FINISHED!!! Fw 190 and He 162
I'm finished with both the 162 and 190. I'm very proud of both of these models, especially the 162, because I feel like I got them both right! Yes, there was an emergency paint change on the 162, (long story, spilled and ran out of [...]
Resin Fantasy Bust 1/10
I had fun painting this bust but as always the result is never as good as I envisioned it when I started. Still, for every model one builds, some learning is gained.
Pit-Road IJN Shimakaze 1943 1:700
Long time without posting here, folks. I've been really, really lazy with plastic. Luckily, my 5 y/o son is model-crazy, so practically forced me to work in my Shimakaze while he tinkered his vintages Revell Iowa, Forrestal, Missouri and [...]
A-7E Corsair II, Trumpeter 1:32
As many successful constructions, also Corsair is real beauty beast - robust, durable, reliable, serving in many countries can deliver deadly ordnance to whatever target.
Its upperwing allowing to carry large variety of bombs, rockets, [...]
Just arrived on my porch: Kitty Hawk 1/48 FJ-2 Fury
Big announcement: Kitty Hawk is no longer S-h-itty Hawk here at Le Chateau du Chat.
I took the plunge last week and picked up a new FJ-2 kit ($50 included delivery from Shenzen China), since the computer views I had seen looked better than [...]
Mach2 1/72 AJ-2 Savage
Our club started a cold war build last summer, to be revealed at our December meeting, and this is the subject I selected. It was only a few years ago I became aware of the Savage - the first carrier-born bomber capable of nuclear [...]
1st Attempt at the F-22 Raptor
Hi all,
This is my first try at replicating the truely unique grey-with-underlying-metal look of the awesome US Air Force F-22 Raptor stealth fighter.
Build video attached as ever:
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1/72 F-14A VF-32 Mig-killer "Gypsy 202"
Kit: Hasegawa 1/72 Grumman F-14A Tomcat "USS John F. Kennedy Fighter Squadrons"
History: On January 4, 1989, two US F-14 Tomcats of VF-32 Swordsmen downed two Lybian Mig-23 floggers. The Tomcats were AC-207 flying lead and AC-202 [...]
Decal's My Way
My favorite jet has always been the F-86 Sabre, thus when I saw this kit via "Scalehobbyist" I bought it for several reasons.
One reason is: I like what we call here in America "Flashie Things" and the paint [...]
