1:144 scale modeling
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1/144 Airfix SR.N4 Hovercraft
1/144 Airfix SR.N4 Hovercraft
Vintage kit of great hovercraft. A lot of clamps and pressure required to get the main sections to fit. Interior details fine for their time. Less fit issues than many 'see thru' models.
1/144 Czech Master Resin Martin JMR3 Mars
1/144 Czech Master Resin Martin JMR3 Mars - Complete resin kit. Very fragile translucent propellers and landing gear.
Used brass pins for durability and strength on every join especially ‘beaching-landing gear’. Beautiful resin [...]
Pan Am Boeing 377 Stratocruiser
Another from 35 years ago when I worked at Pan Am. The paint has faded a bit, looks great.
Pan Am Boeing 314 Clipper
I originally built this 35 years ago, a little damage on the prop. The other models are mine also.
Tupolev Tu-134UBL 'Crusty-B'
The Tupolev Tu-134 is a narrowbody regional airliner, that was designed in the early ’60s and was in production from 1966 until 1989. Following the new design that was pioneered by French Sud-Aviation Caravelle airliner, the rear mounted [...]
1/144 DC-9-33F – SAS 75th Anniversary Group Build.
This is an original issue Airfix kit from 1973. I picked it up at a show back in 2017 for $4 US. I dabble in airliners and Douglas products are my favorites. It’s not a bad kit 50 years later. It’s only real failing is that the [...]
The First and the Last: Junkers G.38 & Arado E.555
It might have been another very cold January 1945 night, but for Hauptman Ziegel and his crew, the situation could not have been hotter: there they were, flying at 30,000ft with their Amerikabomber fully loaded. Took off from Bordeaux at [...]
And now for something completely different....
For me, anyway! This is an RX-78-01(N) Local (North American Type) combat robot, or mecha, from the Japanese cartoon series "Gundam". According to the Wiki site, he is 18 meters tall, manned by a single pilot in a torso [...]
Great Wall Hobby 1/144 B-52H Stratofortress (L1008)
The GWH B-52 is a great model. The fit is excellent and the surface details are appropriate for this scale. The only curiosity is that, although the builder has the option to pose the bomb bay doors open, there are no bombs to put in it. [...]
