The real aircraft was not a "racer." I went to what we call here in the U.S.A. as an "Air-Show" which had several airplanes, along with many other airplane related items.
Mike is a fellow modeler from our IPMS/USA San [...]
In researching the origins of US Navy/Marine dive bombing, I ran across this little gem of a story:
In early 1919, a United States Marine Corps (USMC) JN-4 was credited with executing a "dive bombing" attack during the United [...]
Hi all. I have finally completed this one. The build was fun, the painting... not so much. My final coat of matt varnish was a disaster when it fogged all over. I still don't know why. Never has before.
All attempts to remove it failed, [...]
Hi There,
This just finished. Well, I'm calling it.
Many, many years ago...1979 I was a young naive Highlander at College in the big city of Edinburgh and on my first weekend there The Playhouse had a late night Friday showing of:-
Pink [...]
I bought this kit at the show in Madison last weekend and I finished it today. It is such a unique aircraft that saw service throughout the war. In the hands of a skilled pilot, and under the right conditions, this STOL aircraft could take [...]
Academy's 1/48 scale F-15E Strike Eagle had a major problem with its' one piece windscreen/canopy. I had the experience to solve the problem by sanding off the ridge line. I only use 3M's wet/dry sandpaper that is kept in water 24/7 for [...]
About 17 years ago I found some "Royal Canadian Air Force F-86 Sabre Jet" decals for sale at an "on-line" hobby shop in Canada.
I emailed and got a reply then sent some money for two sets. The 2nd set was bought just in [...]
WIP: The Olifant tank which is labelled as a Mk1B by Hobbyboss but is actually a Mk2.
I have used AFV Club Centurion individual link tracks as I found the the ones supplied with the kit did not go together easily.
Also included are photos [...]
Hi everybody,
this couple of Tornado IDS was made in 2018 for pilot and RIO of this beautiful Special Color. I use the old Italeri kit with Cartograf decal, I added the pilots taken from a Tamiya kit dedicated to the F-14 Tomcat and [...]