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Curtiss F6C-3 Hawk
The Curtiss F6C Hawk played an important role in the development of the tactic of Naval dive-bombing. The following comes from the book, "Destined for Glory: Dive Bombing, Midway, and the Evolution of Carrier Airpower" by Thomas [...]
Eduard Fw-190A-7 – Addi Glunz
Adolf “Addi” Glunz is one of the most interesting of the Luftwaffe experten. He was born June 11, 1916 at Bresegard in the Lugwiglust region of Mecklenburg, the son of Karl Glunz, a Beamter, or civil servant, of the Deutsche [...]
Airfix 1/48 Curtiss Tomahawk Mk.II, 112 Squadron, Libya, 1941
Hi all,
Finally I finished another model, I'm just not such a quick builder mainly caused by lack of time.
This build is the Curtiss Tomahawk Mk.II from Airfix (A05133) and represents the No. 112 squadron of the RAF in Libya 1941.
Usually [...]
1/48 Reggiane Re. 2005
This is the recent Special Hobby kit. This is one of those planes that I’ve always wanted on the shelf and was surprised to see SH and Sword release kits simultaneously. The kit built up very nicely. It features a well detailed [...]
Mirage 2000 1/48 . . .
Hello Everyone,
8th October is celebrated as Indian Air Force Day. 2020 was the 88th Air Force Day for the IAF. I present the Mirage 2000 to commemorate this day.
The Mirage 2000 was upgraded by the Indian Air Force and was re designated [...]
1/48 Scale Mig-29 FULCRUM Jet.
Back in 2008 I wrote some notation's on several of my photos, which will relate some information concerning what I did to the model. The "Ukraine" had a flight demonstration team similar to our "Thunderbirds & Blue [...]
Nichimo 1:48 Spitfire Mk.IX(?)
This started as serious build, but when I put the plastic up against scale plans, absolutely nothing lined up and I wasn't sure what Mark it was. Usually I'm not a rivet counter, but it was the rivets that threw me off. Bazillions of [...]
Tamiya 1:48 Tamiya Marder III
Since March, when California's social distancing lockdown began, I have been reducing my stash and hone some modeling skills by doing monthly simple no-frills OOB builds from my personal “hobby shop” in addition to working on regular [...]
KittyHawk Super Etendard 1/48 . . . .
Hello All,
This is the KittyHawk Super Etendard kit built completely OOB. Paints used are locally available acrylics. Masking was done using my Kiddoo's Play Dooh. Few inaccuracies if I am being nit picky, do check your references for the [...]
