Early war 1/35 armored car from Italeri. Built out of the box with the addition of the frame antenna cable and attachment point, figure and stowage. Finished with Vallejo colors and Ammo blue and brown filters. Weathered with AK effects [...]
This kit was one of the worst I have ever built. Very bad pressings with thick burrs, so that sometimes it was not possible to tell where the burr ends and where the part begins. I had to confront the large parts with the drawing to get [...]
He 219A-2, W/Nr.290126, D5+BL
3./NJG 3, Grove 1945.
RLM 22(black) on all the undersides( my 50/50 mix of black and dark brown); top surfaces in RLM 75/76 ' reverse mottling'. All markings in white, except 'BL' of code which is probably RLM [...]
After II./JG 51 was disbanded on April 5th, 1945, at Fels am Wagram, one of the 109s transferred was an aircraft depicted here. The overpainted marking discloses the former service under II. /JG 51.
The Lockheed AH-56 was a 4-blade, compound attack helicopter developed in the 1960s to fulfill the U.S. Army’s anti-tank gunship role (the Advanced Aerial Fire Support System, AAFSS program). The main motivation for the program was to [...]
Hi All,
“Tarawa”
A vignette depicting the USMC, 2nd Amphibian Tractor Battalion, in an LVT-2, invading the island of Betio during the Tarawa invasion.
The kit was easy to build, minimal parts, with no issues. I did add some minor [...]
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“Thanks for the Ride”.
A vignette depicting an LVT-4, of the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps (RCAMC), somewhere in Northern Europe.
Both the LVT-4 and Jeep kits were easy to build, minimal parts, with no issues. Minor detail [...]
Hello all,
This my attempt at the Hasegawa 1/32 FW 190 A5 kit. I found this to be an easy and fun build. I was motivated by some great builds at the Vegas Nats. I was able to pick the kit and decals while I was there. I have always had a [...]