This kit was one of the worst I have ever built. Very bad pressings with thick burrs, so that sometimes it was not possible to tell where the burr ends and where the part begins. I had to confront the large parts with the drawing to get [...]
He 219A-2, W/Nr.290126, D5+BL
3./NJG 3, Grove 1945.
RLM 22(black) on all the undersides( my 50/50 mix of black and dark brown); top surfaces in RLM 75/76 ' reverse mottling'. All markings in white, except 'BL' of code which is probably RLM [...]
After II./JG 51 was disbanded on April 5th, 1945, at Fels am Wagram, one of the 109s transferred was an aircraft depicted here. The overpainted marking discloses the former service under II. /JG 51.
The Lockheed AH-56 was a 4-blade, compound attack helicopter developed in the 1960s to fulfill the U.S. Army’s anti-tank gunship role (the Advanced Aerial Fire Support System, AAFSS program). The main motivation for the program was to [...]
Hi All,
“Tarawa”
A vignette depicting the USMC, 2nd Amphibian Tractor Battalion, in an LVT-2, invading the island of Betio during the Tarawa invasion.
The kit was easy to build, minimal parts, with no issues. I did add some minor [...]
Hi All,
“Thanks for the Ride”.
A vignette depicting an LVT-4, of the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps (RCAMC), somewhere in Northern Europe.
Both the LVT-4 and Jeep kits were easy to build, minimal parts, with no issues. Minor detail [...]
Hello all,
This my attempt at the Hasegawa 1/32 FW 190 A5 kit. I found this to be an easy and fun build. I was motivated by some great builds at the Vegas Nats. I was able to pick the kit and decals while I was there. I have always had a [...]
2nd time I have built this kit. The first time ended with frustration and me binning the model (that’s the polite version). I wanted to take another stab at it and pretty happy with the results. Need to do some weathering and apply the [...]