As some of you know I’ve been living and working in China for a few years now, therefore my modelling year ties in with the Chinese lunar calendar, which this year begins on 29th January.
I suddenly realised that I had never built a [...]
During September, 1943, rumors abounded among pilots in the fighter groups regarding things to come. Word of the first flight of the P-51B in Los Angeles spread through the world of Air Force fighter pilots like wildfire. When Chesley [...]
For an aircraft of which just one single prototype was built and which was never to go into series production, the Tu-91 has a considerable number of nicknames: ‘Byk’ (bull) was the official name, but the name ‘Botshka’ also became [...]
I have had my eye in theirs kit for awhile now, price was right so I grabbed it. Was fairly simple but that may have been because I had built 2 of them for the 1/6th bikes one of which was the weathered touring bike
It was a fun kit but [...]
This is 1/32 Hasegawa Messerschmitt Bf-109G-5 with the markings of W.Nr 27112 Maj. Walther Dahl CO of III./JG3 Bad Wörishofen Germany in December 1943. Machine is in over-all RLM 76 with black anti-exhaust staining on both wing [...]
When painting our models, we are often faced with challenges with regards to finishing the model. We have to balance requirements for different finishing techniques that often place restrictions on how we can apply them. For example, [...]