We seem to be on a roll with Focke-Wulfs here lately so I thought I’d join the trend, hope you don’t mind!
This is my latest build, my 6th Eduard Wurger Wunder Kit, this time an A-5, under the pretext of the latest decal sheet Exito [...]
Juuuuuuuuuuuuuuuust as i was about to start building the Tamiya 1/48th Mosquito Mk.VI, my father popped up with the Airfix 1/72nd Mk.VI. good timing for him, bad timing for me! This double build stuff is harder than it looks when you're [...]
Calling this one finally completed.
My Academy 1/48 F-14A Tomcat. I am not weathering it as it was a CAG plane and all the photos I have of it in this scheme show a clean aircraft.
Decals used are the stencils & missiles from the kit [...]
1/48 Eduard Roland C.II flown by Lt Seibert and observer Hptm Pfleger FFA5b, Western Front, Fall of 1916. My first German 2 seater, it's a favourite due to the memories of my dad who built the same aircraft and markings, back in the 70s. [...]
Tamiya 1/72 Focke-Wulf FW-190D-9.
Built it Out of the Box, with a few minor improvements:
Masked / painted Reich Defense bands.
Opened barrels on cowling MGs.
24g hypodermic needles for wing root cannons.
5-Minute Epoxy wingtip lights.
E-Z [...]
What a fantastic model to build, so much fun and so very well made. There is no engine but excellent details in the suspension and shocks that it was really fun. Also a beautiful race interior and roll cage.
If you love decals this one is [...]
OK, after my recent success i decided "Go big, or go home", so this ones BIG!
The Hobby Boss "Dora".
At 1/72nd, it measures 44 inches (base) long, 2800+ parts.
When the box arrived, that was BIG also (getting the [...]
The T2 was the 109 designed to fly from the decks of the Graf Zepplin. The T2 was a variant of of the E3/4 but with a longer wingspan, to aid taking off from the shorter deck.
Although the T2 was never used from the deck of a carrier, [...]
Building this F-4B reminded me just how much I like Phantoms, but it's still a toss up between the sleeker F-4B/J Navy planes or the F-4E Air Force Gun Jets - I can't decide - heck , even the Recon birds look awesome!
I had the pleasure [...]