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Monogram 1/48 F-102 Delta Dagger
Here's the old Monogram kit from the 90's,always liked the Century Series fighters so gave this one a try. It's all out of the box and let me state upfront it's big and requires a fair share of shelf space to display. Found the Falcon [...]
Next lot of Battle of Britain Builds
Following on from my post last week with the first of my Battle of Britain series from MAI this year, here are the next four builds which appeared in the May to August issues. The builds are:
Tamiya Bristol Beaufighter converted to a [...]
General Dynamics F-16A Falcon "Dirty Diana" Monogram 1/48 scale
323 Squadron of the Royal Netherlands Air Force celebrated its 50th anniversary in November 1998. The squadron decided to commemorate the event by adding artwork of its squadron emblem, Diana, the goddess of the hunt, to the tails of [...]
Tamiya Swordfish II
George's very nice Swordfish on floats got me thinking about the Swordfish II I did a couple years back.
Most of the Swordfish produced during the Second World War were constructed by Blackburn Aviation, including all Swordfish Mks. II and [...]
1/48th Tamiya Fairey Swordfish with Floats
I built this little gem many years ago. I painted it with Tamiya and Alclad paints, and Automotive clear coat. I used the salt method after spraying the Alclad, letting it dry, then spraying the clear coat. After I applied the salt, I [...]
SPIN Model 1/48 SPAD S.A.4 ( IRAS, 1916)
Hello! One more model took off from my table)). This is the model of the French airplane SPAD at the service of the Russian imperial air force. The model is not easy, not Vingnat)), only for those who really want to have this in their [...]
1/48 Monogram B-58 Hustler
Here's one that I built last year. This thing was an absolute nightmare to paint. The kit has raised panel lines so I sanded them off and re-scribed them all back in. Next, came the assembly, and being an old kit, some of the pieces didn't [...]
1/48 Hasegawa SH-3H
This was the first model I purchased after a 20 year hiatus. I started building it about 12 years ago and detailed the inside, but it turns out you can't see it through those tiny windows. I shelved it again and it sat in my storage room [...]
1/48 HobbyBoss Bf109 F-4 /Trop – Hans Joachim Marseille.
1/48 HobbyBoss Bf109 F-4 /Trop Werke Nummer 10137 flown by Hans Joachim Marseille. June 1942. His final score in this airplane would be 101 victories.
Eduard Russian P-39 N Airacobra 1/48
The subject this model represents is the aircraft flown by Nikolay D. Gulayev (alternatively spelled Gulaev and miss-spelt by AeroMaster as Gulyayev) of the 129 GIAP. He was the third highest scoring Soviet ace, with 57 plus 3 shared [...]
