Gerhard “Gerd” Barkhorn joined the Luftwaffe in 1937 and completed his pilot training in 1939. Flying combat with JG 52 through the Battle of France and the Battle of Britain in 1940, he remained scorelewss though he was shot down [...]
In retirement I've been catching up with building models of units I served on while on active duty. My latest build is a 1:16th scale model of a typical USCG 41' utility boat. Found at every Coast Guard station, the 41' UTB was state of [...]
This build was a nightmare to build - lots of rescribing, putty works, scratchbuild, riveting, but at the end I was very pleased with results.
Painted with Vallejo Acrylics, aftermarket parts: Neomega cockpit interieor, Begemot decals.
As I promised, here I bring my review of Hawkeye kit. Enjoy your build!
This is going to be a kit review only, so if you would like to know history or anything else of this aircraft, you should look somewhere else.
At first, I should say [...]
Yossarian: “Is Orr crazy?”
Doc Daneeka: “Of course he is. He has to be crazy to keep flying after all the close calls he's had.”
Yossarian: “Why can't you ground him?”
Doc Daneeka: “I can, but first he has to ask [...]
After seeing so many excellent models on this site, I have decided to add a few of my own humble efforts to this site. In the last decade kit makers have been redoing my favorite aircraft in larger scales so when Hasegawa released their [...]
I just took a few better pics and posted them. Again, it's a great kit straight from the box. I painted it with Humbrol enamels including my last tins of Humbrol Authentics Slate Grey and Extra Dark Sea Grey. I must have had these tins [...]
If anyone were to ask what my favorite built model is, this is it. My aviation interests span all eras of flight but only in recent years have I dared tackle some WWI subjects.
Anyone with even a passing interest in WWI aircraft has no [...]
About a month ago, I posted the Headlines article (link) together with a link to the subject's WIP thread. In the narrative, I mentioned that I intended in due course to complete the diorama with additional figures, pending their [...]