Hobby Expo 2016
There were some high quality entries at the 2016 Hobby Expo in Rohnert Park, California.
Review: Airfix 1/48 P-40B – some background notes in review
It's likely everyone will be doing this kit soon, so here are some notes on construction and some detail information on AVG airplanes.
As the four assembly photos demonstrate, if you take care in assembly, you will not use any filler or [...]
Classic Airframes Fokker DXXI 1/48
This is the Classic Airframes 1/48 Fokker DXXI that I built in 2013. A very labor intensive bit of work it was, but I am very happy with the end result. Unfortunately I do not have any pics of the interior build progress. It was a very [...]
Yamaha YZR-M1 2009
Hi folks, this is my first build in the new house. I apologise for the backdrop wallpaper at the minute, I'll rectify this in time for future photography!
The bike is the 2009 Fiat Yamaha team MotoGP championship winning bike as ridden by [...]
Curtis P 40M Kittyhawk, A29-359, 86 Sqn RAAF Dutch New Guinea 1944.
1/72 Academy, my third Kittyhawk so far, I modified a few things, finished in Polly Scale acrylics and MM enamels with Matt Cote over Tally Ho decals, this aircraft was flown by Sqn Ldr Stan Galton.
1/48 Tamiya FW-190 D-9 “Lt Oscar Romm” IV/JG 3 Sturm
Tonight's article is on a kit that I built many years ago sometime around the year 2000. It's the Tamiya model FW-190"D-9" .
Oscar Romm was a Luftwaffe "Experten" who is credited with 92 kills. 82 of these were from [...]
Scale Modelworld 2016 models – #16 (Aviation)
A surprisingly interesting corner of the Scale Modelworld competition display were the 1/144 scale classes. Easily overlooked because of their diminutive size, these aircraft models featured all kinds of modern improvements usually [...]
U.S.S. Wasp
Pilots from the Wasp getting ready to take off and cover the Marines on Guadelcanal
Tom
Hasegawa 1/72 Kfir C-2 – Ecuador
Back when I first got into modeling (mid-80's), one of the first kits I built was the Testor Kfir as an F-21 Navy aggressor. I've always loved the lines of the Mirage family of delta aircraft, especially the modified versions (Kfir, [...]
Mc Donnell Douglas F-101 C Voodoo – Kitty Hawk
My friend Tom Cleaver already posted an article about Kitty Hawk Voodoo.
As I can be pretty stubborn (there are a couple of subjects you won't change my mind about unless you're able to hypnotize an anvil), I decided the warnings I read [...]
