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FAA Corsair, MK IV, KD658

Hi All, My Second of three contributions to the Flight 19, WW2 Fleet Air Arm, mini group build Corsair MK IV KD658 Honoring Canadian, Lt. Robert Hampton Gray, RCNVR, VC, DSC British Pacific Fleet, HMS Formidable, Squadron 1841 Days prior [...]

FAA Corsair, MK II, JT410

Hi All, My first of three contributions to the Flight-19, WW2 Fleet Air Arm, mini group build. Corsair MK.II JT 410 Honoring Canadian, Sub Lt. Donald Sheppard, RCNVR, DSC The only FAA Canadian Corsair ace during WW2. All victories claimed [...]

Hobbyboss 1/48 scale Bv141B

This is my build of the Hobbyboss Bv141 kit. It's a good kit that goes together well without too much effort, with the possible exception of painting all the canopy frames! Additions to the model are the 'Superfabric' seatbelts from [...]

1/48 Airfix Stuka Ju-87 Trop

HI Everyone Here is my 1/48 Airfix Stuka (New Tool) - all done and dusted. Quickboost Seats Quickboost Exhaust Qucikboost Prop Gaspatch MG15 ROP Decals - African Stukas Pitot - Brass Tube Painted using Tamiya acrylics. A great kit and with [...]

Desert Air War Group build: 1/48 Eduard Spitfire Vb(late)

The Airplane: The Spitfire Vb, which began appearing in squadrons in the spring of 1941, was the most-produced Spitfire sub-type. It was a modification of the Spitfire I airframe, “beefed up” with a new engine mount, to use the Merlin [...]

Tamiya’s P-51B in the livery of Don S. Gentile’s “Shangri-La”. USAAF 4th Fighter Group early 1944.

My completed P-51B Shangri -La. I enjoyed this build which was mostly out of the box with the exception of the main landing gear wheels which are from Hussar. I also used the Lifelike Decals set for this aircraft. The build log can be [...]

TAMIYA A6M5 Zero 1:48

It's funny, but you will forgive me (I hope): since I returned to this hobby after more than 40 years of absence, I am amazed to retrace paths that others younger than me have already traveled. I have rediscovered a state of the art light [...]

HobbyBoss F4U-4 Corsair, 1/48. A Small Build Review of Sorts.

The Hobbyboss kit is proof that newer isn't necessarily better, but as an old Hasegawa F4U-4 was the first model I built upon returning to the hobby I felt that 3 years later it was time to have a stab at another F4U-4. In fact, I decided [...]

Tamiya F4U-2,1/48. The First Navy Nightfighter.

What inspires you to choose a kit or a scheme? For this model it was a post on this very forum that is a large reason. My long term goal is to build a Corsair of every variant in 1/48, starting from the simple F4U-1 by Tamiya and ending in [...]

“He who sows the Fury will reap the Hurricane!” Sidney Camms biplane masterpiece Hawker Fury

With the last years of the 1930s, the era of the biplane in military use finally came to an end. Although it was a farewell, it was a grand departure! The Hawker Fury I can be counted among the top products of a design concept oriented [...]