F 100 D SUPER SABRE ..
Monogram kit 1/48 scale .F 100 D super sabre 429th FBS /474th FWB .
Testors metallizer paint, Decals Superscale 48-226 .
IPMS Cleveland Show
Some additional pics from the really large Cleveland model show, where competition was strong. Seemed every modeler came with their A game. And of course Jim Harley comes with his one little model placed in the bottom of the kits box and [...]
Avia B.534 III. Eduard 1:48 weekend
Hi! Just finished this project. I hope like it.
1/48 Airfix Boulton Paul Defiant Mk.I
Model depicts an aircraft operating with 255 Squadron RAF, Kirton-in-Lindsey, Lincolnshire, 1941. Note this plane has six stack exhausts for which I used Ultracast parts. Other aftermarket parts are Eduard cockpit set and Master gun [...]
Cleveland IPMS Show
What a great year for Cleveland...can't believe I'm typing that 🙂 but despite showing up to snow flurries first thing in the morning, the day cleared up and a lot of people showed. 495 models registered in all categories. Since I'm [...]
F-14 Tomcat Naval Strike Air Warfare Center, Hasegawa 1/72 .
Finished, the last few detail where added, pitot tube repaired for the 157th time. Hope you like it.
More Dive Bombers
In a previous article, I presented my collection of 1/48 model dive-bombers that served with the Navy in WWII (SBC-3, SB2U, SBD-3, SB2C-3). In this article, I go back in time from there to the mid-1930s to present two aircraft that were [...]
Video: Airfix Hellcat F6F-5 1/24--Xmas-Teaser
Happy Christmas time to everyone!
The stopmotion animation of the Airfix Hellcat in 1/24 is not quite finished yet but I wanted to share something with you this Christmas. So here's a little teaser. Hope you enjoy.
Music: castleshire from [...]
Hairspray chipping Tamiyas 1973 Raiden
Enamel wash, oil wash, salt chipping and now hairspray. I've tried to do something different with each of my four last builds, firstly to learn, secondly to keep my modelling interesting and thirdly to keep challenging myself.
I looked at [...]
1/72 Scale Academy B-17G converted to a YB-17G
After years of building models I knew everything...hum-bug! I found a photo on the web of a "YB-17G Flying Fortress." As lot's of modeler's say: "I gotta have that kit," but there is no YB-17G kit available.
For me that [...]
