too small and that [...]
On This Day…December 17th
There is a real beauty in this colourised photo of Wilbur (running along the wingtip) and Orville Wright (piloting) during their historic flight on December 17th, 1903.
Below is a copy of the telegram sent by Orvelle (sic) excitedly [...]
Dragon 1/35 PzKpfw. II Ausf F
God Evening Friends 🙂
This is the model which stood on my shelf half finished for many months. Somehow I lost my interest in it, although I'm in deep love with german armor.
Maybe the reason was so much problems with plastic. PE parts [...]
“Brace for impact boys!” Italeri Airspeed Horsa AS 51, 1/72
Some of you may think you have seen this already some years ago ,but this is a different build from the first one which is in my gallery, this version uses aftermarket decals with the rather cool graffiti on the side, sadly the first one [...]
Airfix 1/48 Gloster Meteor F.8
Here's my contribution to the "100 Years of the Royal Air Force" Group build. The Airfix kit left me with somewhat mixed feelings - on one hand it is nicely detailed and goes together well for the most part, on the other hand it [...]
German sfH 18 150 mm howitzer
This is a scratch built German sfH 18 150mm howitzer. Copied from pictures so not sure of the scale. Its 15.5 inches long. Made from pine and ply and dowling. Sorry no building photos.
RAF 100 Group Build: Hawker Hurricane Mk 1. Willie McKnight, No. 242 Sqn. Airfix 1/48. Where was the RAF at Dunkirk? (Part Two).
Blitzkrieg was a term the Wermacht never officially adopted, probably because Hitler thought it ‘idiotic’ in its simplicity. The view of the Nazi regime was that they were simply reaping the dividends of Germany’s superior industrial [...]
On This Day…December 16th
SOC-3A ‘Seagull’ floatplane of US Navy Scouting Squadron 201 (VS-201) photographed today in 1941 on the deck of escort carrier USS Long Island (CVE-1, the first US escort carrier).
LST (Landing Ship,Tank) -66 landing troops during [...]
100 Years of the RAF, No. 264 Squadron, circa July 1940, Martlesham Heath, Suffolk, England 1/48 Airfix BP Defiant
Here's another completed project from the 100 Years of the RAF group build.
This one also happens to be the monthly random kit award that I received from Martin and his staff a while ago. As promised, I wrote a kit review on the model, [...]
