1/48 scale modeling
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LaGG 3, Series 2
After seeing David Lane's excellent build I thought I post my effort from 2015.
It was built OOB except for the addition of some Extra Tech seat belts.
This is the same aircraft as David's, albeit at a later time as it has the winter [...]
1/48 Tamiya Spitfire Mk.I (new tool), 19 Sqn Op. Dynamo
The Spitfire is complete! This is the new tool 1/48 Tamiya Spitfire Mk. I. The first completion for 2020, let's hope I can keep up with this pace! Just over four weeks from start to finish. Some oils, exhaust stain and a few water colour [...]
Persian Thunder...Kinetic 1/48 Northrop F-5A Freedom Fighter, Imperial Iranian Airforce
Let the new season begin!
Kinetic kit, needs some filler, a molding issue appeared on the left side of the tail fin in the area of the leading edge. The tip tanks are one piece parts and molded both the same way, to say both for one side [...]
Mikoyan-Gurovich Mig-3
Trumpeter 1:48
Tamiya paints
Another "Two - Winger.
This is another two-winger model I built. It's in 1/48 scale and was made by "Classic Airframes." The box art says one name, while another name is listed on one of the parts. Let's call it both names.
I.M.A.N AND I.M.A.M. = [...]
Revell of Germany, (Accurate Miniatures) 1:48 Scale IL-2, "Stormovik"
The first for the new year, 2020, is this Revell of Germany, Ilyushin Il-2, Stormovik.
Actually this is a repop of the Accurate Minatures kit, and is STILL a very nice kit, albeit a wee bit fiddley overall.
The kit itself builds well, and [...]
1/48 Scale Revell Stearman PT-17
Fifty to 70 years ago we use to call this kind of bird a "Double-Winger." Sometime later the name was change to "Bi-Wing" or something like that.
Anyways the kit was a snap to build. "Snap" in American English [...]
Carpathian Eagle…Hasegawa 1/48 Hawker Hurricane Mk.I Romanian Airforce
Built last year. Hasegawa Romanian Hurricane kit, Eduard seatbelts, in the kit missing early style prop and spinner taken from the new Airfix Hurricane I, missing 5-spoke wheels from ultracast, missing early style antenna mast from the [...]
1/48 Scale Lindberg XF-91 Jet/Rocket Experimental Fighter
Lindberg made an excellent starter kit for the "Advanced" modeler like me, so I went full-bore on the project by scratch-building just about everything.
All 3 landing gears were made out of aluminum and styrene. I cut in the [...]
What if… RAAF JAS-39 Gripen
This is the first in a series of ‘what if’ aircraft that I’m building.
In 1999 the Australian Department of Defence announced Project AIR 6000 "New Air Combat Capability (NACC)", which was intended to find a replacement for [...]
