1/48 scale modeling
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1/48 Tamiya F4F Wildcat
Another shelf of doom kit complete. 1/48 Tamiya F4F flown by Maj. Marion Carl of the VMF-223.
Cheers Brian
1/48 Hasegawa P-40E flown by George Preddy
Finally done after a year. Flown by the awesome Lt. George Preddy of the 9th FS /49th based at Darwin , Australia February 1942. After this he came back to USA and joined the 352nd FG
Cheers Brian
1/48 DO-335 A-0, (Monogram)
This is the 1974 issue Monogram DO-335, rescribed, with Ultracast exhaust, and photoetch belts. Lots of scratchbuilding on the gear, cockpit and closing the engine panels.Paint is Tamiya acrylics and decals are Cutting Edge.
Hope you [...]
Monogram 1/48 Hawker Typhoon
Bought this kit several years ago before it's recent re-release. Used it along with other Revell and Monogram kits as test beds for developing some sorely needed modeling skills. When you haven't built a kit in over 50 years, things like [...]
1/48 Tamiya P-51
Sometimes it's nice to do an easy build, so decided on this P-51. Haven't done one in a few years, but choosing a colour scheme is so hard. Too many good ones. Settled on this...
Maj Richard Hewitt's Big Dick. 🙂 P-51D-25-NA 87th Fighter [...]
1/72 F-8s, Fujimi, Esci
Robert's F-8s inspired me to take these pics and post them. I thought I was the last guy to have that old Fujimi kit on a display shelf! I built these in the mid 1980s. Robert's AMT kit is an Esci re-pop. I think I have at least 3 more [...]
Airfix Spitfire Mk.I in 1/48th.
This is the new Airfix Mk.I. Light years better than their effort of a few years ago. Built absolutely out of the box, with the exception of Eduard seat belts. Everything fitted beautifully with just a little attention to the separate fuel [...]
Tamiya 1/48 F4D-1 Skyray
It's hard to believe this kit has now been out for 18 years.
The Douglas F4D-1 Skyray was the first Navy fighter capable of that could exceed Mach 1 in level flight. It was the first carrier-based fighter to hold the world's absolute [...]
Grand Phoenix 1/48 F3H-2N Demon
A model I built and reviewed some 12 years ago.
On May 21, 1948, the United States Navy issued a "Request for Proposal" to build a carrier-based jet day fighter. The Navy wanted an aircraft of equal or superior performance to the [...]
