Here’s another one I never shared from the pre social media days. It’s the Minicraft DC-6 from 1997 or 98. I built this one in ‘98 and it was pretty new at the time. I discarded the Pan Am kit decals in favor of these United [...]
I'm missing a trick here. 20 odd years ago I would use Klear for my canopy on models but for the life of me I can't seem to find the equivalent available today in UK
What are you guys using now?
What happens if I were to just clear coat [...]
Do you know this too? Sometimes kits contain whole jewels of modelling, such as a wonderfully reproduced radio equipment, a detailed navigator's workstation or a promisingly detailed engine, which then in the further building process are [...]
There's something very attractive about early jets - you can see some remnants of the piston era and the new approaches, so it's always something in between. My favourite is the Supermarine Attacker - a jet fighter with a tail wheel. [...]
Hi all!
Well I have completed 5 of the 6 Harrier AV8B II Plus cockpits for phase one, kit 6 just arrived so I have to go backwards and do this phase all over again so they are all on the same step.
Build has been tedious, having to do [...]
After the Peruvian Tucano, here´s an Ecuadorian counterpart for the Cenepa War between the two countries in 1995.
My dad used the nice Trumpeter kit with Aztec decals. Painted with a lightened Gunze H331 BSC Dark Sea Grey, Gunze H303 [...]
The Convair XF-92A “Dart” was America’s first delta wing. As such, it was fairly terrible and widely regarded by test pilots as a flop: “It was a miserable flying beast,” observed NACA pilot Scott Crossfield. In reference to the [...]
Having completed the Tamiya equivalent kit, I was left with a large decal sheet that motivated me to explore the potential of aircraft variants. Tamiya provides two major options for early and late Lightning. The main visible difference [...]
1/35 scale Focke Wulf FW190A-6 by Border Model
Very nice kit! Great fit, I really like the scale to be honest...
looking forward to the next 35th scale aircraft kit...
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