My latest review on the Italeri smallest helicopter model which is the Bell-47 AH-1/AB-47 model kit which was released few years back.
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Built also in 2017.
The Iranians were supplied with 75 F-84G, in service from 1957 to 1965 as fighters, fighterbombers and for aerobatics in the Golden Crown Team.
Tamiya kit, main markings from Hi-Decals, stencils from the kit and [...]
Build in 2020 out of the box. Fine detaled model, good quality, great effect. I used AMMO and AK paints, filters, pensils, varnishes and pigments.
I started this year with Revell's 1/48 Typhoon finished in the RAF Battle of Britain 75th anniversary display scheme.
I then moved on to two old 1/32 Revell kits that I picked up for £10 each.
The Corsair has very little internal detail [...]
Built in 2017.
Took a bit longer to complete due to several (selfinflicted) problems. Mounted the nozzles inverted but could fix it. Then followed the camoplan in the Caracal instructions but that was wrong and reshaped the camo. When my [...]
As the poet Heinrich Heine put it so associatively and beautifully, "There is magic in every beginning", and this can also be applied to this aircraft in a broad sense. The Sud Aviation Caravelle marks many a beginning for civil [...]
Despite it all it was a productive year although I've neglected sharing here for a while. And I built all things that fly even though I hadn't planned it that way. Here they are:
Dream Model's 1/72 AH-1Z
Hasegawa 1/48 P-40E Aleutian [...]
INTRODUCTION
The P-38 Lightning was originally planned to be a high altitude twin engined bomber interceptor. It was designed by Clarence Kelly Johnson's team with its now famous and unique twin boom configuration around the [...]
Finished 15 this year - pleased with that.
Happy Holidays,
Richard
All my models: (link)
Buzzer beater for 2020 - finished on New Years Eve.
Great kit (Revell 051322) with very nice details out of the box. I added Shapeways figures.
Album: (link)
All my models: (link)
Photo Editing:
Adobe Lightroom
Helicon Focus (focus [...]