Review: Airfix 1/48 Spitfire I
The Supermarine Spitfire is the most famous and recognizable British airplane ever built and as close to immortal as any airplane will ever get. The Spitfire I first appeared in RAF squadron service in the summer of 1938. Harder to [...]
Airfix 1/72 Cessna O-1 Bird Dog
I remember building this kit as a teenager back in the 70s, but a few years ago I had another crack at it. It's actually quite a nice little model, spoilt only by the poor clear parts and some unfortunately placed ejection-pin marks.
I [...]
Goblin Lord
This sculpt, marketed as "Savage Horn" by Spanish company Nocturna, consists of twelve finely cast pieces of grey resin.
There's little flash in evidence, but as some pieces are quite small a fine-toothed saw is required to [...]
Aircraft Carrier R81 “Hr.Ms. Karel Doorman” Royal Netherlands Navy, Toulon 1967
ROYAL NETHERLANDS NAVY AIRCRAFT CARRIER
HR.MS. KAREL DOORMAN
Short History:
Type: Light Fleet Carrier.
Admiralty Job Number J3697 / Yard Number 1126
She was laid down on 3 December 1942, by the yard Cammel Laird & Co Ltd. [...]
Gentlemen take your seats……The C-2 build continues
The seats in the Kinetic C-2 are pretty, well, poor. I only used the headrests, which I still modified quite a bit. The new ones are scratch built using pictures I took in Bahrain while on Det in VRC 30 (A gallery of my C-2A pictures is [...]
Corsair chasing a shadow… or a zero… or… in the clouds
Mid 1943 – a lone Corsair pilot has chased an unidentified aircraft into a cloud, and is now frantically searching for it. It is a fellow Naval Aviator? Is it an enemy aircraft? Or maybe just his own shadow?
“I Can’t Identify that [...]
Back to the Fifties... building Monogram's '55 Chevy.
I was a teenager during the fifties and Chevy's were every boys dream car. Cars like this inspired my life long love affair with convertibles and customs. I painted this with Tamiya White and Coral Blue right out of the rattle can The [...]
Hasegawa 1/48 Nakajima Ki-27b (pilot- K.Shimada)
Hello everyone! I want to introduce you to the latest work - the Japanese fighter Nakajima Ki-27, a member of the military conflict in Khalkhin-Gol. He piloted the aircraft commander of the 1st Squadron of the 11th Regiment Kenji Shimada. [...]
