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Tamiya 1/48 F-16C Fighting Falcon
OK, so it's probably not a perfect block 32 F-16, but pretty close. This smaller aircraft took more patience, especially on the wheel bays, panel line shading, and cockpit. I tried the Quinta Studios (Russian-based company) 3-D decals [...]
F-14A Tomcat VF-84 Jolly Rogers
Really love the artwork they applied to jet aircraft back in the 70's & 80's, and who doesn't love skull & crossbones on the back of an F-14? Not to mention this aircraft was featured in the iconic film, Final Countdown with one [...]
Tamiya 1/48 Aichi M6A1 Seiran
This is a model I built over 20 years ago inspired from a color (not colorized) photo I found on the internet of an Aichi M6A1 Seiran sporting a unique paint scheme. The plane was found damaged after the war by US occupation forces. The [...]
1/48 Tamiya FW-190 D – swapped experiments
The first idea with this kit was to repeat the experiment with the painting masks for insignia, which proved to be a total failure. I painted the propeller spinner white, then applied the mask for the spiral, sprayed it dark green – the [...]
Spitfire Mk.Vb (Eduard 1/48)
New Spitfire Mk.Vb by Eduard in 1/48 scale. I was waiting for the trop version since I saw the sprue of Mk.I last year. And here it is, the first on out of the Eagle's Call dual combo box.
Kit is no surprise – a "standard" [...]
RAAF Spitfire Mk.Vc, 54 Squadron, Darwin, Australia.
Special Hobby's 1/48 kit was the only one of this mark available until very recently, when Eduard announced their forthcoming kit. I had already ordered the SH one & since all my previous efforts at a Vc had been kitbashed by various [...]
Bf-109D, Dora in WW2 camo scheme
My latest, Messerschmitt Bf-109D by Hobbycraft is presented for review. This kit from 1992 remains passable and makes very presentable Jumo-powered pre-war fighter. If you only do one of these kits, I would recommend it be a Spanish [...]
On land, on water… and on carrier decks! Grumman’s great J2F Duck
The Grumman J2F-5 Duck
The end of the twenties and the beginning of the thirties produced a whole series of interesting aircraft designs, whose attraction from today's perspective lies in their character as technical hybrids. In those [...]
McDonnel Douglas F-15C Eagle
After being away from modeling for over 40 years, I decided to pick my childhood passion back up again during COVID. My wife really encouraged me, so I jumped back in with a Tamiya 1/48 F-15C (one of my all-time favorite jets - she's [...]
1/48 Tamiya Douglas A-1J Skyraider
Well, here it is. Skyraider, Sandy, Spad… call it as You wish, but this is the icon from Vietnam war.
I was searching for this model for some time, As long as I really wanted to get one from Zoukei Moura, You know… there is always [...]
