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- In-Depth Review: Modelsvit F-82G Twin Mustang, 1/48th scale
- Tamiya 1/48 Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero, Petty Officer 1st Class Tadayoshi Koga, Battle for the Aleutian Islands
- Review: Eduard 1/48 North American P-51D Mustang – Kit preview
- Su-27 Flanker B (1/48 Academy or what’s left of it)
- Review: iModeler Review – The new Tamiya 1/48 Supermarine Spitfire Mk. I
- Review: Build Review – Airfix 1/48 Bristol Blenheim Mk.IF
- MPM’s Heinkel 177 in 1:48
- iModeler Review: The terrible, no good, awful, fatally-flawed Eduard 1/48 Bf-109G-6 (not!)
- Revell/Monogram 1/48 B-17G
- Kit review: 1/48 Tamiya Messerschmitt Bf-109 G6, Part 1 of 2
Where else can you find the opportunity to build an aeroplane with golden wings? Mario Castoldi's record-breaking Macchi MC 72!
The twenties and thirties were the great era of air racing, and its significance went far beyond the sensation of a mere spectacle. Aviation, a technology that was just two decades young, was spreading its wings and ready to change the [...]
1/48 CH-34 Choctaw – Remembering Operation Hunger (1959)
This 1/48 CH-34 Choctaw was completed in the mid-summer of 2022. It remains one of my most meaningful helicopter projects—technically satisfying and emotionally resonant.
During Operation Hunger in 1959, 21 CH-34s from the US Marine [...]
Guppy Spad: 1/48th ESCI AD-4W Skyraider
This is the original 1/48th ESCI AD-4W Skyraider kit released back in 1979. The molds have since been bought and re-released by Italeri in 2016 (#2757). It is a very basic kit with some errors of its own, however if you wanted to build a [...]
Throwback Build – 1/48 MH-53E Sea Dragon “Black Stallions” (2022)
Every time I look at it, I’m reminded why I keep coming back to this beast of a helicopter.
The silhouette, the surface details, and the way light plays across the weathered panels—it still pulls me in.
Here are a few notes from the [...]
You Dirty Tank
I finished this one a month or so ago but I’ve been lazy about photographing it and writing up the article.
I present my Tamiya 1/48 Jagdpanther Late Version. As usual, it’s another great armor kit, especially if 1/48 is a scale that [...]
Lieutenant James Morris 20th Fighter Group P-38J
I have been holding off on posting this because of a serious finishing flaw. The demarcation line between the olive drab and the neutral gray should be a hard-edged wavy line. I might try to correct it one day, but I hate to take a chance [...]
1/48 Aerocraft Models Miles M.52
This is a quite exquisite 3D printed kit from Aerocraft.
It goes together beautifully and builds up into a great little subject.
I can heartily recommend it to anyone who wants a nice, quick and different build.
It also comes in 1/32 and [...]
Hasegawa 1/48 F-8E Crusader.
I stuffed this one with all the aftermarket items I could. But I did not find a seamless intake, hence I spent a good time sanding the pieces on the kit to make it as seamless as possible. I rescribed the bottom of the fuselage and scratch [...]
Ki-45 Kai Hei “Nick”
Intended as a long-range escort fighter, the Ki-45 has a troubled development and was not ready for operations until the upgraded Ki-45 Kai (improved).
The initial version, retrospectively named the Ki-45 Kai Ko, was armed with two Ho-103 [...]
Under New Management...1/48 Nakajima Ki-84-I Ko Hayate "Frank", Chinese Communist Airforce
Next finished Chinese captured Japanese aircraft.
Hasegawa kit with Kora decals, painted with MRP White Aluminium, control surfaces with Tamiya XF-14 IJA Green-Grey, EZ Line used for the antenna wires.
Build thread here
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As already [...]
