1/48 Airfix Lightning
Calling this one done, not 100% happy with it, but that's more down to me than the kit.
iModeler Review: AFV Club 1/35 M54A2 5-ton Truck (35300) – Part 1
AFV Club seems to have a knack for the “unsung heroes” of military hardware. The very first full kit they released back in the 90s was the M730 Chaparral, an anti-air missile system based on the M548 tracked cargo carrier. Talk about [...]
An F 14, but not as you know it, Jim………
During the last few months of 2017, I’d enviously followed the posts that Marc Barris presented, describing the various scratch-built, vacform models he makes in 1/32 scale. Blessed with detailed plans of the full-size models and with [...]
Kitty Hawk F-101C Voodoo
I've had this Kitty Hawk kit since it came out a couple years ago, but it kept getting put on the back burner due to other projects cutting in line. Well, I finally decided to finish the Voodoo, especially since Kitty Hawk has decided to [...]
1/48 Airfix P-40B Tomahawk
This is 1/48 Airfix P-40B Tomahawk with TuAF markings circa 1942-44.
Cockpit modified with Eduard PE set and Ultracast seat.
Other modifications are:
Ultracast wheels
Aires landing gear doors
Quickboost gun barrels
Ultracast [...]
A Beginner's early builds'
So, I just got into hobby modelling about February this year. In that time I have completed the planes you can see in the photos; Macchi 202 (Hasegawa), G55 (Smer), BR 20 (Italeri), Reggiane Re2002 (Tamiya), MB 326 (Italeri), Focke Wulf [...]
Time Capsule: 1989 Visit to the Commemorative Air Force Museum
In 1989, I was an instructor pilot flying the T-37 trainer at Randolph Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. Although I had a previous assignment in Oklahoma teaching basic students to fly in the T-37, this tour was different because we [...]
