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“See you on the beach!”
Something I have always wanted to do is a D-Day US Navy LCM (Landing Craft Mechanized) but have always been worried about doing sea water. But when my local club said the group build was D-Day theme then it was time to conquer my 'fear of [...]
Tamiya He 162
Hi All, Here’s my 1/48 Tamiya He 162. The build was mostly out of the box with added Eduard seat belts, additional cockpit wiring and canopy framing. The paint scheme was painted using Vallejo Model Air paints and the markings are the [...]
F-86D 1/48 Revell
A year ago I said I was not going to deal with resin and photographed parts for the models or the rivet counting. I'm just glueing myself. Just to explain why this is so. I take this activity as a relaxation. The Revell model is very cool [...]
1/48 Airfix Curtiss P-40B
Robert Neale's plane. Used Ultracast seat, prop/spinner and Master gun barrels.
New kit news: Airfix to release a de Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth in 1/48 scale
Besides the previously announced 1/48 Spitfire Mk. XIV, Airfix will soon be adding another quarter-scale kit to its range. To my knowledge, this handsome and immensely popular golden-era aircraft was only previously kitted in this scale by [...]
Monogram A-4 Skyhawk
I have always wanted a Blue Angels' bird in my hangar, and finally settled on the Skyhawk. I used CAM decals on it and some Eduard photo etch. I know she is not as shiny as it should be, but I didn't want the airframe too shiny so I [...]
Eduard 1/48 Bf-109G-6
Big Week - Death Knell of the Luftwaffe:
The Luftwaffe decisively defeated the U.S. Eighth Air Force daylight bombing offensive during the second Schweinfurt mission of October 14. 1943. Of the 291 bombers sent on the mission, 60 were lost [...]
1/48 Eduard Spitfire LF.IXe (SAAF)
This is my Eduard 1/48 Spitfire LF. IXe completed in April 2018. I have done this as one of the aircraft used by the No1 Squadron, South African Air Force at the Stamford Hill airfield, 1945.
Time spent on build was approx 1 week.
Paints [...]
A-4C Hasegawa 1/48
18 years ago I bought a model on the E Day and the wheel bay and interior from Aires. I started to build a model but soon my strength came and the model wandered for a long time in the cabinet. This autumn I managed to finish. I made dirt [...]
