1:144 scale modeling
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Beacon Models Spitfire Mk.I and Bf109E, 1/144. The New Company on the Block.
A while ago Beacon Models started a kickstarter followed by a pre-order for a pair of iconic Battle of Britain aircraft. Now, they're finally here! For a debut kit from a new company I'm very impressed.
The kit comes with two sprues, one [...]
1/144 F/A-18F Black Knight
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Revell of Germany 1/144 Landing Ship Medium
Last year and a half I devoted it to 1/144 scale, this is the last model of that effort, I improved many details with plastic sheets, strips and rods, copper wire, brass rod and tubes, piano wire, thin aluminum paper and replaced the [...]
2022- A model building odyssey! or: an orbiter as a New Year's greeting: happy 2023 folks! (just imagine Richard Strauss waltz "An der schönen blauen Donau") Space Clipper Orion III
Do you know what I liked most about this project? The view of our blue planet, gorgeous, precious beautiful - and impressively captured by the photographers from zero gravity! Although the idea for the presentation of the finished model [...]
Academy 1/144 CH-47 RAF
After the challenges presented by my previous Classic Airframes P6E Hawk and ICM Ghost of Kyiv projects this project was a nice pallet cleanser. I saw a great build of this kit at a recent show that inspired me to do my own. This kit is [...]
Cold War Warrior – Boeing B-52, Bomber Command Group Build
When I resumed modeling a few years back, I decided to try to build airplanes that were significant to me, either airplanes I had flown and worked on, or those that just grabbed my attention. The Boeing B-52 holds a special place in my [...]
AIP 1/144 Thunderbird 1
Another nostalgic blast for me.
A great kit with absolutely no issues at all.
Primed with Tamiya Lacquer Gloss Black.
Painted with Xtreme Metals Aluminium, ColourCoats Light Mediterranean Blue, Insignia Red.
Citadel Nuln Oil for the [...]
Tupolev Tu-134AK NVA/LSK – Zvezda 1/144
This Tu-134AK comes from the kit from Zvezda with etchparts from ExtraTech and decals from Revaro. The construction went quite well, as a small but not so obvious highlight was the installation of a homemade cockpit. It was painted with [...]
(Black)birdcage with a bit of a twist
My article focuses on the unique skeletal model of the SR-71A Blackbird at 1/144 scale, produced by Jasmine Model in China. It contains 120 photo-etched parts and a few pieces of aluminum painted resin bits. The kit is well engineered with [...]
