Martin PBM 3R Mariner, A70-11, 40 Sqn RAAF Townsville Qld 1943.
1/72 Mach2, I modified the turrets to convert to a transport, sanded and polished the canopy and painted on the frames, strengthened the fuselage join between the wings with a strip of cloth and added the mooring rails to the nose, [...]
Battlestar Galactica, Revell
Hello there! Asked me to collect here such a fantastic space ship. It's Battlestar Galactica. The kit from Revell. Please look at what came out of it ))
Corsair A7D – Commission Build
A major departure from my usual subjects - I tend to stick to 1/32 WWI aviation, but this 1/72nd A7D was built under commission, as a presentation piece for the pilot who flew the original, pictured below. He was an RAF Test Pilot, on an [...]
SAAF 2 Squadron F 86 Sabres
The SAAF deployed number 2 Squadron "Flying Cheetahs" to Korea consisting of an all volunteer group of pilots that had served during WW II. In the course of that conflict over 800 personnel were deployed to Korea. Some had seen [...]
Tamiya 1/72 scale P-47D
Pilot: Lt. Robert E. Wagner 9th AF 510th FS - 405th FG. St. Dizier France 1944.
I actually do build other aircraft, but P-47s are just so much fun, especially when the kits are this nice !
For this build, I used Alclad Dura aluminum, [...]
Tamiya 1:48 Focke-Wulf 190F-8
Subject:
Fw 190F-8 “W-521” of Hungarian 102/2 Squadron Close Support Group, 1945
Brief History: (Ref.: Tally Ho! decal sheet 4110)
The Hungarian 102 Dive Bomber Group was formed in 1942 equipped with Ju-87s, and throughout 1943 -44 [...]
It’s Twins!… well, sort of?
Finished, last night and this morning...these two have haunted my workbench for several months, and at last they are completed! Both are Tamiya's 1/72 A6M2b kit; one a Pearl Harbor raid Zuikaku machine with kit decals and the other a 1942 [...]
1/32nd Spitfire MkIIa - Revell
I fancied a quick and easy project and seeing Spitfires overhead daily during the summer months (I'm under the approach to Biggin Hill) I didn't need much inspiration to dig this one out of the attic 🙂
This model simply fell together [...]
Belleau Woods Corrected
Because of other Marines I have to correct my first diorama. They pointed out that there was no trenches but dugouts. no barber wire and no sandbags.After further resaurch I found this to be true. so there's the rremake
Semper Fi
Tom
