So here's a thing, IMO, the Skyray is one of the most beautiful looking aircraft ever to fly, simple as that.
Ok, so I have two of the still excellent Tamiya 1:48 kits in my stash and I really want to make them look as different as [...]
When your son gives you a 1978 Dodge Monoco police car model for Christmas with the intent on it becoming a Bluesmobile, you know you raised them right. Granted, the actual Bluesmobile from the Blues Brothers movie was a 1974 Monaco, but a [...]
The Ju 88A-6/U variant was an upgrade of the failed anti-balloon role variant. It had its ventral gondola removed and added the FuG 200 search radar. These Junkers aircraft were used for marine reconnaissance and anti shipping roles thus, [...]
Hi everyone! It’s been a very busy month for the beginning of college -unfortunately that also means that I can’t build my models anymore and would have to wait for breaks to get back on the bench. So I thought I’d share some of my [...]
Yesterday was the annual Cincinnati IPMS Model Show held at the Tri-State Warbird Museum in Batavia, Ohio. It’s a really great venue for a show, with your standard array of vendor tables and contest entries intermixed with actual [...]
Having posted my Dragon 1/48 Fw 190D-13
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I realized that much more information concerning the complex camouflage scheme came to light since the model was completed. Although my initial scheme was not entirely inaccurate, the model [...]
This is easily the biggest paper model from fiddlers green that I built. It went together surprisingly easy. Took awhile though. the full build can be seen here. it was indeed an impressive model for me. Cheers.
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This 100 scale paper model ( 1/144 scale for plastic) turned out great! now I am addicted to models this size because of space constraints. just need to learn how to properly paint the canopy and pass that tip on. Models like this can be [...]
For my second build of 2024 I chose this MiG-21 kit. The model is the 1988 OEZ kit made in Czechoslovakia.
By today's standards it is a basic & primitive kit, but when it first came out it was considered by many to be the best MiG-21 [...]