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Cockade Style...1/48 Supermarine Spitfire F.XVIIIe, Royal Indian Airforce

After the Indian Tempest with Chakra roundels, my dad now completed an Indian Spitfire with cockade roundels. Airfix kit built oob, only added Eduard seatbelts. Painted with Mr Paint White Aluminium. Build thread here (link) After the [...]

Tamiya A-1H Skyraider

An oldie and Goldie. The sublime Tamiya 1/48 Skyraider kit.

Hellenic Air Force F-86E(M) Sabre: 1/48 Academy F-86F Sabre

When I arrived at Williams AFB in 1976 for my first day of Air Force pilot training, I was greeted by an immaculate F-86 that was the gate guard at the time. The F-86 has been one of my most favorite planes since then. Spiros (@fiveten), [...]

Beaufighter

Been planning (an putting-off) this build for longer than I care to recall. No problems with the actual construction, it's a Tamiya kit after all so nothing to report there. It was always going to be as weathered as possible without [...]

1/48 Seafire FR.46

This is the 1996 Airfix kit with a few upgrades. I actually built it for a group build on Roy Sutherland’s Barracuda Studios Facebook page. I incorporated the following Barracuda products into the model: replacement prop blades, [...]

It's finally finished!

It's finally finished! Nothing in particular to add except that I followed the details of what I found online especially in reference to the nice article by Dave Hansen ( @davidhansen ) ((link) and (link)). The effect is completely [...]

Marauder Is Finally Here

My ICM 1/48 B-26 Marauder kit is finally here. It should have been delivered back on 16 April 2024 but the glorious USPS took 8 days to deliver it the last thirty miles. And as I gleefully accepted it from my postal carrier find a corner [...]

Monogram 1/48 B-58 Hustler

The origins of the B-58 can be traced back in 1949, when the Air Research and Development Command (ARDC) issued the Generalized Bomber Study (GEBO II), calling for the development of a long range supersonic bomber. Convair’s initial [...]

Focke wulf Fw 190A-4/Trop

This 1/48th Hasegawa model depicts a Fw 190-A4 Nr. 145614, of EKdo 19, based in Benghazi, Libya during late 1942. The task of the unit was to test the suitability of their aircraft to tropical conditions. Camouflage scheme consists of RLM [...]

AFV Club 1/48 F-5F Freedom Fighter

AFV Club's first foray into aviation topics results with a vary nice kit. Their Freedom Fighter is a detailed kit that builds into a seemly accurate depiction of the aircraft. The engraved panel lines are somewhat schematic, but the fit of [...]