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Fujimi 1/24 scale Porsche 356A

by Rick Schad on February 1, 2020 · in Automotive · 6 ≡

This build was for a 356A owner and I had direct access to the actual car. This kit was decent but not great. Very poor instructions, lots of weird parts that seemed to be for another kit, brittle plastic and confusing build sequences. To [...]

Tamiya 1/20 scale Mercedes 1955 Gullwing

by Rick Schad on February 1, 2020 · in Automotive · 2 ≡

This is another build built for the owner of this actual car. This model was almost built right out of the box with a few scratch built details. This kit is a great build and it was made easier due to being able to visit the actual car [...]

Tamiya 1/20 scale 1997 Ferrari F110B Schumacher

by Rick Schad on February 1, 2020 · in Automotive · 2 ≡

This little race car is a great little model and a wonderful kit. I got to take this actual (real) car up the hill at Goodwood last year and as a tribute I wanted to build a model of it! It was great having the actual car available to me [...]

Tamiya Niki Lauda 1974 Ferrari 1/12 scale vintage 1975 kit

by Rick Schad on February 1, 2020 · in Automotive · 4 ≡

The Tamiya Niki Lauda Ferrari build was built for Niki Lauda's charity right after his passing in 2019. This build was quite challenging, but overall the kit really holds up compared with modern day kits. I did have to scratch build many [...]

Monogram Apollo 11 vintage kit build

by Rick Schad on February 1, 2020 · in Space · 4 ≡

This Apollo 11 build was a commission build for AirBus in France and quite the challenge! I used a vintage Monogram 1/48th scale kit from 1970 and it is not very good. I basically scratch built everything using the included parts as a [...]

Tamiya 1/35th Scale Willy's WWII Jeep Build

by Rick Schad on February 1, 2020 · in Armor · 6 ≡

I always wanted to build this little kit! I was in-between commission builds so I went to my hobby shop to look around and I saw this kit and I had to buy it! I built this little kit in just a few days, and what a fun kit this is! Tamiya [...]

A RUSSIAN CARGO JET

by Rodney J. Williams on February 1, 2020 · in Aviation · 8 ≡

I kinda went overboard on posting my photos, however I have way over a 125 "in-progress" building photos to choose from. Everything went together just fine with all the parts, however I screwed up by not dry fitting the rear and [...]

CH-46E “1-2 Lady Ace” As flown in Iraq and Pakistan in 2010

by Rick Schad on February 1, 2020 · in Aviation · 12 ≡

This is a very special build that I did for Marine Col. Todd Oneto (hence the number "1-2" on the aircraft). I built this from an Academy kit in 1/48 scale with many scratch built additions, as well as custom markings. This [...]

Revell 1:48 F-104G

by George Henderson on February 1, 2020 · in Aviation · 13 ≡

This is an RCAF 441 Sqn CF-104. This aircraft wore this scheme for the 30th anniversary of CFB Baden Soellingen, Germany. I built it using the Revell boxing of the "Tiger Meet" and this came with god awful yellow sprues. I'm [...]