Border's Kate is probably the first mold with stressed skin surface. It may seem exaugurated to some. Yet, the simulated metal corrugations and fabric indentations can be mitigated with proper painting and even without sanding and [...]
Just a few days before Christmas , 2024, a package arrived in the mail from my friend, Liliya. She had sent gifts for everyone in my family. My wife was given a cool set of nesting dolls, mine was this new release Zvezda kit that Liliya [...]
The model depicts an aircraft flown by Oberleutnant Helmut Wick, 1/Jagdgeschwader 2 "Richthofen" in France and Belgium, October 1940. By that time, the light blue camouflage on the sides of the fuselage was pained over in the [...]
Hobbycraft introduced their 1/48th CF-100 Mk.V in 1989 followed by their 1/48th CF-100 Mk.IV in 1990. Hobbycraft specialty was releasing Canadian aircraft types that no other manufacturer would produce in an injection mold kit. While the [...]
Ready for sharing is this Hasegawa 1/48 McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II Plus. The aircraft represents the lead ship of VMA-513 from around 2010. The loadout I've depicted may or may not be correct, but this is the way I wanted to depict [...]
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My first WW1 model of any kind ever! This came about whilst searching for a model to build for a WW1 group build I entered. Purchased at a swap meet for $25, comes with a British tank crew. My plan is to [...]
Matchbox first released this kit in 1979. This is a very basic kit with the typical little details that goes with many of the Matchbox kits. This kit does offer two different tail gunner types that were used on the B-17G and it comes with [...]
Here is an Academy Hunter with T.7 resin conversion (can't recall the manufacturer) and corrected wheels and landing gear. Got all the makings in a "builder's special" deal on eBay. Two kits and all the extra parts. 65 sqn. [...]