The chosen scheme, but need more info. Added a couple other pics for intrest
Trying to find more info on this Albatross, would like the BuNo and to know what the emblem is on the nose? Found it on a site about Midway Island, she is a SAR bird from the 60s.
I also added some other similar pics, all from near the [...]
Tamiya 1/48 P-47 Bubbletop in Gabby Gabreski’s markings
Well, usually I like to build things with slightly unusual markings, but this time around was different. My son was interested in building a P-47 with Gabreski's markings, and started in on the Hobby Easy 1/48 kit (which includes those [...]
The Tale of Two Javelins...
Here are a couple of 1/72 Gloster Javelin models that I made quite a few years ago. The Javelin has always appealed to me with its unusual shape of delta wing on a broad fuselage, and a second, smaller delta at the top of the fin. A very [...]
Dauntless, Done… SBD-4, 1/48, Hasegawa
After much ado and diligent effort over the past two and and a half weeks, I am calling my SBD-4 Dauntless 'done'...for a fairly unskilled builder like me it has been a challenge but I am pleased overall with the result which I humbly [...]
D-Day +5. 1/48 Spitfire IXc
Admiring all of your great D-Day builds made me realize that I only have one D-Day aircraft in the collection. Work kept me from posting it until today. It is an Otaki Mk.VIII converted into a "faux" Mk. IX. I replaced the [...]
iModeler Review: Kitty Hawk 1/48 F-101A/C Voodoo
This is taken from my review at Modeling Madness, with the complete collection of photos here.
Over the years, there have been a few kits of the McDonnell F-101A/C Voodoo, starting with - if I recall correctly - a box-scale kit from Revell [...]
Yekîneyên Parastina Gel T-72
The T-72 from Tamiya. In the ongoing Syrian civil war, the largely Kurdish west of the country is less of a conflict between the Free Syrian Army and Assad, and more of a conflict between the "Islamic State Of Iraq and the [...]
AirFix 1:72 "Stringbag"
i have no particular affinity for the Swordfish, though i now think she's a pretty little thing in her own humble way. i started this build over a year ago as a rigging challenge. i've said it before, i do like what Airfix is producing [...]
D-Day +4 , 1/48th Hasegawa Republic P-47D USAAC, Capt D. Smith
The 56th Fighter Group, 61st Fighter Squadron were tasked with support of the D-Day invasion flying 8 missions on the first day. Throughout the month of June missions were mostly ground attacks, interdiction and to destroy the Germans [...]
