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Tamiya 1/48 F4D-1 Skyray
The Douglas F4D-1 Skyray was the first Navy fighter that could exceed Mach 1 in level flight. It was the first carrier-based fighter to hold the world's absolute speed record, and was the last fighter built by the Douglas Aircraft [...]
First Post : Building a DH Vampire
I'm new to this blogging thing, but my wife blogs extensively about her quilting/patchwork and really enjoys the process and feedback she gets, so here goes.
I've restarted modeling after a 25 year (i guess) break and I am amazed at the [...]
Fujimi 1/48 Focke- Wulf Fw190 D-9
When Fujimi came out with this beauty, it was "state of the art". Decades have passed since then, but it still sits on my shelf collecting dust. Back when I built it, my reference material was limited. I had a picture post [...]
Italeri 1/48 C-130 E/H
I can only take credit for the last 75% of this build. Way back in 93 I helped one of my Mom's friends move out of his roofing buisness. He was an avid gardener, which is how my Mom knew him, but he was also a modeler. I always liked going [...]
First Model Plane in 40+ years…..
HI from a new old guy...
I guess the last model I built was around 1972...I saw this when my daughter had me take her to the crafts store for school project supplies..whoa! I didn't know they had these! A limited selection but still Revell [...]
Kinetic E-2C Hawkeye
This is my very last build. Just finished before competition in Mosonmagyarovar. I found many issues when building it, some of them too late, unfortunately. The biggest one was balancing the model - I put around 80-90 gr until the model [...]
Gloster Meteor N.F.11 and N.F.14
Here are the Classic Airframes Gloster Meteor N.F.11, limited-run injection-molded kit, and the Aeroclub Meteor N.F.14, multi-media vacuform. Both 1/48, the N.F.11 built in 2004 and the N.F.14 in 2002.
Following the conclusion of the [...]
Grand Phoenix 1/48 McDonnell F3H-2N Demon
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 land-based jet fighters being built at that [...]
F-86E, Yugoslav acro group, Monogram 1/48
This model was exhibited a week ago at Mosonmagyarovar model show, last day under it I found the invitation to join you on this nice website.
