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Hasegawa 1:32 Nakajima Ki-43-III koh Hayabusa

Finished this one last week. Waited all week for the sun to shine so I could take some photographs. The kit is Hasegawa's 1:32 scale Ki-43-II Hayabusa that I converted into a Ki-43-III koh. Modified the airscoop with putty, scratchbuilt a [...]

Tamiya Mark IV “Male” WW1 tank

The one that started it all is Tamiya's first WW1 kit. And a beauty it is, molding, fit, packaging, all are top quality. And, it "Runs", having a little electric motor and drive, with track links that snap together perfectly, and [...]

Lindberg 1/82 Tugboat

When my wife picked up a Lindberg Tugboat for her collection, I noticed the scale was close to the "1/72" boats I had been doing. I thought I'd give one a try, however I didn't want to do the usual, colorful boat on the boxart, [...]

O’L Yellercopter..

I remember years ago seeing a scene like this in the Phoenix Arizona area and just had to try to recreate the scene. 1/35 scale , I added as much plumbing and electrical as I could remember and referenced a lot of photos. Here she is all [...]

RIP: Bernie Fisher

I noted that MAJ Bernard "Bernie" Fisher, the first USAF MoH honoree in Vietnam, died this past month. Going through my photos, I found these shots of my 1/48 A-1E built back in 1998. The kit is a mishmash of the Tamiya A-1H [...]

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1/48 Fairey Firefly FR.I

Firefly mania continued unabated in my workshop all summer! This is the newish Special Hobby kit completed as an example from 1770NAS, HMS Indefatigable during the "Operation Lentil" strike on Japanese refineries in Malaya. [...]

Piasecki’s “Flying Banana”

The Piasecki H-21 Workhorse / Shawnee / Flying Banana was the US Army's first principal helicopter in Vietnam. Deployed to Vietnam as early as December 1961, the US Army's 8th. and 57th. Transportation Companies utilised the H-21 to haul [...]