In the summer of 1968 we took a family vacation trip to visit my grandparents in Minnesota and Montana. Along the way we played the Shell Presidents Coin game. Eventually the coins, or more accurately medallions, were tossed out. Thirty [...]
The persistent fog of Northern Italy has contributed enormously to the photos, I hope you like it and that it gives a feeling of cold
First little armour for 2020.
Tamiya kit oob, painted with Tamiya XF-24 and XF-2, weathering with oil wash, drybrushing, Tamiya weathering sets and some pigments.
Panzerdivision in Russian winter 1942
This is a 1/35th scale Tamiya kit. I revised the vinyl base by removing the dead tree and rocks and replacing them with real rocks and a piece of a dead tree branch. I glued the base to a section of 3/8" thick styrofome and added [...]
I don't recall if all 3 models came in the same box, nor do I remember who made these 3 kits, plus the little fish. 1998 is a long time for me to remember@ 88.6 yrs old!
The base was made by using some more "Plaster-of-Paris." [...]
Tamiya 1/72 Spitfire Mk Ia. I have had this kit in the stash for quite a while. It was time to build it especially since I did not have a Mk Ia in the collection. This plane was flown by Sqn Ldr Rupert "Lucky" Leigh of No. 66 Sqn [...]
Okay, after my last posting of the Revell F-89D and some of my admitted faux paux;, Tom Bebout graciously sent me a model of the F-89 that he had picked up years ago that the modeler had started the cockpit assemblies and the fuselage [...]
W.I.P. Airbus A 300 DHL ... wash and scrateches. A matt lacquer will follow. Then the final finish. Airfix model kit.
Focke Wulf Fw190-D9 in 1/48th scale
Excellent kit from Revell (Eduard tooling).
Highly recommended!
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I don't have any "in-progress" building photos, nor do I have any box-art images. The two dino's sure look like "T-REX" models, but I'm not sure. They both have pretty good eyes. It look's like I added some color when [...]