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1/48 Special Hobby Fairey Firefly Mk.V
1/48 Special Hobby Fairey Firefly Mk.V
One of my favorite aircraft. Love this livery which for me was a new challenge.
Upgraded landing gear, nose and propeller.
1/48 ERTL Star Wars Corporate Alliance Droid
1/48 ERTL Star Wars Corporate Alliance Droid
I had fun just creating my own motif. Taking risks and barely testing.
Not planning carefully or having a final vision target was very liberating.
Eduard/Halberd Cavalier Mustang II
HISTORY
The Cavalier Mustang was a post-war civilian version of the P-51 Mustang.Originally intended as a high speed personal aircraft, the Cavalier Mustang was also used as a fighter and close air support aircraft in Third-World air [...]
1/48 Hasegawa F-104 J
Another LHS find acquired cheap. The kit came with Japanese markings but I decided to use mid-sixties USAF decals on it...probably not accurate but I'll lose no sleep over it.
An easy, very well fitting kit to assemble I did it OOB which [...]
Trainer: Brewster F2A-2 Buffalo – 1/48 Tamiya
So this is the second build that I had promised a few days ago, another kit saved from the proverbial Shelf of Doom. This Tamiya F2A-2 kit, much like the Hobbycraft P-36 that came before, was purchased for something like $6 many years ago, [...]
Sea Harrier Fa.2
Hi folks, it has been a while!
I'm typing this on a boat, currently off the coast of Senegal... if that explains why I haven't posted a lot of articles recently.
This is the Kinetic 1/48 sea harrier 2 kit, with the Eduard cockpit set, [...]
Latest builds – Wingsy 109 and ICM He111
After a long five months, I’ve finally completed the next two builds for my Battle of Britain anniversary series running in Model Airplane International magazine. These are both 1:48 scale models, the Wingsy Kits Me109E-1 and ICM Heinkel [...]
Modelcraft 1/48 F-82B Twin Mustang
Hi everyone!
This is my Modelcraft 1/48 F-82B Twin Mustang, finished as Col. Bob Thacker's "Betty Jo" record breaking bird!
Initially intended as a very long-range (VLR) escort fighter to Boeing B-29 Superfortresses on long [...]
"ON THIS DAY" 7 December 1941, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. IJN Nakajima B5N2 "Kate" 1/48
It is the 80th year anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. Though the mission was a success but not the knock out punch that Admiral Yamamoto hoped to achieve. The primary objective was to destroy or put out of action the US carrier [...]
Flight 19 Pearl Harbor 80th Anniversary Group Build A pair of Airfix 1/48 P-40’s and a 1/48 Hasegawa A6M-2
I have been extremely busy with all sorts of full scale life lately, and I have not had much free time available at the work bench. Because of this, I was not able to fully complete these models before the December 7th deadline. Sorry. [...]
