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GWH MiG-29 9-12 Late Red-35
Hello my friends, some pics of my recently finished MiG-29 which is a comission build for a collector...Hope you like it and I wish you all a happy new year! Christian
James H. Howard's "Ding Hao!" – Tamiya P-51B
The Tamiya kit, OOB, with Aeromaster decals.
James H. Howard and “Ding Hao!”:
Born in China, the son of Methodist missionaries, James H. Howard joined the U.S. Navy in 1938. After graduating from flight school at Pensacola, Ensign [...]
A Monogram P-51D
Proof you don't have to have the latest kit to get a nice model, if you're willing to put in the work. About 15 years ago, a friend gave me a bunch of old kits that he figured were good for spare parts. Among them was this kit, which I [...]
Trumpeters Wellington Mk III.
Hi friends!
I guess some of you know that this build was my "FRYING PAN CHALLENGE".
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Yesterday was spent planting grass on the base plate. As you can see, I made some low valleys and hills in the plate, to give it a bit [...]
1/48 Hasegawa Ki-27 Nakajima Type 97 “Nate” 77th Sentai
Tonight's posting will quite probably be my last "new" article for the year. It follows hot on the heels of my other Ki-27 article that was posted last night.
John Clark inspired me to finish both of these kits up when he [...]
THE FRYING PAN CHALLENGE! Part 5. Model finished. Challenge met.
Is that correct English by the way? Do you "meet" a challenge?
Anyway, here she is.
Since the last post, I've worked with thin mists of various colors over the paintwork and with artists colored pencils on the decals, to bleach [...]
1/48 Hasegawa Ki-27 Nakajima Type 97 “Nate” 246th Hiko Sentai
Here's one I finished up a few days ago. I finally got around to posting up some photos... I was inspired to post this plane after looking at the excellent posting by John Clark with his "Nate".
This is a fairly recent [...]
1/48 Revell (ProModeller) SB2C-4 Hellldiver
Hello Folks
My latest completed build. This time last of US Navy dive bomber SB2C-4 Helldiver from Revell. The kit goes together rather well the only problem I have was installing resin replacement wheel bays. I have some gaps to fill [...]
Working jackstands
How many of us have asked ourselves, “just how am I going to put that gear retraction test in my diorama? What am I going to do for jackstands?” That was the very question I faced while planning my 1/48 scale Caribbean air cargo [...]
Hasegawa, 1/48 P-40E
My last post of 2017, and yes it's another of Tom's P-40's from his on going collection. This is the first Hasegawa P-40 I've completed and it's really a sweet little kit. Went together very well, and no putty or filler was used. I did add [...]
