1/48 scale modeling
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It's another 1:48 scale Otaki F6F-3, "Hellcat"
Hey folks,
This is one of my very early efforts at building a model seriously.
Otaki does make a really nice Hellcat, even for it's age. With all the posts of some of these older models, it kind of makes me want to do a little [...]
Republic P-47D Thunderbolt “Okie”
Well, yesterday was a busy day at the Cameron airport. I finally had an opportunity to spend a couple hours out there and photographed three more planes. These were the very first digital pics ever of this one, a Republic P-47D [...]
1/48 Tamiya P-47 D23 Thunderbolt
Here is a natural metal Razorback from my P-47 collection. This is 1/48 Tamiya P-47 D23 RA Thunderbolt with the markings of 82ndFS / 78 th FG / 8 th Air Force based in Duxford England during 1944. This natural metal machine was flown by [...]
1/48 HobbyBoss F/A 18C " Chippy Ho "
Hey Guys,
have just finished up on this build, i love how it turned out ! and it certainly stands out ! alot of work went into this build, allot of weathering and masking for the green,
Hope you like ! any comments welcome 🙂
Monogram 1/48 SBD-3 Dauntless
I built this Monogram Dauntless many years ago, and it I think it was the first time I used an aftermarket resin cockpit (Missing Link, maybe?). I tried to make it look more like a -3 by adding a spinner cut down from the Monogram SB2C [...]
Monogram 1/48 Scale Chance Vought F8U-2 (F-8C)
Ok, will try to not blow hard on too much History on this this “Last of the Gunfighter) famous VF-84 Navy squadron first to receive this version of the Crusader. They operated it from1959 thru 1964. according to Bert Kinsey Detail [...]
“RIDE NUNC” (Laugh Now). (Hasegawa F-8E Crusader, 1/48th scale)
This is the story of a 15-year-old running joke between Myself and the Vice President of North American Sales at Gulfstream.
Raynor Reavis knew that i was a model builder, and asked me if i would build a model of the mount he flew in [...]
1/48 Accurate Miniatures SBD-3...
This is the Accruate Miniatures SBD-3 Dauntless. It depicts B-16 from VB-3 USS Yorktown June 4, 1942 Battle of Midway piloted by Lt.jg Osborne Beeman Wiseman and gunner ARM3c Grant Ulysses Dawn..The kit was built straight from the box. [...]
1/48 Tamiya F4F Wildcat...Another Midway Vet.....
Since I saw some other Wildcat posts, I thought I'd add to the mix...This is the Tamiya F4F Wildcat. It depicts F17 from VF-8 USS Hornet June 4, 1942 Battle of Midway, Piloted by Ens. Steven W. Groves. Ens Groves was part of the Hornets [...]
1/48 Hasegawa F-8E MiG-killer
Here's one of my collection of US Navy MiG-killers, a 1/48 Hasegawa F-8E Crusader. I finished it in the markings of 'Nickel 103', an F-8E from VF-211 off USS Hancock, flown by Cmdr. Hal Marr. He shot down a MiG-17 on 12 June 1966, which [...]
