Not much story around this Eduard Kit. Almost perfect kit, I build it out-of-the-box. As a profi-pack it included seat belts and masks. Only had to grab some glue and paint
as usual, I used my favourite Hataka paints
I used some [...]
The model depicts a famous Ju-88C piloted Heinrich Prinz Sayn-Wittgenstein, Germany January 1944. Externally, it looks similar in many respects with the Ju 88G-1. The conversion was possible thanks to spare parts from the Dragon Ju 88G [...]
Happy New Year, iModelers!
Hoping everyone survived the new year as painlessly as possible. I'm calling this one as DONE, and my first for 2025.
I was originally going to build this kit as an OOB project. Once I decided on which [...]
My take on the newest K version of Eduard’s 109 lineage.
Their weekend box, some PE seatbelts from one of their generic Luftwaffe sets and the specific masks to paint this machine.
Made some minor improvements over a few missing [...]
In my previous article on the Hawker Fury biplane and the available models I mentioned the early first contract Furies of No. 43 Squadron. These were different to the usual Fury with 4 individual cabane struts and I was quite intrigued by [...]
In November I decided to boost my 20204 completions and squeeze in one last project. Knowing that it would be a quick easy build, I dove into a Tamiya 1:48 M4 Sherman and threw on some Value Gear stowage details. To add more variety to [...]
Here's my build of a Lockheed F-80C Shooting Star in 1/72 scale with markings as during the Korean War.
The kit used was the vintage Airfix kit from 1974. Panel lines were re-scribed and rivets added. The cockpit and seat were re-done with [...]
Many of you might know that I used to be a volunteer at the National Museum of WWII Aviation. My favorite plane to work on was the P-38 “White 33” which was Tamiya’s reference when designing their kit. As I already made a White 33 in [...]
Not to many this year, but I did build a new favorite, I'll just say if you need a cure for the modelling blues Tamiya's 1/48 Corsair will make you smile again! So here we go:
Tamiya 1/48 F4U-1A Corsair with Ventura RNZAF decals
1/72 [...]