F2H-2P Banshee walk around photos.
Good news! The Banshee is back on the main floor at Pensacola. Here’s some photos I just took. We’re waiting for the Blue Angels practice now.
This for me was the type of kits...
This for me was the type of kits that you start with optimism and ambition for a nice build and end up wanting to get on with it and move on with your life...
For starters, there are several small and delicate pieces and all of them needed [...]
Academy B-17C/D in the Hawaiian Air Depot Scheme in 1/72 Scale
In the aftermath of the Pearl Harbor attack much of the American airpower in the Pacific lay wrecked, caught on the ground by the Japanese assault. Planes lined up in neat rows alongside airfields proved easy targets for bombers and [...]
W.A.S.M.Ex 2019
Hi All, Lots of photos from the recent West Australian Scale Modelers Expo. Main hall photos were taken just after set up so not many people around. The place filled up later on in the day. The main hall was for clubs and vendors and the [...]
Airfix P-51D and the 23rd Fighter Group Yokahama Yardbird
When most people think of the 23rd fighter group they are thinking of the extensive use of the various P-40 types during the campaign in China. Conversely it is thought that the P-51 is an aircraft of the European theaters or escorting [...]
Sd.Kfz. 222 Leichter Panzerspähwagen
Information from the TAMIYA instruction manual;
“In the early 1930s, under weapon restrictions enforced by the Versailles Treaty, the German army was limited to using Kfz.13 armored vehicles. However, based on the chassis of an Adler [...]
C-47 Search and Rescue
This is the Hasegawa 1/200th scale C-47 Skytrain Search and Rescue kit released in 2000. I believe the original model was released in 1994 as a DC-3 with All Nippon Airways markings.
This kit made back in 2000. It's painted with the now [...]
Mirage F1 AZ 1/32 Scale, Scratch Build. Part 4
Hey Guy's, Firstly let me apologize for not posting in a while, been busy with day to day life issues, namely work, work and work, and if that was not enough, my Mom passed away as well. So, I had a trying last couple of weeks.
I did [...]
P-80 1/72
I have a love and hate relation towards limited run kits from small companies , on one hand they can be a pain in the ... : no guiding pins, poor fit, instructions that leaves you guessing, and so on, on the other hand they challenge your [...]
1/32 Tamiya DeHaviland Mosquito
Progress on the 1/32 Tamiya Mosquito. The cockpit is about 80% complete. All that's left is the navigator's seat and seatbelts, and some touch-ups here and there. I used RAF Interior Green from Mission Models. Small details (buttons, etc.) [...]
