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 [...]
Eduard FW-190 A3 1/48, Weekend Edition
FW-190 A3 white 12 flown by Fw Ernst Mayer of 9JG5, Herdla, Norway March 1945.
This Kit is the Weekend Edition Pack from Eduard, with extra photoetched seatbelts
and some cartograf decals from the [...]