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Another 2020 retrospective
Full writeups of these will come in due time. Why do I have a feeling I'm going to have the same amount of free time in 2021?
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Brits in the Pacific...1/48 Republic P-47D Thunderbolt Mk.I SEAC
Built in 2015. TamiyaΒ΄s excellent Razorback kit with Rising Decals, painted with Gunze and Tamiya acrylics, the model shows an a/c of 258 Sqn RAF at Arkonam base in India 1944.
Airfix 1/48 Hurricane Mk.1 Tropical
I managed to finish this just before the end of 2020 so 2021 can start with a new project.
A nice kit that builds well, al is OOB except for the belts which are made from tape and wire (and I think might be a little too big).
I put a lot [...]
1/48 Hasegawa F/A-18A VX-30 Bloodhounds
My year ender build. Its another 1/48 Hasegawa F/A-18A using Fightertown Decals and using Mengβs US Ordnance for pods.
Happy New Year!
Final One for 2020
My 16th and final completed kit of 2020 is this conversion of an Eduard Spitfire Mk. I to a Mk. II. I used EagleCals decals, and an Ultracast Rotol prop and Coffman starter for this easy conversion. The markings are for Bill Dunn, the [...]
Last one for 2020 β practice allows one to get closer to fewer mistakes made
Practice makes perfect? Hah!
Eduard kit. Vallejo metallics. Barracuda Studios "P-51 Mustangs Part 1" decal set.
1st Lt. Arthur Cundy, 352nd Fighter Squadron, 353rd Fighter Group. On March 2, Lt Cundy shot down a Bf-109 and two [...]
Cessna O-2A Skymaster - ICM 1/48
This will likely - and unfortunately - be the last off my bench for 2020. Happily so though, I can finally put it in the display case, and pray that the landing gear doesn't collapse anymore...
This kit is the new tool ICM O-2A Skymaster, [...]
My builds for 2020. All 1/48.
And a sneak peak at my Fokker Dr1.
Happy new year everyone.
Trumpeter 1/48 De Havilland Sea Hornet NF. 21, 1952
The de Havilland Hornet/Sea Hornet used wooden construction techniques pioneered by the Mosquito. The aircraft was to conduct Royal Navy Air Service long range fighter operations against Japan. The war ended before the Hornet reached [...]
Fairey Firefly Mk1 1/48 Special Hobby. Korean war Group build.
This is my contribution to the Korean war group build or rather my first contribution as I may well do more , we have plenty of time after all.
The kit is the Special Hobby offering , I picked this kit up some years ago for Β£30 at a club [...]
