Introduction
The R-6H has been covered in detail in two articles by Gábor Szabó on this very site so no history this time. As the long range Gee Bee racers are interesting aircraft I thought I'd build one so I picked up the SBS kit. It's [...]
Sorry. Put this in the wrong place and tried to delete it. Seems that didn't work. Should have been in Works in Progress - Aircraft. I have had almost no time for modelling this year, but have returned to some shelved projects recently [...]
When I was a kid the kits Monogram put out by Tom Daniel were not my cup of tea, although I did think they were interesting. Today I find them more appealing and decided to try the small version of the Red Baron roadster, “Li’l Red [...]
I was looking for something I could build in parallel with the 1/28 Revell Triplane I was working on, and this model popped up on sale at one of the online hobby stores. Even though I prefer models in a larger scale, this one looked so [...]
I have a list of Mustangs I want on the shelf and at the top is Preddy's Cripes. @lgardner wrote a great story about Cripes for his beautiful 1/32 build. This lead me down another rabbit hole regarding the history of 44-13321. As Louis [...]
The last of the night fighter breed with a FuG 240 Berlin N-1a radar. The first appearance of the radar dish in the Luftwaffe instead of the cumbersome antennae arrays.
Hello all and welcome to my latest build. The Tamiya F35A Lightning II, dressed up in RAAF No. 3 Squadron colours. The version depicted in this kit is serial number A35-009, flown by Wing Commander Darren "Clarey" Clare, who was [...]