After reading Hemingways A farewell to arms I got inspired to build a WWI aircraft. I chose the Albatros and painted it in the Jasta-scheme. The first part of the build was really enjoyable, even more because of the Quinta Studio [...]
The Tamiya 1/48th scale Spitfire Vb is certainly a go-to kit of mine if I am looking for a stress free build. The parts fit and engineering are still highly competitive although the kit came out over 25 years ago. You can typically find [...]
This is the Eduard kit from 2014. It’s the second tooling of this plane that Eduard did. The first tooling was the very first full kit that Eduard produced in 1993. The two kits have nothing in common. This was a real pleasure to [...]
For your attention, my latest model is a representative of the modern Italian-French series of destroyers of the Horizon class. I am not a supporter of modeling modern ships - the requirements of stealth technologies make them indistinct [...]
Well, started in January with the little Jeep, then the M4A3E8, aftermarket 3D printed tracks, lots of figures, an old Verlinden plater cast building. Lots of scratch building, including the base and base frame. It tells teh story of US [...]
Never know why I'll build something sometimes. I just had a hankering to do a Panther, out of nowhere. This was reinforced by another Osprey book, in this case Campaign no. 335, Mortain 1944. This was the counterattack to try and stop the [...]
This is my PREVIEW of the IPMS USA review of the ClearProp F-86A. A decent kit with some 'Caveats' but it is nice to see the early version kit in 1/48 ...and soon in 1/72! Bravo CleaProp.
Here is the link to my more Extensive IPMS USA [...]
The successful Beechcraft Bonanza manufactured since the late 40s found its way to Israel during the Independence War. A South African volunteer that became one of the founders of the young Israeli Air Force flew his Bonanza across Africa [...]
As Captain Terry Martin of the 562nd Tactical Fighter Squadron of the 37th Tactical Fighter Wing told me when I visited the wing at George AFB in May 1982 on assignment from Air Force Magazine to do an article on the Wild Weasels, [...]
Revell produced a good 1/32 kit of the 262B. Yet, the definitive 262 kit in the scale requires the combination of Trumpeter's wings from their excellent 262A kit. The wings are matched with Hasegawa's old 262B kit that has the correctly [...]