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 [...]
Tamiya 1/48 scale DeHavilland Mosquito MK VI
Depiction: 605 squadron / 100 bomber support group.
Bradwell Bay Essex England 1943.
Pilot Leader: Heath
One of the aircraft that is probably on everybody's list of their top favorite aircraft of WWII, and what's not to like. The [...]
Tom McGuire’s P-38H
Trumpeter P-38 with Jerry Rutman's early P-38 conversion set. Had a friend up-size 1/48 personal markings to 1/32 for this. Hard to believe I did this 13 years ago, but there you go...
Thomas Buchanan "Tommy" McGuire, Jr., was [...]
F-4J Phantom II ‘Showtime 100’, 1/72 Academy
Phantom II is always loved for all aircraft modelers.
I built my first one (because its' not possible to build just one phantom!) with Academy's new tool kit.
It is Snap tite kit so you can build without glue or painting (sticker [...]
F-5E Photo Lightning
Trumpeter 1/32 P-38L with Jerry Rutman's resin F-5E conversion.
Here's the best story I know about a photo-Lightning mission:
The Loire River Death Ride of “Chili” Childress:
One of the most hair‑raising missions ever flown by the [...]
P-38 walkaround
Some photos taken 10+ years ago out at Planes of Fame of a P-38L in NMF.
My mother always claimed that the first word I said was "airplane!" (opane!) as I pointed up at a P-38 flying over the park we were in. So my love affair [...]
