1/48 scale modeling
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My first Trumpeter kit, good, bad and ugly?
Started building the 1/48 Trumpeter HU-16A kit, having never built a Trumpy kit before, but reading lots of mostly bad reviews, I dove in. First off, the reviews of this kit bashing it, are well over stated. Yes it has problems, the hull [...]
Building of a B-29 Superfortress, Humpin' Honey
My B-29 in progress. Finally I got the pictures to post.
F-86D, Revell 1/48
Yugoslav F-86D 1/48
My 1/48 Revell Messerschmitt 109G-14 AS
Not the best pics sorry. But a fun little kit to build.
Hope you like,
Paul.
Finished The 48th Scale Kitty Hawk F-94C Starfire at Last.
I really like aircraft from this era. This Kitty Hawk kit was fun to build for the most part. The cockpit comes with some PE parts which dress up the office nicely. I found the fit to be generally good, with the exception of the canopy, [...]
Building my collection of General Scott's aircraft
I am well into building a collection of General Robert Scott's aircraft. He is probably the only aviation icon I have met in person, so this has been my motivation to start this project. All will be in 48th scale.
1/48th AD-5 Skyraider
Hello Folks, here's my latest just off the building table. It's an AD-5 Skyraider built from the 1/48th Revell kit. As many of you know, that kit is a re-release of the old Matchbox kit from back in the 70's. The advantages of working with [...]
iModeler Review: Revell 1/48 Stearman PT-17
Revell 1/48 Stearman PT-17
Product ID: 85-5264
Overview
Skill Level: 3
Scale: 1/48
Length: 6-1/8"
Height: 2-5/16"
Wingspan: 8-3/16"
Parts: 60
The Stearman (Boeing) Model 75 is a biplane used as a military trainer aircraft, [...]
Spitfire Mk XIV Rhapsody in Blue Rolls Royce’s Spitfire in 1/48
I’ve long admired the glorious turquoise and white scheme that adorned Rolls Royce’s Mk XIV Spitfire in the mid to late 1060’s just before G-ALGT played a supporting role in the epic film the ‘Battle of Britain’. A challenging [...]
That last headline is a hard act to follow…
Reading that obituary gave me even greater respect for those heroic men who flew these in wartime.
Here is my second model plane in 40 years, a P-51D built from the 1/48 Revell 'Big Beautiful Doll' kit #85-5241. I included to in progress [...]
