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The Morane-Saulnier, together with the Messerschmitt Bf 109 and the Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-6, formed the backbone of the Swiss fighter Squadrons, especially during the active Service period 1939-1945. They were involved in dogfights mainly [...]
The venerable Hasegawa F-16A kit is an excellent platform to depict IDF's Netz (Hawk.) All you need to do is to add an appropriate decal sheet (Isradecal in this case) and a resin ACES II ejection seat. The visible cockpit area craves for [...]
Coincidences, especially chance encounters, are a popular literary topos to start great stories. The already legendary story of the Fw 200 Condor can also boast such an incident: in March 1936, Dr Kurt Tank, who had recently become head of [...]
My first Thunderbolt build. Great kit as has been described by multiple modelers.
Aftermarket Master Model detail set.. gun barrels, pitot, and gun sight. EagleCal decals. Paint: Tamiya XF and Vallejo metals.
Everything was going well [...]
Well when I saw this awesome desert vehicle with that daunting camoflage I just had to attempt it - My 1st 1/35 scale vehicle and man was I impressed with Italeri. What a great kit.
Started with assembly on the drive train and the body [...]
Here is my completed entry for the Jim Sullivan Memorial Build.
This is Tamiya's 1974 boxing of their first release of the Brewster Buffalo, Kit No. 61019. There are 3 versions that can be made, RAF, Dutch and USN.
This is a nice kit, all [...]
This is the my completed build of the Italeri 1/48 kit, which was intended to be completed OOB as a little light relief from my ongoing struggle with the MPM He 177. It's a strange kit, quite crude and toy like in places with clumsily [...]
Sometimes in our modeling journey we get involved with builds we had no intention of building but are glad we did. This was one such build for me.
My co-worker, Phil, who was a F-111 munitions maintenance ground crewman, based at Nellis [...]