First, some background on the 1:1 Magister:
The Miles Magister (nicknamed "Maggie") was designed to meet an Air Ministry requirement for a primary trainer. There are several firsts associated with the Magister: It was the first [...]
Two models of 3 makes. The one is Trumpeter and Hobbycraft kit bashed. The second is the more recent Airfix kit. The Airfix kit is superior to the other kits. However, the wing fold mechanism is basic In all, both kits look cool when [...]
Intended on improving the capabilities of the A-10A. One Warthog was converted with dual controls and updated systems which ended up on the fast movers of the day when it was decided not to go with the dual A-10.
I used Falcons' triple [...]
I saw a beautiful 1/32 Burma theater Warhawk done by Will Pattinson on YouTube ((link)), and love the way he "double chipped" the wing root area with the hairspray technique for both the metal and primer, and wanted to try that [...]
The Liberator originated from a United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) request in 1938 for Consolidated to produce the B-17 under license, where Consolidated decided instead to submit a more advanced design of its own.
The resulting Model 32 [...]
I can't recommend this kit highly enough.
I only had to use smears of filler in a couple of places and that was probably down to operator error.
Primed with Tamiya Neutral Grey.
Painted with Mission Models Mitsubishi Interior Green, [...]
Dragon's 1943 1/350 KMS Scharnhorst continues to be a real pleasure to work on. I am well into the build now and things are beginning to come together. this submission features a mid build photo shoot so the painting is rough in places [...]
If I have to name one plane that I really love and admire, that would be the F4U Corsair, especially the wartime variants. Actually this plane got me into scale modelling. When I was young, I came across with Revell's antic 1:32 Corsair, [...]
Ciao,
here some pics of my Landawasser Schlepper made few years ago. The kit from Hppy Boss was very funny and interesting and I had some extra tools and the crew.
See you soon
Paolo