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It's been a while I post anything but the summer is hot and modeling time limited when You really want to go to the beach or pub garden :). This is a contract work for the newly establishing aircraft history museum in Szolnok. They [...]
1/48 Hasegawa Hawker Hurricane Mk.1a,
RAF, Squadron 151 (American Eagle),
Pilot Flight Officer J.Havilland, Digby, October 1940.
1/48 Hasegawa Messerschmitt Bf109 G-6 “Chevron I>” of Stab IV./JG 51, Uman, Early 1944
1/48 Zvezda
Yak-3 of Guards Major M.K. Tokarenko,153rd Guards Fighter Regiment, 12nd Guards Fighter Division, 1943-1946.
Supermarine Spitfire LF.Mk.XVI, SM309/AU-H, “Panama Bound” 421(Royal Canadian Air Force) Squadron in 1945. Flown by Flt.Lt. Richard “Hap”Beal.
Back in 1997 Airfix came out with a brace of Spitfire/Seafire kits to knock your socks off. For me, the magic still works & the result is here. This will not be the last of these kits for me as I have another Mk.22 plus the Seafire 47 [...]
Though late in the game, going along with the Japanese aircraft theme, this is the old Tamiya kit, #61018 in their early original 48th scale series from the 70's. Despite it's age it goes together well, I built this back around 92-93 so I [...]
65 years ago this summer...
On 25 June 1950, the North Korean invasion of South Korea found the United States in a greater state of military unpreparedness than had the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor nine and a half years earlier. In the [...]
Built this kit several years ago and it was my first try at a multi-engine aircraft, after years of absence from this hobby. Built it to honor my dad who made 21 jumps from this type during the war. It's no show stopper but he was proud to [...]
Finished this one up this a.m. Painted with Tamiya acrylics, as well.Excuse the spurious smoke rings, I claim artistic license and fun.
Some things I added were:
PE seat harness.
Drilled out the cowling guns.
Replaced wing cannons with [...]