This is my interpretation of the Junkers D.1. 5188/18 as entered in the Idflieg fighter trials of October 1918.
I built this one straight from the box except for the minimal rigging.
The Spandaus and seat belts are the supplied kit items [...]
This is the 1/48 Roden OV-1C Mohawk. I used Quickboost resin propellers, scoops, and exhaust. For the small details Eduard photo etch sets for the cockpit and exterior. This is a difficult kit in terms of fit especially the canopy. Even [...]
And now for something completely different...
Being usually an aircraft builder and doing from time to time some armour, this is my dad´s first car model since 30 years.
The last one he built was this same Heller kit, now he gave it a new [...]
In 1911, a time when floatplanes and flying boats were barely capable of leaving the water, Jacques Schneider introduced the Schneider Cup at a banquet following the 4th annual James Gordon Bennet race for landplanes, for a similar race [...]
This is an older build (not long after kit was released in 2002. wow 18 years already?), though it did freshen it up recently and took these pics.
Superscale Decals
Ultracast Seat
Tamiya AS12, Alclad, Tamiya & Mr Hobby acrylics, Future [...]
Nieuport 17, Guynemeyer, cone de penetration from a 1/48 bomb
Dh-2
Albatross D-III, Voss
SPAD XIII, Barraca
Sopwith Triplane, Little
Sop with Camel, Brown, resin parts from Roseplane
Se-5a
Fokker D-VII, Lowenhardt (maybe)
Fokker [...]
I been trying to figure out ways to get better photos with out having to buy a camera or a light box. This time i used a roll of craft paper and my iPhone. I shot the photos in the backyard in indirect morning light. I just put the roll of [...]