This is a kit I have had in the stash for about 15 years or more.
I jumped at the opportunity to build it as a part of our D Day / Invasion stripe group build as a part of Flight 19 group.
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Previously I had wanted to build this [...]
Hi All,
A contribution to the FL-19 mini group build...”Invasion Stripes”.
Republic P-47D, 42-26298, “I Wanted Wings” / “Button Nose”
56th FG, 62nd FS
Lt. Albert P. Knafelz from Horseheads, Ny
This was an enjoyable build with [...]
Hi All,
A contribution to the FL-19 mini group build...”Invasion Stripes”.
F6F, MK-I, Hellcat
E-L JV131
800 Squadron FAA
HMS Emperor, September, 1944
Along with keeping to the group build parameters, I had two more personal objectives [...]
"The Argentine Squadron"
This is a kit that I have had in "Ye Olde Stash" for years now. I picked it up shortly after I got back into the hobby again, sometime around the mid 1990's. These markings are something that [...]
It's the early morning, 6 June 1944, the Allies have finally commenced operation "Overlord" the invasion of mainland Europe. The Germans were expecting the Allies to start such an operation, just when and where. Yet they had [...]
Arma Hobby has just announced a 1/48 scale model kit of the Bell P-39Q Airacobra. This entirely new product is a welcome addition to the company's emerging quarter-scale range.
I was privileged to examine the kit on the day of its public [...]
Volks 1/100 scale kit.
I put together Terror Mirage, the MH that appears in the comic, Five Star Stories.
As a plastic model, the parts accuracy is a little difficult to achieve, but the kit is uniquely valuable in that it faithfully [...]
Hi to all,
I want to share the final photos of our latest project. The De Havilland DH 82 Tiger Moth series.
My father made all of them while I was doing the research behind each model.
As always we would like to thank all the people who [...]
This is another Amtech 1/48 P-40E Warhawk, built at the same time as the Robert L. Scott one (Claire Chennault 'gifted' the former to Scott, and his son flew this one!).
Every one of the 11 FS, 343 FG aircraft had a slightly different [...]