1/32 scale modeling
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General Doolittle's Ride
1/32nd Williams Brothers kit of the Gee Bee. Built many years ago. Painted by "rattle can".
Scallops were laid out with homemade stencils. Pinstripes were done using a french curve & draftsman's pen.
Typical WB kit. Bit of a [...]
Change of Scenery
This is a 1/32nd scale Rolls Royce Sedanca by Pyro molded in 1966. It is from the same time frame as the 1940 Ford posted by Jeff Stewart. It was in a series of 12 cars called "Table Top Classics". Cost ranged from $.79 to [...]
Yay! Half a day today. Figured I’d post one up…Pac Coast Hurricane I….
Fabric wing model 1/32 scale. To me the early Hurricanes are the best looking-that pointy nose just does it. The Pacific Coast kit is pretty good, the only big issue being poor wing fit. It has a real good interior, nice surface detail and [...]
ROYAL AIR FORCE Spitfire Mk.V 130 Squadron
A wine observation our son Jonathan of my wife gave a jigsaw puzzle with a Spitfire pictured, my wife put together the puzzle and it was a nice picturewith a Spitfire Mk.V and two Hawker Typhoon over the beach of France on D-day, June 6 [...]
Doyusha 1:32, Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero “Bakusen”
And another early build...
The A6M2 Zero made by Doyusha, released by Tomy and Swallow too...
The plane depicts the mount of Lt. Yukio Seki, leading the first Kamikaze attack on 25 oct. 1944.
Used the Hasegawa A6M5c wheels and propblades [...]
Hasegawa 1:32, Nakajima Ki-44 Shoki “Tojo”
Another one of my earlier builds, 1:32 scale Hasegawa Ki-44 Shoki.
Everything is sprayed with Revell enamels, only decals used is the number on the tail and wheelcovers.
Had a hell of a job on the red "line" on the fuselage [...]
Doyusha 1:32, Kawanishi N1K2 Shiden-kai “George”
One of my earlier builds, this is the Doyusha N1K2 Shiden, which was released also bij Tomy and Swallow. What I can recall, the cockpit was shallow and had a battery compartment, I scratchbuild a decent cockpit. The engine left much to be [...]
Hasegawa 1:32 Nakajima Ki-84 Hayate “Frank”
This kit I've build a couple of years ago, if I recall correctly 4 years ago.
It's the Hasegawa kit. And what I can remember , the "bare metal" is sprayed with a spraycan Humbrol acrylic chrome which took ages to harden after is [...]
OK here it is, the wait is over for Bill Koppos's Favorite model....and the winner is..............
Special Hobby's 1/32 scale Brewster Buffalo Mark I. Ta Da! (Cue Fireworks...) The maligned Brewster has always been a fascination of mine-why, I'm not sure. I like the looks, the barrel shape, different landing gear, cool glasshouse [...]
Booty Nieuport 27C1 Converting Hobbycraft kit in 1/32
This Greek Army inventory Nieuport 27 captured in airworthy condition at Gaziemir (Paradiso) airfield by the end of Turkish War of Independence in 1922. Named Ganimet-4 (Booty-4) and used for training duties until 1927 in Turkish Air [...]
