1/48 scale modeling
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1/48 Classic Airframes Bf 109B-2
This was built primarily out of the box with an Ultracast seat added and the prop pieced together from a CMK 109E prop. The documentation is all over the place on this aircraft. I have seen it referred to as a B, C, and D in [...]
1/48 Testors/Hawk Ryan STM -S2 (PT20)
Easy, old build that comes with floats/wheels, and it's own base. Just plain fun !
P-47D Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Here is my attempt to model the P-47D of Thomas E. Bowers (65th FS, 57th FG) based at Grossetto Italy in March of 1945. This is the 1/48th scale Tamiya P-47D kit with Ultracast seat with belts, Ultracast tires, and Superscale decals. The [...]
1/48 Tamiya P-47D-40 “Big Stud”
Here is my recently finished 1/48 Tamiya P-47D40 with the markings of “Big Stud” from 325th FG, 15 AF.
The base kit is Tamiya P-47M.
Cockpit modified with Eduard instrument panel and seat belts.
Painting was done with Alclad lacquers [...]
Tamiya 1/48 Gloster Meteor F.3
First, I'd like to say a big thank you to my good friend Craig for posting this for me. For some reason, despite Martin's determined efforts to solve the problem, I'm currently unable to post new articles. Anyway, as you can see, it's a [...]
SAAF Sabre – Bush war 1/48 Academy
The South African Airforce operated the Canadair CL-13B Sabre Mk.6 from 1956 to 1980. The first Sabre's flown by SAAF Pilots were during the Korean War.
This is my rendition of the last Sabre to fly in the SAAF. I admit I need to take [...]
Jeep Willis 1/48 Hasegawa
A little side-project, weekend build, again, for fun (its funny i should say that, as all the builds should be fun, but sometimes they do get tedious dont they? 🙂 )
BF 109G14 / Hasegawa 1/48 scale
I think it goes with out saying that most of us airplane model guys, at one time or another had a strong admiration for the "Ace's". So no collection could be complete without at least one Erich Hartmann entry. I have two.
His [...]
Dragon 1/48 Ju-88A-4
The Ju-88 series is said to prove the effectiveness of the German philosophy of using one good basic airframe for a variety of missions. Actually, the Ju-88 was not the result of such a design philosophy, but rather was so good it was [...]
