HYAKUSHIKI SHITEI III KAI Air Defense Fighter 1:48 scale TAMIYA kit
16th Dokuritsu Hikotai, Japan, 1945.
Built from box. The kit is old but gold, not the decals though.
Photographed in photo box.
A day at the airport – Caribbean cargo operations
The cargo operation I flew for out of St. Thomas U.S.V.I, is the focus of this diorama. The diorama is representative of various daily airport operations combined in one setting. One of the more notable aspects of hauling cargo were souls [...]
Eduard 1/48 Fw-190A-3 Profipack
RAF pilots first reported encountering a new German radial-engine fighter on cross-Channel missions in August 1941, with increasing numbers in September, though their main opponents were still Bf-109Fs. Their reports of its incredible [...]
GMC, 2 1/2-Ton Cargo Truck, Tamiya, 1st Army 3549th Transport. Corp. Truck Co. #37, July 1944, Normandy
After a 53 year break, back to modeling in January. This is the 5th kit since returning.
Haven't done any weathering yet, may return later. Now I've a 1/350 Hobby Boss Soviet submarine
to tackle. Will post pics when done.
Special Hobby T-2C Buckeye (1/48th)
This is the Special Hobby T-2C Buckeye, done in a USN high-viz trainer scheme. This mixed-media kit has been around for a few years, so it is not new, however, it is still a good kit, if one puts in the effort to use the various features [...]
Huma 1/48 FL 282 “Kolibri” [Hummingbird]
The world's first production helicopter came on the scene in 1942...Flettner came up with the same intermeshing blade design still in effect today...a radial engine sits behind the pilot with a transmission on the front from which a shaft [...]
1/72 Anigrand Craftwork C-141 Starlifter
I lived in southern CA and would see C-141Bs flying all the time (Norton AFB). In my opinion, it is a classic airplane.
Decided to tackle C-141 in 1/72 made of resin. I can't say this just fell together. I used two metal rods for strength [...]
M48A2GA2
My most recent built, Revell M48A2-GA2 in 1:35 scale. There’s still a few bits I’ll change like the lights and such, more mud on it, but all in all I’m happy with the outcome, hope everyone is have a good day!
On This Day…November 29th.
F6F Hellcat of VF-1 lands at Tarawa Atoll (Betio) on November 29, 1943.
18 year old Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya is led to her death on November 29, 1941 for her crimes as a Russian partisan. She was tortured before her hanging and her body [...]
