A Phantom revisited
Several years ago, I built a 1/48 F-4 Phantom for my good friend Wally, whose dad, Major Tommy Ray Warren, served as a Stormy FAC in Viet Nam. Major Warren lost his life in this aircraft, 66-8820, in January 1970 after being hit by ground [...]
1/32 ICM Gloster Gladiator Mk.1 (32040)
This is a beautiful kit in some ways and a bit of a pain in the wahoo in others. The surface detail is first rate as is the detail in the cockpit. I ran into a lot of trouble with the fit of the fuselage halves. Perhaps it was my fault; [...]
1759 ROYAL LOUIS
After 8 Months of loving this build, heavily improvising her with Dowels, ratlines, deadeyes and blocks, Cannon tiebacks and Cannon shot etc.. pushing my capabilities, my 1759 ROYAL LOUIS - HELLER 1/200 is FINISHED.
5 months of building [...]
1/32 Hasegawa P-40E Warhawk “Kay Strawberry Blonde”
Here is another tick on my P-40 Warhawk to do list. This is 1/32 Hasegawa P-40E Warhawk with the markings of “Kay Strawberry Blonde” flown by Sammy Pierce of 8th FS / 49th FG Doboudura, New Guinea in Spring 1943.
The inspiration for [...]
End of War...1/48 Messerschmitt Bf109G-10 (Erla), 3./JG300
And here´s my dad´s second 109 of Eduard´s Wilde Sau Pt II Dual Combo I bought my dad for Father´s Day.
Like with the other, mostly built oob. Added brake lines with plastic rods and lead wire, EZ Line for the antenna wires.
Towards [...]
Eduard 1/48 Spitfire VIII – Clive Caldwell
History:
The RAAF was always on the far end of a very long supply line - either from Great Britain or the United States - throughout the Second World War, which meant there was a constant struggle to obtain first-class combat [...]
Fear the Reaper: Halloween build
Just in time for Halloween! Bandai 1/100 Wing Zero Ver Ka
Fairey Barracuda series - Raúl Hrubisko - 1/72
Hello,
My Father has completed another series of our collection. These are the final photos of the Faire Barracuda series. Although the series is not quite large in terms of quantity it is a very completed in terms of not so common [...]
ICM 1/72 Polikarpov U-2/PO-2VS
A little kit with lots of tiny parts.
I seem to have a problem with ICM plastic as I had to replace a few parts with brass tube and sprue.
I find it very soft. Probably operator error though.
Primed with Tamiya Neutral Grey.
Painted with [...]
