Revell 1/50th Viking Longship
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Eduard 1/72 Avia S-199 ERLA canopy Profipack
I finished out the year with one great kit--Eduard's Avia S-199, Profipack. I've only done a few Eduard kits, though my stash has more than a handful. This one has all the bells and whistles that Eduard can offer; great molding and fit [...]
A Review of 2022
This year seems it was a blur. With uncertainty with the pandemic here not here, masks no masks, economy was in disarray, gas sky high especially here in California. The year was cruising along but in April I received a note from the new [...]
Happy New Year!!
Wishing all a very healthy and prosperous new year.
2023, let's hope certain things improve, wishing everyone a happy new year, my models finished in 2022, in no particular order.
All 1/72 aircraft, Kiowa's, RAN and Army - helicopter GB, UH-1H, RAAF - Vietnam GB = Italeri, PKZ-2 - Valeriy Grygorenko GB = Roden, Messerschmitt Bf 109 G2, RAAF = Italeri, F 104G - Vikings = Hasegawa - Luftwaffe GB, Su 22-M4 = Bilek, F [...]
2022 Retrospective
I normally plan on completing one model each month, but we moved last January from our house of 30 years into a new house in a new town. These are the models built since the summer. Everyone have a great New Years. Cheers.
Last Project of 2022
I'm posting this today, on December 31st, having just finished this project last week. After seeing all the articles on what folks have built this past year, I wanted to get the article finished so I can get "credit" for a [...]
"Dude...just walk away!" An 'Alien' Diorama
Anyone who's ever seen any of the films from the 'Alien' franchise knows that the first rule of space adventuring is 'stay away from the strange leathery egg things'. Unfortunately this guy did not get that memo.
A little diorama inspired [...]
Hawker Fury (Alley Cat) 1/32 scale
Managed to finish this one yesterday, very poor light so just the one pic a the moment.
Kommodore Ludwig Franzisket
Ludwig Franzisket Born on June 26, 1917 in Düsseldorf, died on November 23, 1988 in Münster. Was a World War II fighter pilot, scoring all of his 43 victories against the Western Allies in over 500 combat missions while flying the [...]
