Battle of Britain Hurricanes
Finally finished the next models for my Model Airplane International Battle of Britain series, a pair of 1:48 Airfix Hurricanes. A lot of research went into P2923 and a big thanks must got Mark Postlethwaite for the a photo of this [...]
Special Hobby 1/48 Fokker D.XXI, No.221 Tlt. Herman Doppenberg May 10th, 1940
Finally I finished the Fokker D.XXI
This is No. 221 flown by Tlt. Herman Doppenberg on May 10th, 1940.
He was able to down a Bf109E that morning.
The aircraft was destroyed on May 14th during an attack on Schiphol airfield.
Definitely [...]
Dragon T-34/85
A little T34 action! I experimented with different weathering effects with this one, mainly working with pigments for mud effects and numerous oil paint weathering techniques applied to get the worn/faded/ground in dirt effect. A few [...]
1/700 Fuyuzuki (Akizuki Type)
Aoshima 1/700 Yoizuki kit with the Five Star Fuyuzuki upgrade kit:
The upgrade kit is essential for this build as the original kit is pretty basic. I also added aftermarket rope reels and built the wood base and acrylic case myself. For [...]
1/32 Scale MB 326 Scratch Build Part 8
Time for another update, nearing the finish line on this build, needless to say I really enjoyed it very much, from making the molds and the entire build, it went together fantastic, like an out of the box build... You will notice that I [...]
Hasegawa J2M Raiden 雷電 Lightning Bolt “Jack”
This is Hasegawa’s classic Raiden kit from 1977. It is a good kit for its time, but suffers from basic cockpit detail and shallow wheelwells. I replaced both on my build and plunge-molded the sliding portion of the canopy. There is [...]
Things I hate about modelling
Decals-especially stencils. Long black walk/don't walk lines which break into a million pieces. Roundels which fall apart if you look at them funny.
The floor where I spend 1/3 of my precious hobby time crawling about cursing because [...]
1/48 Kittyhawk Sepecat Jaguar Gr.1
This is 1/48 Kittyhawk Sepecat Jaguar GR.1 with the markings of XX743 Coltishall 1975.
This is built OOB except for Master pitot tube.
I have used Gunze Sangyo acrylics .
Decals are from Kits World #48052
Happy modelling
Hobbycraft 1/72 CF-100 (Hypothetical)
This kit called to me from its shelf in the garage, and I wanted to build something different. I sometimes build a kit in a paint scheme that never actually existed, and this is what happened here. To make it more plausible in my mind, I [...]
