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Attack of the 109s, Pt. 3: Hans Joachim Marseille (Hasegawa 1/32 Bf-109F-4)
Two years ago, Hasegawa finally made good on their threat to do a Bf-109F, with a new (corrected) fuselage and corrected spinner. To my mind, the best of the Hasegawa 1/32 109s. Lifelike Decals to do Marseille's second 109F, with Eduard [...]
Attack of the 109s, Pt. 2: Galland's Bf-109E-4 (Eduard 1/32)
In 1984 I had the privilege of attending the annual convention of the American Fighter Aces Association. Among the attendees were Adolf Galland, Gunther Rall (at the time the commander of the West German Air Force, though he seemed just [...]
Attack of the 109s, Pt. 1: 1/32 Bf-109B-2
Eduard Weekend Bf-109E-1 kit, mated to Alley Cat's Bf-109B-2 conversion, using the Alley Cat decals. Lots of folks (thanks to the "experts" - as my father with 150 independent patents once described an "expert": a drip [...]
Hasegawa 1/32 Bf-109K-4
As the Second World War drew to a close, the last primary operational Bf 109 fighter variant, the K-4, was introduced to the skies.
The Bf 109K-4 was a pressurized-cabin, high-altitude capable fighter-interceptor that would draw to a [...]
My favorite Five….an exciting new series….
Well maybe not exciting, interesting perhaps, but maybe not, mildly amusing?...oh never mind. I was sitting the other day with nothing to do (300 plus model kits all over the place and nothing to do? hmmm. Maybe my wife is right.) and [...]
The F4B-4's brother: the 1/32 P-12E
The Hasegawa P-12E, done with kit decals for the B Flight leader of the 6th Pursuit Squadron in Hawaii, circa 1932-33. Kit was modified with a tail skid, and the wingtip lights were changed from the Navy version.
1/32 Hasegawa F4B-4
Further proof of how good the Hasegawa 1/32 "Between the wars" kits are. The raised panel detail on this kit is dead-on, comparing it with the 1:1 P-12E (painted as an F4B-3) at Chino. My old friend the late Dick Best (the man [...]
Turkish 40′s Fighters
Here some Turkish fighters were in service during WWII. I was always interested in WWII fighters and when I discovered many famous fighters had in service under star and crescent, I found myself in plastic model world starting late [...]
Trumpeter 1/32 F-8E Crusader
The F-8 Crusader is about as "modern" as I get with jets, and it's my personal favorite "modern" jet. I personally think the Trumpeter Crusader is the best kit of this airplane anyone has done. It is the only one that [...]
Aero L-29 “Delfín”, 1/32, Hph Models
Hello,
I want to introduce my model L-29 from HpH kit (full resin kit) in 1/32.
I build it out of the box with many details (rivets, wires, indicators, seats) which I made myself. I painted it with GSI Super Metallic and Tamiya Acrylic [...]
