Monogram 1/48 F-80 "The Beer City Special" – 36th FBS, 8th FBW, Korea 1951
The technological revolution in aircraft design and operation that resulted from the successful development of jet engines brought about more technological change in the five years between the end of World War II and the Korean War than [...]
Ki-51 Sonia
Here's my recently completed Ki-51 from Wingsy Kits in 1:48. I was inspired by Wingsy Kits when I did a couple of A5M Claudes a while back. The kit did not disappoint, the surface detail is excellent. My only problem encountered during [...]
ICM 1/32 Gloster Sea Gladiator MK.II
What a fantastic kit.
Any issues and errors in the build were wholly down to me.
I thoroughly enjoyed this one as my first ever 1/32 completion.
Primed with Mr. Finishing Surfacer 1500 Black.
Painted with,
Colourcoats Interior Grey Green, [...]
P-40 in Defence of Port Moresby
This the second of six P-40s I built earlier this year for a club display for the Australian Model Expo. I built them as one group of three and a second group of four. The seventh aircraft was not finished in time for Expo but is now [...]
1/72 Dragon Northrop P-61B Black Widow "Lady in the Dark"
This was another commission build using Dragon’s 1/72 P-61A/P-61B Black Widow Night Fighter. The client is a huge fan of the Northrop P-61 and really liked the 1/48 scale I built last year. He wanted a 1/72 version in a case for his [...]
1/24 Monogram "Orange Hauler"
Monogram's 1990 reissue of their 1966 kit. A straight-out-of-the-box build. I kept it simple, which made this project a pleasure from start to finish. The first car model I've built since I was a kid in the 1960s. One of my favorites back [...]
Desert Messerschmitt 109s and yellowing decals
Aircraft models do not fly but, time does. During the 90s Hasegawa's Bf 109 variants at the 1/48th scale were popular among modelers. Some Messerschmitt models that I built then included 109s depicting aircraft serving in the North African [...]
