1/32 scale modeling
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I was intrigued in doing this conversion of Trumpeter wings/ Hasegawa fuselage after reading an online article someone who had accomplished this. Looking on eBay this spring, I saw both kits for $30-40 range. Wheels began spinning and I [...]
This plane is “ugly as sin “ as one might say. Also ,slow with the attached cannon, but it was supposed to take out tanks not aircraft. I bought the kit in May and completed it in September. Quick for me, but had plenty of time. To [...]
No. 8. DO(rnier)Re(ggiane)Me(sserschmitt) -2005 Vogelsong. This is the Pacific Coast Models kit. I really have enjoyed there Italian birds. Since the Reggiane Re-2005 had been tested by the Germans toward near the end of the war, I decided [...]
This was started in 2018 and sat on shelf until Covid came along waiting for external paint job. I was a little intimidated with the stripes and the camouflage. Still not best job. Nothing special with the build, but was had to be careful [...]
This is another kit that I treated myself to in ‘18 for my birthday. Guess you get the gist that my wife doesn’t get to treat me to birthday gifts! I know what I want- right folks? This has to be one of my favorite aircraft. This one [...]
I had desired doing this kit for some time and had treated myself to obtaining it for my birthday - September of last year. Started building in November and finished in March. This is a very, very nice kit, but it resin with PE and decals [...]
This is the newer Zero kit- A6M5c changed to -5b. I had to modify the wings and fuselage. Removed the machine guns in the wings, and filled in panel lines and rescribed for the 5b. Also, modified the cowl to add the larger gun housed in [...]
Well, this was a journey. Trumpeter's A-1H has its strong points and weak points. many of which have been written about by myself and others. So I will not belabor them here. Would I recommend this kit? Well, if you want a 1/32 A-1H [...]
This is a plane that I recently finished up.
It was built as part of our "Empire of Japan" group build. This build was started after a small cleaning accident occurred. I keep most of my stash model kits stored on wire rack [...]