6361 articles
Tamiya's excellent Meteor F.3 kit comes with a nose weight and is accurate with respect to the depiction of aircraft features.
The only problem that I had with the kit were the decals that were resistant to various solvent agents.
Hasegawa's Shinden is an old kit released more than 40 years ago, but it was very easy to assemble.
All convex panel lines throughout the kit are re-carved into concave lines, and riveted expressions are added throughout.
I have tried to [...]
The model represents an aircraft from 4./NJG1 based in St. Trond, Belgium during 1942. It took part in the night sorties of Operation DonnerKeil (Channel Dash). In addition to the sharkmouth emblem, the aircraft had a special yellow [...]
Every airplane model airplane I’ve worked on since reigniting my modeling hobby has been of World War II vintage powered by piston engine and propellor. This latest kit is my first foray into a more modern jet age, though the subject at [...]
Tamiya kit...say no more. I've been waiting a long time to do a model of an aircraft that participated in "Operation Starkey". (link) I was originally going to buy decals for a clipped wing Mk.Vb, L⦾SH s/n W3320 as seen by [...]
A re-boxing of the venerable Hasegawa kit featuring new decals for the early P-38 types. The model represents a veteran aircraft with a high mission score that belonged to the 27th FS of the 1st FG when based in Tunisia during [...]
I have completed the D-9 which will accompany my Fw 190A-7 in an upcoming Diorama. I chose to not weather it as much as I did for the A-7, but still went heavier than normal.
Please enjoy!
In 1933 the Avro 652, a planned high-speed, long-range mail carrying charter aircraft was under development when the British Air Ministry issued a specification for a twin-engine general reconnaissance and multi-role aircraft for both the [...]
Kinetic first released their 1/48 E-2C Hawkeye kit in 2009 and I would say it is still the best Hawkeye kit in any scale (if you have the room). The kit has been updated since its release with new parts and reissued. My build is of the [...]
Kinetic's F-16I kit, the advanced Falcon version dedicated for the requirements of the IDF, comes with a complete IDF dedicated accessories and decals. I added resin ejection seats to enhance the realism of the open cockpit. The build [...]