That the Convair B-58 Hustler is a truly spectacular aircraft can be seen at first sight. But not only the racy exterior, also the "inner values" of this more than twice as sound-fast aircraft can fascinate! I would like to [...]
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The Supermarine Spitfire and it’s place in Battle of Britain needs no presentation ?
THE KIT & BUILD NOTES:
I’ve always wanted to build a Spitfire in 1:48 and when Tamiya issue their last one I knew time has arrived.
The [...]
This is a "Classic Airframes" kit. I was somewhat shocked when I discovered that the fuselage was not mating up with their clear windscreen/canopy part.
I moved the one piece windscreen/canopy back to where the canopy would [...]
This is the 43 year old Monogram “Razorback” that was based on their 1967 “Bubbletop” kit. I found this original 1977 issue of the kit at a recent show and bought it for $5. The deal of the century! I realized while building it [...]
This is the Accurate Miniatures 1/48 B-25B “Doolittle Raiders”. I built it as the “Ruptured Duck” which was the aircraft followed in the film "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo".
The “Ruptured Duck” was the 7th aircraft to [...]
This is a period that I am very interested in WWI airplane. This is a Roden kit, 1/32, of albatros D III whit the camouflage of Lothar von Richthofen, son of Manfred. It’s a good kit, but not at a level of Wingnutwings.
The work table [...]
A selection of photographs from the Indy Show last weekend. Another fine show put on by Roscoe Turner IPMS, one to look forward to.
Additional photographs are posted here:
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Mike and David discuss the show in episode seven of the [...]
I picked this kit up a few weeks ago from a vendor table at a recent contest. It’s the old Heller 1/72 PZL 11c. This is a basic but nice kit. I added some framing in the cockpit, seatbelts, landing strut bracing wire and antenna wires. [...]