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Academy SBD-5 Dauntless 1/48
Hello,
Just finished this one here. It's the old Accurate Miniatures reboxed by Academy. I've been reading a lot of praising for this kit, the best Dauntless in this scale, a classic etc etc. Well, I have to say, not a bad kit, in general, [...]
1/48 Tamiya Brewster Buffalo – U.S. Navy VS-102
This build was a nice easy build of the Brewster Buffalo dressed in U.S. Navy colors of VS-102. Some photo etch details were added. I also used the Quickboost resin engine and super detailed it. The engine fit pretty well with only some [...]
Revell's 1/48 B-17F/G Flying Fortress "Mini Movie Memphis Belle"
I'm a volunteer at National Warplane Museum in Geneseo NY. I have the opportunity to work on some the aircraft there. I took a flight on their flagship aircraft in the summer of 2018. A 1943 Douglas C-47 Skytrain named Whiskey 7. A [...]
1/48 Eduard Spanish Republican A.F. I-16 Type 10, 1938
Added the landing gear inspection window located in the wheel well and landing gear retraction cables. No decals used all markings were applied by paint.
1/48 Hobbyboss A-7E from VA-37
During my service in the U.S. Navy in the early 1980’s I was attached to an A-7E squadron designated VA-37 at NAS Cecil Field. I purchased the Hobby Boss A-7E kit as well as the Eduard detail set and Microscale decals for my squadron. I [...]
1/48th MH-53E Sea Dragon
The Sea Dragon is a beast whether you see the real thing up close, or like myself, you build the Academy 1/48th scale version. And, I don't mean beast as in difficult to build. Quite the opposite, this kit is exquisite, both in fit and [...]
1/48 Wingsy Ki51 Sonia
Finished... good. Not my fav build but glad it's done. Looks pretty good to me. Wingsy 1/48 IJA Type 99 Ki-51 Code named Sonia by the Allies. 27th Hikosentai, Burma 1942. . It's very possible it was my fault, but I had alot of trouble [...]
ARADO AR 196 A-3 ITALERI 1:48
In questi giorni di "arresti domiciliari" ho tirato fuori dalla scorta questo modello comprato qualche anno fa. L'ho costruito direttamente dalla scatola e sono rimasto stupito dalla semplicità di costruzione. Non ho voluto [...]
AMT 1/48 P-40F 'Short Tail"
Thought it was time for Tommy's TomaHawk/WarHawk factory to gear up production again. Also because we all seem to have plenty of time here in Ohio for building kits. Took this old AMT kit and added an aftermarket seat, exhause stacks and [...]
Late War Bf-109G-10 in 1/48 Scale
This is Eduard's ProfiPack series Messerschmitt Bf-109G-10 as built by the Wiener Neustädter Flugzeugwerke (WNF) factory with the enlarged wooden tail. My example has been finished as a very late war JG/51 aircraft 'Rosemarie' which was [...]
