1/32 scale modeling
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Me109G-10 Erla late
Revell 1/32. I will not get into details about the kit which has issues. Too many issues to call it a great kit. Passable.
Modified cockpit,Aires belts, drilled out exaust,Brassin wheels.
The camouflage was interesting to me, a low viz [...]
Trumpeter 1/32 P-47N
Originally designed as a high altitude interceptor, in which range would not be a major consideration, the P-47's role changed completely when it was the only American fighter with much chance against the Luftwaffe, and was thus pressed [...]
Dick Best – the man who sank the Akagi and won the Battle of Midway
Between 1998 and 2001 when he died, I had the privilege of knowing one of the most interesting people I ever met, Dick Best, the man who sank the Akagi and changed the Battle of Midway. As you'll find out reading below, Dick did not think [...]
Grumman F4F-4, "Wildcat"
This model, represents the aircraft flown by Lcdr James S. "Jimmy" Thatch, on the morning strike against the Japanese fleet. In the encounter, he is credited with shooting down two Mitsubishi A6M2, Model 21, Type 0, Carrier [...]
Midway Group Build – VMSB-241 SBD-2
Too busy working with the editors on the upcoming "Pacific Thunder" (out in August, you can pre-order on Amazon now) to build anything new for the group build but here's my Trumpeter SBD-2 from VMSB-241 built a few years back, [...]
SBD-3 Dauntless, Battle of Midway (repost)
I posted this project here three-and-a-half years ago, and sometime back Martin indicated it would be OK to add previous project photos when the Midway Group Build went live.
The kit is Trumpeter's 1/32 offering, with additional scratch [...]
1/32nd MiG-29G 'Polish Air Froce'
I picked up this long out of production single-seat Revell 1/32nd MiG-29A cheap recently, and fancied doing a Polish version so also ordered a set of Decals from Techmod.
I built this more or less out of the box, but did close the upper [...]
Bf 109E-3 of Swiss AF (Eduard 1/32)
I've always wanted to try something on this 1/32 scale, where all things are big. And also I wanted to have some of those Swiss "Alpen Flowers" on my shelf, so I thought merging these two things is a plan. I've started with [...]
P-47s flown by Mike Gladych in the 56th Fighter Group
Writing in the "Flight Journal," P-47 special issue, famed Grumman test pilot Corky Meyer - the last actual "airplane person" to head a major airplane company - named the P‑47 Thunderbolt the "best fighter of [...]
