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Hasegawa 1/48 A6M3 Zero

This is an old Hasegawa kit from 1994 that I had sitting in my closet for the while. The decals were unusable so I built it without them. I painted on the meatballs and hand brushed the tail number with a stencil. I went for a field [...]

What If… RAAF F-16F

This is the third in a series of ‘what if' aircraft that I'm building. In 1999 the Australian Department of Defence announced Project AIR 6000 "New Air Combat Capability (NACC)", which was intended to find a replacement for the [...]

Video: Building the A 26 Invader Part 1

This video is the first part of a series about building a 1/48 scale A-26B Invader from the best of the Monogram and ICM A-26B kits. New episodes will be posted to the Scale Model Workshop Patreon Channel: (link) Special thank you to [...]

1/48 SAAF Harvard

1/48 build of the Italeri Harvard MK II a kit in the colors of the SAAF. I should've actually used the Texan T-6 model to be more accurate depiction of the SAAF aircraft, the difference being the MK II had a slightly longer rear canopy. [...]

Review: Arma Hobby 1/48 Hurricane IIb

The Hurricane Mark II was powered by a Merlin XX and had the wing center sections strengthened. The improved Merlin XX engine appeared in 1940 featuring a new two-speed supercharger that could have its impeller speed changed by the pilot [...]

Review: Arma Hobby 1/48 P-39Q Airacobra

Gotha Go 244B

Hello all, This is my 1/48 ICM Gotha Go 244B. KGr.z.b.v 106 Special Purpose Battle Group, Kirovohrad 1942. It's a great kit, probably not for beginners, but goes together beautifully. You'll need alot of space for this one. Lol. I had [...]

SEA KING SH3- A conversion

My most recent build from last month! Hasagawa 1/48 Scale Sea King SH-3H conversion to an SH-3A version. This is a replica of my brother's US Navy Days from 1968 - 1974. He was an SH-3A Sikorsky Sea King Pilot with Helicopter Anti Sub [...]

Triple MiG Killer: 1/48th Tamiya F-84G Thunderjet

After a very long period without any decent representation (in injection mold) of the F-84G in 1/48th scale, we got two excellent examples about a year apart. The Tamiya F-84G was released in 1998 and ProModeler's example in 1999. Both [...]

Bright red, nimble, good-looking -and doomed to a violent end: Culver PQ-14 target drone

Who would have expected to be able to put a target drone of the US armed forces from the 1940s on the workbench as the subject of a brand-new and really first-class kit in the popular 1:48 scale? Well, certainly not me! This can also be [...]