1/48 scale modeling
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1/48 Hobbycraft FG-1D “Post-War Corsair
El Salvador, Corsair, 1969 (last combat WWII Corsairs). That's what the instructions say. The Soccer (or Football) War . Our clapped out, war weary Corsairs were used as frontline aircraft by a 3rd world country. At least 25 years old [...]
FOCKE WULF 190A-8/R11 "Wilde Sau" Nachtjager
DRAGON 1/48 SCALE INJECTED PLASTIC KIT
Construction was straight-forward and without event. For painting I used Tamiya Acrylics mixed to the correct colour. I mixed the RLM76 first and applied it to the lower airframe, the fuselage sides [...]
World War in a “Z” (with apologies to Brad Pitt)
This is the Hobbycraft Canada 1/48th Dornier Do-17Z, German medium bomber. Because the earlier version had a particularly narrow fuselage, it was sometimes called the Flying Pencil. I think the Z transformed it into the Tadpole!
Though [...]
Speaking of the Academy Phantom
Here is the cockpit, not the greatest pictures, but you can see how I modified the left hand RIO pit to more closely resemble the real thing, the front pit is pretty close. One thing that I noted and corrected in the back, but not as much [...]
1/48 Monogram B-25J Mitchell Bomber
The Monogram B-25 series was "state of the art", before the Accurate Miniatures versions, and still builds up into a decent replica, for half the cost. Mine was straight OOB, using the kit decals. It comes with a fairly [...]
48th Scale Lockheed Martin T-33 T-Bird/Shooting Star
Just completed this Academy kit OOB for a Gatormodelers display of Florida aircraft
that will be in the main library for the month of November here in Gainesville Florida.
One of the most well-known jet fighters and trainers in the [...]
1/48 F8F Bearcat “Beetlebomb”
The early days of the Blue Angels was filled with Hellcats. I don't know too much about this era, but I can imagine there were a host of Navy pilots looking for something to do at the close of World War II! The next mount was the F8F [...]
Going to challenge my modeling skills....and try a diorama of this picture......
Its been a long time since I've been on this site...had alot going on and have not been doing any building...fixing to start a new project though..I'm use to just building out of the box or using a few resin bits and aftermarket decals. [...]
Hasegawa Ki-61 Hein “Tony”, 1/48th, IJAF,WWII,Part II
This is the follow up to part I. These are new images that I had to take as I have not been able to find the original set taken on an SD card I had stored while moving to our new home. Should've left it in the camera. So with the new [...]
Global Hawk and Predator, 1/48 scale
All of the models pictured here are 1/48 scale. It give some idea of the size of these drones. It is interesting to see the size of each drone compared to the AD which is a large aircraft. The Predator is from Bronco Models and the Global [...]
