USS Olympia
This is the old Revell USS Olympia. I used photo etched railings and ratlines and wood decking appliques by Artwox. The first shot is before I rigged her. Second shot is a close-up. She actually had an auxiliary sail rig.
USS Maryland
This is a 1/350 scale model I built of the USS Maryland, SSBN-738 a Trident Class Boomer.
I wish someone made a 1/350 scale model of the battleship USS Maryland with the cage masts.
Tommy McGuire's last "Pudgy"
The Trumpeter P-38L done OOB with seatbelts, and Eagle Cals decals. (Last of thre P-38s for now, though there are two 1/48 kits in the stash)
On Jan. 7, 1945, Tommy McGuire led a flight of four planes on an early morning fighter sweep over [...]
Red Star Wings
My builds with the ominous red star of the Soviet Union, the Russian Federation and their former Soviet member states.
They include historic builds and rebuilds, aggressor and what-if kits.
T-45C Goshawk 1/72
This the Wolfpack 1/72 kit (Italeri base) with a lot of correction to make a real T-45C.
iModeler Awards – September
Once again it's time for the editorial review of the last month's highlights. 107 new entries were posted to the Headlines in September, prompting no less than 1752 comments and 23444 individual article views.
All Headline contributions [...]
Shelf of Doom Pt 2 Eduard Spitfire FR IX
This is another testament to my bad choices! 30 months ago, when I still lived in the UK, I very happily surveyed the contents of the highly praised Eduard Spitfire MkIX profipack. It was due to be my second build upon returning to the [...]
Shelf of Doom Pt 1 Eduard 1/48 Polikarpov Rata
After about a year deciding whether to consign this to the bin or not I went back to it. I had been experimenting with brush-painting it entirely using oils having seen a brilliant youtube clip...
Anyway after failing completely I put this [...]
WSK Swidnik SM 1 "Hare" 11, Polish Air Force Coast Guard.
1/72 MPM, I modified a few things, brass tube and wire for the rotors, replaced the tail skid and antennae etc with brass and stretched sprue, finished in MM and Tamiya enamels, Tamiya clear over decals from the spares box, this scheme is [...]
