1/48 scale modeling
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1/48 Morane-Saulnier “N”
This is the Eduard kit built straight from the box. Stainless steel wire rigging, lead sheet seat belt, painted with Humbrol enamels. You could call the “N” the world’s first fighter plane. Enjoyable project if you can find a kit. [...]
3D Printing & Modelling
I have always been a bit of a gadget man and so when 3D printers first appeared on the scene some years ago it was like a moth to a flame. However, at that time I was unable to find a suitable CAD package that was capable of 3D modelling, [...]
A Gooney Bird tale – Douglas C-47B – Monogram 1/48
When I got back into plastic modeling a few years ago, I set a couple of goals for the projects I would do. The first was to model subjects I had never done before, which has proven to be successful as I have yet to build a Mustang. The [...]
Tamiya 1/48 P-47D Razerback 2Lt Lloyd Hathcock
My third in a series of aircraft flown by the Tuskegee airman. This one depicts a P-47D flown by 2Lt Hathcock with the 301st Fighter Squadron in Ramitelli, Italy. Build pretty much out of the box, but I did include a Ultracast seat and [...]
Turkish Air Force F-102 Delta Dagger – Encore Models – 1/48
Encore Models, 1/48 scale F-102 kit. Box number is 48001. This kit has totally raised panel lines on grey stiff plastic. There are some fitting problem mentioned in progress page. Wing are CASE XX wing in this box. The kit includes colored [...]
Thanks iModeler – June award is finally here...
Back in june i was lucky enough that my Flanker was chosen to be the best model of june...
So my award is finally here - ZM FW-Ta152 in 1/48. Up there on the shelf there is a hint of what i am going to build next, but soon after that this [...]
Hasegawa 1/48 P-39Q 100th Fighter Squadron
I'm been wanting to do the various planes flown by the Tuskegee Airman and this is the second one I've completed. The first was a P-40L "Ace of Pearls" which I posted here several years ago. Like most Tuskegee aircraft this one [...]
Cincinnati Model Contest & Swap Meet
The Cincinnati Scale Modelers Club, a US IPMS Club, held their 2017 Annual Contest and Swap Meet in Cincinnati today. There were 365 entries from 73 modeler on display. Here are some of the contestants works that caught my eye. And the [...]
F-4B Phantom II, VF-111 Sundowners, Eduard (Academy) 1/48
Another of my collections is this model from Eduard.
Thanks to the extensive range of accessories included in the box, I did not even care.
The construction was quiet, only suction channels needed to go dry enough.
I had a problem with [...]
F84G Thunderjet
Tamiya 1/48th F84G Thunderjet.
Eagle strike decal set number 48143
The aircraft was a F84G of the 310th fighter bomber squadron,
58th fighter bomber wing,
Korea 1952.
I painted the model with various shades of Alclad 11 & Aeromaster [...]
