Zara passing Castello Aragonese Entering Taranto 1/350
A couple of years ago I won one of the monthly competitions here in imodeler. The prize was the Zara kit from Trumpeter, which I promised to build and post. Here it is! The scene is inspired by the great work of Lou Carabot.
The kit is [...]
Mikro-Mir 1/72 De Havilland DH108 Swallow
A fun little kit,
It needs a little care and attention as it's short run and there's a bit of flash and some of the locating holes are a tad small for the parts.
Primed with Tamiya Neutral Grey
Painted with Tamiya Nato Black, Flat [...]
Mustang IV (and a nod to Matchbox c.1974)
Been determined to build 'Dooleybird' for years simply because of 'that' box art from 1974. Had the MA sheet in the stash since the early 2000's and even had a set of resin 'gills' to fit the Hasegawa kit.
BUT WAIT, Airfix announced they'd [...]
"Woody" Woodward's Hurricane Mk 1 trop., 33 Squadron, Egypt
"Woody" Vernon Crompton Woodward DFC and Bar RAF (22 December 1916 – 26 May 2000) was a Canadian fighter pilot and flying ace with the Royal Air Force during World War II. With 18 and 4 shared destroyed, 2 unconfirmed [...]
1/72 Kovozávody Prostějov Zlin 242L, Croatian Air Force, 93rd Base
93rd Air Base, or 93rd Wing of Croatian Air Force, was founded in 1992 with main purpose of educating and training future pilots. 93rd Wing consists of Helicopter Squadron and Airplane Squadron.
Helicopter Squadron operates 8 Bell 206b [...]
Crashed space ship
This diorama was inspired by reading a compilation book of the art of sci fi artist Chris Foss. If you ever read a science fiction paperback printed in the 70s or 80s there is a good chance he did the art work for the cover.
I wanted [...]
1/32 Revell Focke Wulf Fw 190A8/R2 "Double Chevron"
To the memory of Jerry Crandall..
This is my recently finished 1/32 Revell Fw 190A8/R2 with the markings of “Double chevron” from IV./JG3
Cockpit modified with Eduard Löök instrument panel and seat belts.
I have used Eagle Parts [...]
