1/48 scale modeling
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1/48 scale Italeri AH-1W Cobra, Glamoc Gunnery Range, Bosnia Herzegovina, 1998
Hello all! from my "Good from Afar but Far from Good" collection, I present to you my AH-1W Cobra. It is the Italeri kit with the following upgrades:
Cobra Company cockpit
Cobra Company exhaust correction kit
scratch-built [...]
B-26 Marauder Rosie O'Brady of 344th Bomb Group
My Monogram/Revell B-26 Marauder in 1/48 scale was presented at the recent Scale Model World 2014 in Telford with some success. Here are some more pics and the commentary to go with them.
B-26 was the plane that went from the nickname [...]
Product news – 1/48 Henschel Hs 123 from GasPatch Models
Founded in 2011, Gaspatch Models have already brought new quality in the area of 1/48 biplane modeling, first by introducing a novel rigging system (with cast functional anchoring points and turnbuckles in 1/48 and 1/32 scale), then with [...]
Academy 1/48 F-14B Tomcat VF-14 Tophatters
An oldie from the 'loft insulation'. I built this a while ago but it still looks good. Not a bad kit and would argue better than the Hasegawa kit for the price. Certianly less complicated. When you don't spend big bucks on a kit it's much [...]
1/48 Kitty Hawk F-35C
Well after seeing Steve Cook's awesome F-35 i had to get mine back out and get her finished. Cockpit interior is ready for some color .
Cheers Brian
BOB,Tamiya 1/48th Supermarine Spitfire Mk.1, RAF, May 1940
Flt Lt. Robert Stanford-Tuck was assigned this aircraft during the Dunkirk operation. On 23 May, Tuck opened his scoring by shooting down 2 Bf-110's and a 3rd aircraft later that day. The following day flying N3249, he shot down 2 [...]
BoB Spitfire I – Airfix 1/48
Not actually built for the BoB Group Build, I guess this still kinda/sorta qualifies as an entry.
Spitfire Ia of 609 Squadron R.Aux.A.F., August 1940, done from an Aeromaster sheet.
This kit by Airfix can be considered the last product of [...]
1/48 Tamiya Mosquito diorama
Well starting on my second diorama. The 10HP Tilly truck is by Tamiya . Refueling cart and starter cart is from the Pro Modeler ground equipment set .
Cheers Brian
Battle of France/Battle of Britain Group Build – Airfix 1/48 Ju87B-2 Stuka
Here's my Stuka 3 days late.
The modifications I made to the kit are:
True Details brass set and other parts used to dress up the cockpit.
Kit canopy cut into sections, windscreen and pilot's canopy used as masters to vac-u-form new [...]
Mirage Hobby 1/48 R.W.D.-8 PWS
Hi, this is my 1/48 RWD-8 from Mirage Hobby. For those unfamiliar with pre-war Polish aviation this was their standard training & liaison aircraft, & was also very popular with aero-clubs as well.
The kit is the old Sponja [...]
