Hasegawa 1/48 F-18D Hornet
Hasegawa's Hornet is a challenging model. The mold is well detailed with a fine recessed panel surface, but has a few fit issues. Nonetheless, it is an impressive model like this great aircraft.
Tamiya 1/35 M 4 Sherman
I wanted to build an early 1944 Normandy version in the Sherman (75mm gun) to go with the E8 version I built earlier. Surprised how many differences there are when compared side by side.
Kit was easy and not a single fit issue. All [...]
1/350 MikroMir USS Thresher
The USS Thresher was supposed to be the lead ship of an upgraded Skipjack class submarine design. Forsaking speed for stealth, the Thresher class (named after a species of shark and the even more dangerous Tambor class submarine, USS [...]
A Neat Little `Nate` Ki-27b from Hasegawa in 1/72
This is the Hasegawa kit NP9 Nakajima Ki-27b ‘Nate’, depicting the aircraft flown by Capt. Shironaga with the 24th Flight Regiment in the Philippines in 1940. Interesting history behind the Ki-27, being the Imperial Japanese Army Air [...]
Buddy building the Accurate Miniatures 24th scale McClaren
I was so impressed with the amount of detail this kit provided that I had to share my discovery with my model buddy Mark Box. The more I raved about it, the more interested Mark became, so we decided to each build one so we could share the [...]
We're Not Worthy!! (Again) – Bill Bosworth's 1/48 scale scratchbuilt H6K "Mavis"
I hear stamp collecting and knitting are hobbies that lots of people enjoy...
The latest from Bill Bosworth:
1/48 scale scratchbuilt vacuform Kawasaki H6K Ocean Reconnaissance Seaplane (Allied code name Mavis)
The wingspan is 32 inches.
Hobby Boss 1/72 M.S.406
The M.S.406 was Morane's first low-wing monoplane, as well as the first to feature an enclosed cockpit and a retracting undercarriage. Upon entering service in early 1939, it was the French Air Force’s first "modern" fighter [...]
Hawker Typhoon 1B, DN323 Y, 451 Sqn RAAF, Edku Egypt, 1943.
1/72 Brengun, built 06-2022 to 09-2023 for the Desert air war GB, more pic's and details there.
RealSpace Mariner 9
NASA's Mariner program had the goal of studying the inner planets: Mercury, Venus, and Mars, through a series of robotic space probes. Between 1962 and 1973, ten Mariner missions were attempted: though three failed, the others performed [...]
Last living survivor of USS Arizona passes
Lou Conter, the last living survivor on board the USS Arizona during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, has died. He was 102. He had been in hospice for the past four weeks. Conter died Monday morning while surrounded by family [...]
