To celebrate 100 years RAAF, here is my Eduard 1/48 Sopwith Camel F.1 B5248 AFC (Australian Flying Corps) Minchinhampton Englad, 1918. This is the old 2003 release. Little bastard is done, finally. Difficult build completed this morning. [...]
No contest winner,but bought and built.Hope you like it.
Not a quick build as expected but it turned out nice. Nose weights added to keep her grounded. MM Non-Buffing Aluminum and Sealer (I like that stuff). Strictly out of the box and amazingly the old kit decals survived with a bit of help. [...]
What happens when you drink too much and land your aircraft on the wrong carrier?
The crew takes you to record what happened, they give you food, and when you return your plane is vandalized with jokes and paint.
I have always wanted to [...]
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USS Johnston - along with the Sammy B ("the destroyer escort that fought like a battleship) - the two bravest ships in the Navy in what is known as "The U.S. Navy's finest hour," the Battle off Samar on October 25, [...]
WNW 1:32
OOB plus...
Gaspatch turnbuckles
Model Kasten rigging
Tamiya, Alclad II, oil paints
This post is just to thank the generosity of my good friends here on iModeller Jaime and Spiros. In the true spirit of what iModeller is about they supplied me at their own expense with the parts I need to continue with my Motorhead [...]
Another from 2006:
History
Britain may have been the country that invented the armored fighting vehicle known popularly as the “tank,” but after the First World War, the British Army fell behind the rest of the world in the development [...]
The most iconic Japanese aircraft is easily the Mitsubishi A6M, and Tamiya's most recent tooling from 2008 absolutely does justice to such a plane. Before going any further this kit can be summed up as 'absolutely recommended', or 'one of [...]