Here is Eduard's 1/48 Polikarpov I-16 Type 24, popularly associated with Boris Safonov. I added some rivets using a rivet tool and rocket rails under the wings. I also added Moskit exhausts. More photos are available at my website [...]
Having bought and soon after trashed the first edition of this kit back in 2021, i was somewhat reluctant to buy the reboxing. The Vampire is such an iconic aircraft and Airfix really did a somewhat uninspired job. There is a solid number [...]
This commission build is Academy’s 1/48 A-10C “75th FS Flying Tigers” kit. The scheme is how this aircraft looked in 2014. I added Eduard photo etch detail set, Master Model brass gun, Ares resin ejection seat, and I used eight [...]
A mid WWII project aimed to replace the Bf 109. Four prototypes were produced. The development of prototypes was plagued with problems. In the end, the performance of aircraft did not fulfill the expectations and the project was [...]
After more than 1 year 1/2, +3800 parts and +1000 hours of work, finished the USS Nimitz, renovated and improved model.
Many improvements were added... Styrene plastruct sheet, rod, strip, hanger deck, complete set of PE white ensign model [...]
Jimmy Doolittle, Aemilia Earhart, Jaqueline Cochran, Paul Mantz... - there is a place and a time where all these greats of the ‘golden era’ of US aviation can be found: the races of the Bendix Trophy of the 1930s not only brought [...]
No. 43 Squadron in Tangmere had converted from Hawker Furies to Hawker Hurricanes in early 1939.
No.43 Squadron spent the early months of the Second World War flying defensive patrols in the north of England and Scotland. On 3 February [...]
The Blue Angels and the F9F Panther:
The Grumman Panther, being the first fully-operational carrier based jet fighter in the Navy, was quickly adopted by the Blue Angels, who first used the F9F-2 Panther for the 1949 season, performing [...]