Happy Halloween – Día de Muertos!
These are my best 2 models yet and I painted them myself, so there...
Review: Eagle Cal #157 Spitfire Mk 1a Decals Review
Recently there has been a lot of excitement with Tamiya announcing an all new tool Spitfire Mk 1 in 1/48 scale. But do we need another Spitfire model? After looking at the various photos of the plastic trees, and a video review online, I'm [...]
M1A2 Abrams Tamiya 1:48
Another nice and tidy Tamiya '48 kit of a plain vanilla Abrams. So, this was a nice no- frills project. The only finicky issue I had was with the length and link tracks that were slightly too generous. Painting the tracks also was more [...]
New Project Update #3: 1/48 Tamiya F-15A Eagle
Here are the links to the 1st and 2nd Updates for this build:
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Well just completed a lot of masking today on the F-15 project. This was done in order to paint the metal finish on the top/bottom rear fuselage near the jet [...]
Revell Panavia Tornado IDS 1/48
This is the Tornado IDS 1/48 from Revell, it's the bigest model in my collection so far; took me about five weeks to complete the model; i'm really happy whit the final result.
Enjoy the pictures
Este es el Tornado IDS de Revell en escala [...]
On This Day…October 31st.
Members/children of the Gioventù Italiana del Littorio (GIL) (Italian Youth of the Lictor), the youth movement of the National Fascist Party of Italy, during a practice drill. October 31st, 1939.
31st October, 1940 is the ‘official’ [...]
A Carrier at Risk: Argentinean Aircraft Carrier and Anti-Submarine Operations against Royal Navy’s Attack Submarines during the Falklands/Malvinas War, 1982
This new book will appear beginning 2019. Again, interesting story and lots of drawings and pictures for the modeler.
"The naval warfare of the last few decades appears dominated by operations of fast missile craft and a wide [...]
The cover art arrived today
So. Available for pre-order at your favorite online retailer. (Comes out in February 2109)
Includes:
"The Fight That Never Happened" - Royce Williams in an F9F-5 goes 1:7 against Russian-flown MiG-15s of the Red Air Force and [...]
Hasslefree 28mm Barbarian
The second figure I finished from Hasslefree was this female Barbarian. She was a blast to paint. Small, a mix of textures and that great cloak. For around 10.00 it was a solid purchase. 28mm is very roughly 1/48 just as a general [...]
1/144 Super Constellation L1049 by Revell
Lucky to have found this 1986 vintage kit at an old hobby shop in Hillsboro Oregon. I've great
childhood memories of flying an Eastern Connie - Chicago MWD to Miami MIA in the late '50's.
The build, a typical Revell was simple & [...]
