This was a special build of one of my favourite plane's, bought for me by a friend as a surprise.
The scheme I decided on was of course the Italian one - and its a plane with a story, the only Italian aircraft that was shot down it the [...]
Matchbox 1/72 Hawker Hurricane Mk.IID, No. PK-49 (1989)
This is Matchbox's later release of their earlier Hurricane but this time, with extra parts to build the Mk.IID version with the two 40mm cannons.
I wanted to build this for a recent [...]
1/48 USAF F-4G Phantom II Wild Weasel
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Photograpy:
Nikon D7500; Focus Stacking using Helicon Focus; Editing using LightRoom
Kit: Meng LS-015
Paint:
Tamiya AS-27 and AS-28
This is an excellent kit except for one [...]
The Douglas D-558-1 Skystreak was the first of three planned transonic research aircraft built for the U.S. Navy and NACA. First flown in 1947 at Muroc, it was turbojet-powered with a nose inlet and short, unswept wings. The fuselage was [...]
My search for photogenic backgrounds for photographing aircraft models led me to the cardboard models of the Polish manufacturer GPM. As a newcomer in the field of cardboard model building, I was surprised at how complex and at the same [...]
This started out with a built 1/32 Spitfire I purchased on eBay for an unheard of $4.99. The original builder had simply assembled it and put the kit decals on, with no paint or other work done.
For years, since I was a young child, I [...]
This is a story about honouring an Australian World War Two pilot, but I need to start with the historical and cultural context.
Today, 25th April, is ANZAC Day in Australia and New Zealand.
The Australian and New Zealand Army Corp (ANZAC) [...]
This is the AMT A-20G Havoc in 1/48th scale that I completed a couple of months ago. I have a build thread in the Pacific Theater group with details of the build so I will limit the article here and photos to just enough to point you to [...]