Preview: The New 1/48th Scale ICM B-26B Marauder
In the spring of 2023, I got wind of a future release of a New Tool B-26 Marauder kit in 1/48th scale from ICM. The kit was originally scheduled for release in the fall of 2023, but I didn’t care when it was released, I just knew I [...]
Hasegawa 1/48 Junkers Ju-87D-1 STUKA
Hasegawa 1/48 Stuka was built.
Since this product was a stock item released 25 years ago, it was difficult to apply decals, but other than that, there were no other difficulties and the kit was easy to assemble.
The kit is straightened out [...]
Lockheed AP-3C(EW) Orion, 10 Squadron RAAF
I completed this one some months ago, it is the Hasegawa P-3C kit converted to an RAAF ISR/EW aircraft.
The base kit was updated with a Hamilton Hobbies EW conversion set as well as additional scratch building of fittings and antennas not [...]
Lockheed LC-130F Hercules
This is the 1/72 Italeri C-130 kit (Testors boxing) built as an LC-130F of the United States Navy.
It represents LC-130F 148321 of VXE-6 which crashed in 1971 at an ice runway 860 miles (1,380 km) from McMurdo Station as a result of two [...]
Lockheed HC-130N Hercules
This is the original tooling of the Airfix C-130 kit. I have built it as a USAF HC-130N CSAR aircraft or as the USAF puts it "the only dedicated fixed-wing Personnel Recovery platform in the Air Force inventory".
To build the [...]
I was wary of Secret Santa, but I stand corrected
Coworkers can turn out to be pretty cool.
This (last?) year my coworkers invited me to participate in the Secret Santa game, or the anonymous gift exchange. I was doubtful, as who could really get another random person, someone we know [...]
Phantom 1/48 F-4G "Wild Weasel"
The Phabolous Phantom as a Wild Weasel both by Hasegawa and Meng. Hasegawa's Phantom is presented it the first three photographs and the Meng Phantom follows. The Meng kit is much better engineered and more detailed. It also includes more [...]
