In for a long haul
1/24 scale Freightliner from AMT. The kit rear view mirrors were a fail so I need to scratch build some.
1/48 scale Italeri AH-1W Cobra, Glamoc Gunnery Range, Bosnia Herzegovina, 1998
Hello all! from my "Good from Afar but Far from Good" collection, I present to you my AH-1W Cobra. It is the Italeri kit with the following upgrades:
Cobra Company cockpit
Cobra Company exhaust correction kit
scratch-built [...]
First time assembling / painting
First time assembling miniatures and painting them. These I washed in soapy water first as I had been told, then cleaned off the flash. Then assembled, primed, and painted. If you guys have any suggestions or comments on what I could've [...]
B-26 Marauder Rosie O'Brady of 344th Bomb Group
My Monogram/Revell B-26 Marauder in 1/48 scale was presented at the recent Scale Model World 2014 in Telford with some success. Here are some more pics and the commentary to go with them.
B-26 was the plane that went from the nickname [...]
Telford meetings
Rounding off my Telford impressions, it's time for a more personal note. Thanks everyone for all the rewarding meetings, planned and unplanned, that occured during the weekend. Hope to see you again soon!
Images from top to bottom:
With [...]
IPMS Telford 2014
In my mind the best show in the world!
Was glad to meet Philip Flory and Gary (aka MakingModelsAgain)
Might post another article with what kits I got
RT-2PM Topol-M
Hi,
It"s the last 1/72 kit of Zvevda...really a good model and easy to build...you built it in 2 posiitions. I use Tamiya acrylic paint for this. and make snow with baking soda
Product news – 1/48 Henschel Hs 123 from GasPatch Models
Founded in 2011, Gaspatch Models have already brought new quality in the area of 1/48 biplane modeling, first by introducing a novel rigging system (with cast functional anchoring points and turnbuckles in 1/48 and 1/32 scale), then with [...]
1/72 Tamiya Bf-109E-4
This is the 1/72 Tamiya Bf-109E-4. As many already know the fit of this kit is excellent. The markings are from Techmod. This was painted with Mr. Color lacquer and weathered with oils, pastels and silver pencil. Master barrels were added [...]
Anigrand 1/72 Vickers VC-10 C1 Conversion
VC-10's are in most aviation enthusiasts top 10 airliners I'm sure, and it is certainly in my top 3 if I could decide between every other classic airliner.
I decided to spend the money on this resin kit after reading all the mixed reviews. [...]
