1/48 scale modeling
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Roden Be2c attempt!
Second go at a Be2c for a friend who's Great Grandfather flew them. Very tricky mounting top wing and an absolutely massive rigging job.Not perfect by any means. I wouldn't want to tackle Airfix's 1/72 version of this! It's a lovely [...]
1/48 ICM Do-17Z German Light Bomber
This is the ICM 1/47 D0-17Z-2 German Light Bomber. I used Eduard’s LOOK instrument panel as the only add-on to this build. The decals worked very well and the clear parts fit perfectly. This was a fun build of the German light bomber [...]
VF-84 F4U-1D Corsair
A little throwback today. Since I haven't finished anything in awhile I thought I'd dig into the archives. I posted a few of these pics on other sites here and there but never here. 1/48 Tamiya F4U-1D Corsair finished around 1999/2000. [...]
Eduard Bf 109E-4, 1/48. 'Emil Over Britain'.
With two Bf 109 kits, I knew one would have to have the classic yellow nose. I also wanted to try the dreaded mottling that made Luftwaffe aircraft so off-putting. Two birds, one stone I thought.
This Bf 109E-4 is supposed WNr. 3709, [...]
ESCI 1/48 Atlas Impala Mk.1
The Aermacchi MB-326 was a low-wing monoplane with an all-metal structure composed of light alloys. As originally developed, the MB-326 functioned as a refined but simple aircraft capable of covering the considerably wide range of [...]
Weather warning: Typhoon over Normandy! Hawker Typhoon Ib, No. 198 Squadron
Hurricane, Tempest, Tornado, Whirlwind, Thunderbolt - and Typhoon: energetic weather phenomena as namesakes are very popular with aircraft manufacturers. Hawker Aircraft in particular seems to have subscribed to these names. Many of these [...]
F-8E Crusader Mig Killer June 21, 1966
This is the Hasegawa 1/48th kit of the F-8E Crusader with decals from the Furball, Mig Masters F-8 Crusaders of the Vietnam War. The model depicts aircraft F-8E 150300 Nickel 104 VF-211 (Fighting Checkmates, call sign Nickel aka The Mig [...]
P-40M and P-40N, Italeri, AMT/Ertl
Greetings, fellow modelers.
I added to my P-40 collection in order to include a Nationalist Chinese P-40N and an Australian P-40M; a salute to America's Pacific and Asian allies. Both planes are identical in the box, despite the different [...]
Eduard 1/48 Focke Wulf 190 A-5
Hello!
Here's my recent project, the nice Eduard's Profipack Fw190 A-5, a very good kit, with no issues at all. Paints from Mr Color range. Weathering trying to replicate operating from dusty Eastern Front airfields.
Hope you [...]
