Happy New Year Mates !!
Shelfies, Shelfies and more Shelfies !
Bell P 39F Airacobra, A53-6, 82 Sqn RAAF Bankstown NSW 1943.
1/72 Academy, with Eduard photo etch, I modified a few things, finished in MM and Humbrol enamels and Polly scale acrylic with Future and Xtra flat over kit and Red Roo decals.
Any landing you walk away from is a good one….
This is the 1/48 Eduard French Nieuport Ni-11, my first ever Bi-Plane, and last completed build of 2016.
I have always wanted to build a WW1 Bi-Plane but never got around to it until now.
Its from the box (with the addition of rigging) and [...]
2016, A year in review
Well I was able to complete 4 of the 12 subjects in 2016, though I was also able to start 10 of the 12. With 4 new projects on the bench with 3 older projects still on going. Even one unplanned build was completed. So all in all it was [...]
Just Under the Wire
My last completed kit for 2016, making it 13 finished models for the year. That's the most I've completed in a year for many, many years. I present the Tamiya 1/48 JGSDF Type 10 Tank.
As I and many others have said before, these kits go [...]
Mustang P-51D Old Crow
Mustang P-51D Old Crow
Kit: Airfix 1.24
Pilot: Clarence E. "Bud" Anderson
2017 - a Happy new year I hope for every modeler, things I finished in 2016.
Some of these were also started in 2015 - 2016 - Tamiya RC211V, Fujimi F 4J, Tamiya F 84E, Trumpeter K8, while others have been several years in the making.
Revell 1/48 P-38 Lightning
A blast from the recent pass. This kit has been around forever so I thought I would try my hand at a natural metal finish. Used Tamiya TS-17 gloss aluminum from a rattle can. Then added some True Detail wheels and an UltraCast seat. Got [...]
Camouflage & Markings – English Electric Lightning
The English Electric Lightning is one of those iconic aircraft of the Cold War era. It was designed, developed, and manufactured by English Electric, a company that subsequently came to be absorbed by the newly formed British Aircraft [...]
