1:48th scale modelling
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Tamiya 1/48 A-1J Skyraider.
Camo colors from Model Master and Testors enamels, Black underside coat with Tamiya acrylics. Cockpit, propeller and decals from Meteor Productions and Cutting Edge (OOP). Big rocket pods and submunition dispensers from Eduard, Small [...]
B-29 1/48 scale full metal skin
Well after 275 hours of building this B-29 is complete, minus the livery which arrives soon.
Each individual panel is painstakingly done in aluminum.
This is my fourth all metal skin build, and by far my most ambitious! If I never see [...]
Airco DH. 5, 1:48. Fenix, flown Cpt. Roy Williams, 41 Sqn. RFC
I've got a few models to finish, but until that's done I'm going to keep showing the planes I've built over the last year since I got back into modeling. DH. 5 from Fénix looks very good at first glance. Unfortunately, the very detailed [...]
1/48 Hobbycraft P-40F
It's been awhile since I've posted here, life sometimes gets in the way, so here's my 24th P-40 to add to my collection. Although it's a Hobbycraft kit they use the old AMT molds for their rendition of a P-40F. Since I've build several AMT [...]
Junkers Ju 87 A2
This is the 1/48th scale offering from Special Hobby.
The kit is definitely not for beginners, having many fit issues especially when joining the wing to fuselage, which required copious amounts of filler to correct but nothing that [...]
1/48 Airfix Spitfire Mk. XIVe
I received this kit as the lucky winner of the April 2019 random drawing . I wanted to do a full span Spitfire and the decal options in the kit were for clipped wing versions. I figured some aftermarket company would release the markings I [...]
1/48 Airfix Anson Mk1
Just completed my Airfix Avro Anson Mk1 6013, formerly RAF 9943. Borden Ontorio using Iliad decals.
The interior was the most enjoyable part of the build for me. I had some fit issues, but it may have been my fault. Not sure tbh.
But glad [...]
Hasegawa 1/48 AH 64D IDF, Guardian Angel "Saraf"
Haseagawa's 1/48 AH 64 variants kit boasts with fine details and appears to be accurate in dimensions. However, the IDF's Guardian Angel does not cover all the changes and additions made in the attack helicopter. In particular, the [...]
Bristol Beaufort Mk. Ia
Here's my recently completed Beaufort torpedo bomber with tropical filters from ICM in 1:48. I've done several ICM builds, and this is one of the best kits from ICM I've encountered so far. No problems at all. the fit was near perfect, [...]
Review: Academy 1/48 Beechcraft T-34B Mentor
The T-34 was the brainchild of Walter Beech, who developed it as the Beechcraft Model 45 private venture at a time when there was no defense budget for a new trainer model. Beech hoped to sell it as an economical alternative to the North [...]
