LTJG Jack “Dusty” Kleiss was a Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber pilot with Scouting Six flying from the USS Enterprise (CV-6). His first combat was during the raid on Kwajalein Atoll where he hit Japanese shore installations and [...]
So I always thought the Fiat CR-32 was a good-looking aero plane. Pointy nose, scalloped wings/tail, cool spatted wheels. For some reason I never got round to doing one, most likely due to the limited run nature of the available 1/48 kits. [...]
This is an older one I did about 15 years ago. 1/700 Tamiya Mikuma & 1/700 Pit-Road Asashio with some etched brass to jazz them up. A battle scene of what the fate of the Mikuma was...
Always like waterline displays for my ships. [...]
‘I was wondering whether anyone would actually buy it’ was the comment I got from my trusted modelling dealer about my spontaneous decision to buy. He went on to explain that adding Miniart's ‘Field Workshop’ to the assortment [...]
About one hundred 109G aircraft were converted to a two seat version during 1944 for training purposes.
Falcon produced a basic (and only) 1/48 styrene Bf 109G-12 version. It is based on the G-4 airframe. I used spare parts from Hasegawa [...]
This 1/48th Trumpeter F9F-2 Panther is a good kit that will get you a nice display model, straight out of the box, without much hassle. I also bought one of the Hobbycraft kits and built it up as the photo-recon variant of the Panther in [...]
I chose this kit because it was the clear view version. I dont know why but i like these kits. I wasn’t particularly liking the car, I just bought it for the clear baddy, I was pleasantly surprised.
The Merc 300SL was a trend setting [...]
Hi All,
Presenting, my next "build the ships I've visited", a 1/700, USS New Jersey, BB-62.
I've had the pleasure to tour the battleships, USS New Jersey,BB-62 and USS Wisconsin,BB-64 but at this time I am only building one of [...]