Random blast from the past
About finished with two builds, got to get them in the photo booth, meanwhile photos of my yout. First four, in and around Nimitz 1977, #5- Me and a Sherman, Marseilles Fr.1978, #6- berthing, 03 level, Saratoga 1976
1/48 Piaggio XSP-2 “Super Veloce” (1938)
Piaggio started in the aeronautics field in 1915. As with most Italians, racing was in the blood. The 1920s served as an important time in the company's history when, Piaggio Aero brought on Giovanni Pegna and Giuseppe Gabrielli, two [...]
Kasserine Pass GB: 1/48 scale Tamiya FW-190A , Oblt. E. Rudorffer, CO 6 / JG2 Tunisia
Better late than never they say...who ever "they" are. Here it is finally.
This is the Tamiya FW-190 A-3 kit, that I updated to make it look like a later A-4 version with a few simple modifications. These are all covered in [...]
Best in Show March 2018 prize received. Thank you!!
I received 1/350 scale Prinz Eugen as the prize for the March 2018 Best in Show. Thank you again to imodeler and its staff for this great honor and wonderful gift. This ship will be proudly be escorting my Bismarck (in production) when [...]
Nose Art Group Build 1/48 Hasegawa P-40N
Many thanks to Jamie Carreon for starting this Group Build, the amount of subjects as well as various models that can be entered are truly endless. My addition is the Hasegawa P-40N that's been around for awhile but still builds up as an [...]
1/48 Supermarine Walrus.
This is the new Airfix kit built pretty much out of the box with the exception of Classic Airframes decals and Eduard seat belts added. I also had to drill a hole and fabricate an antenna post on the top of the rudder. Odd that this was [...]
Video: Realistic scenery for water effects No.1
Realistic scenery for water effects No.1
There are lots of available products out there that will help you create water in all variations... but this is one easy and cheap way to do it.
About the kit:
1/72 scale "Biber German [...]
AIRFIX 1:48 BOULTON PAUL DEFIANT
The model represents an aircraft from the No.2(Army Cooperation) Squadron, KO•I, s/n N1572. Only one was trialled and rejected. This was a great kit to build. The fit of the parts is fantastic for the most part. I had an issue joining [...]
Rommel’s Taxi – The Tamiya Fieseler Storch 1/48th – Kasserine Pass Group Build
A popular decoding of ‘The Rommel Myth’ suggests that both sides in the Second War used him as a propaganda weapon, and that he was fundamentally a committed patriot quietly enraged by the restrictions placed upon Germany by The Treaty [...]
