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Spitfire Mk VIII
Recently I completed an Arii Spitfire Mk VIII. The MkVIII is my favorite
version of the Spitfire and as fate would have it, there was this one waiting in my stash of unbuilt kits. It was the first time I had made extensive use of paper [...]
Testors/Hawk 1/48 OV-10A ‘Bronco’
Hi everyone!
This is my Testors 1/48 Bronco, finished as 27TASS C/Os plane.
Built OOB, with saratchbuilt details and improvements added at many places, as the kit is quite simplistic and toy-like.
If you so wish, you may read the full [...]
USS Saidor VMF-213 Tamiya 1/48 F4U-1D/FG-1D
At the 1976 Rickenbacker AFB Airshow I saw my first Corsair...love at first sight. The Canadian Warplane Heritage had owned and operated her for years before selling her to Brian Reynolds. Brian owns and operates the Olympic Flight Museum [...]
1/48th Super Etendard Modernise
Here are a few photos of my most recent build, the Dassault. Super-Etendard Modernise. I have always loved the sexy lines of this jet, in fact, I like most of Dassault's jet designs. I actually fly one of their business jets, the Falcon [...]
Ventura!
This is my version of the great Revell Lockheed PV-1 Ventura, the plane that replaced the Hudson. Apparently much reviled by the RAF (unmmaneuverable and under-armed) , it was put to wide use by the USAAF (amongst others). This is BuNo [...]
1/48 Hasegawa Ki 43 II
Additional work to the kit includes:
Seat belts, Eduard
brake lines, lead wire
flaps sanded flush and installed in the closed position
markings done by homemade stencils and paint, no decals used
Plane represents an aircraft from the 77th [...]
1/48 A2N3 Naval Fighter – Empire of Japan Group Build.
This is the new A.B. & K. kit which I purchased direct from the manufacturer in the Czech Republic. This model really came out of left field and represents one of my Holy Grail subjects which I thought would never be kitted in 1/48. [...]
Heinkel He 280 in 1/48
This is my Eduard 1/48 He 280 prototype jet fighter.
The Heinkel He 280 was the first aircraft designed solely as a fighter to make a jet powered flight. It also has the dubious distinction of being responsible for the first pilot ejection [...]
Tamiya 1/48 De Havilland Mosquito PR Mk.IV
Hi There,
This kit was given to me by my latest trainee at work after he passed out as a thank-you. This is the first time in over 30 years that this has happened to me and I was very touched by it.
Undercoat - Ultimate Primer Grey
Paints [...]
Hasegawa 1/48 Nakajima Ki-84 Hayate
While I've a pretty extensive Luftwaffe library, I got ZIP on the pacific, so this is a truly OOB build- kit decals (Grrr... thick Hinomarus 🙁 ), no A/M, not even an Eduard mask!
JAAF Green is Tamiya which performed brilliantly, most [...]
