The Bell P-39 Airacobra was intended to be one of the principal fighters of the United States Army Air Corps in the early 1940s. As with many of Bell's designs, it featured a highly innovative layout, unlike any other fighter of its era, [...]
After finishing my P.24A I was left with almost a complete Bulgarian P.24B kit (minus the engine faceplate) and the engine faceplate from the P.24A kit. As I mentioned before - this faceplate was pierced and only used on KTF built P.24s. [...]
Fresh off bench 1/48 Tamiya P-51B 352nd FG flown by Lt. Earl J. Meyer model is built for the Grandson of the pilot. Finished with Eagle Strike decals , Tamiya Acryics and Oils washes .
IMG_0974 by b007scott, on Flickr
IMG_0984 by [...]
A surprisingly challenging project that I made more so by adding rigging. Very fiddly with extensive use of photo-etch. Definitely a skill builder, but now I have a Zeppelin in my WWI model collection.
The back story: In 1969 I bought a brand new Mustang. I was a senior in high school and had saved my summer job money for years. It was bright yellow with the basic 302 ci engine. Black interior. I took it to college the next year. [...]
Japan selected the F-4 Phantom II as its new fighter at the end of the 1960s. On 1 November 1968, this choice was made public and Japan became one of the few countries that license-produced this aircraft.The Nihon Koku Jietai [...]
Hi all,
'Lukgraph' 1:32nd scale resin/3D printed.
Phönix D.I, Serial No:J.12 (previously A.110), operated by the Austro-Hungarian ‘Kriegsmarine’ (Naval) from Abwehrflugstation Zaule, Trieste, 1918.
As usual my website has a PDF build [...]
The Bristol M.1C was the only British monoplane fighter of the Great War, of which only 125 were built. Most of these aircraft were used for training, but a few squadrons were stationed in Macedonia and Mesopotamia towards the end of the [...]
I have reached an age where the parts in 1/72 kits are both too small to see and assemble, so I don't normally stray into the smaller scale kits. I recently received this Arma Hobby 1/72 FM-2 as a gift from my friend Bernard (@lis), so I [...]
I would like to share with you my first attempt to build a WW1 plane. It is WNW's Hannover Cl. II "White 2" , Bayerische Fliegerschule 5, as I really liked the colour scheme (and the large lozenge decals for the other versions [...]