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Polikarpov I-180E-3 1/48 scratchbuild

I-180 - on such machines might have come across Luftwaffe Russian pilots in 1941. If it were not a tragic set of circumstances such as the death of several test pilots, including Valery Chkalov. I-180 is a deep modernization of I-16, and [...]

1/48 Tamiya P47C5 "Formation Monitor" 448th BG

Hi Everyone This one has a sharkmouth! Tamiya P47D Ultracast Seat Loon Models C Cowling Superscale Decals Tamiya / Gunze Paints Thanks Darren

1/48 Tamiya P47D Bubbletop "362nd Fighter Group"

Hi Everyone Tamiya P47D Bubbletop - Super Rabbit Barracudacals 'Mogins Maulers" Ultracast Seat Tamiya & Alclad paints Comments welcome! Looking forward to posting more. The site is excellent and the models I have seen are [...]

1/48 Monogram F-8H VF-111 Sharkmouth

Hi all, it has been quite a while since I last posted. I hope you enjoy my F-8H conversion of the Monogram 1/48 F-8E. I used pictures I took of a Crusader at the Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola, FL. The earlier models of Crusader had a [...]

P-40s of the 49th Fighter Group – Part 1 (Early Days)

Today’s Air Force has decided to emphasize its history as a means of unit inspiration. This has resulted in units with real “history” as the service decides which unit designations will continue in active service, so that one finds [...]

Classic Monogram warbirds

The Curtis P-40B and the Mitsubishi A6M5 Type 0 in 1/48 scale. Both of these were built at least 20 years ago but I only got them out to the airport last year for a photo session. Both reveal my limitations as a model builder back then, [...]

Shark week continues: 1/48 Monogram P-40B – Charles Older

Back in 2004, a modeler sent me what turned out to be a Monogram P-40B kit in a box of other parts. Looking at it, I realized it was a first-generation mold, from way back in 1965 when the kit first came out (a date I remember since it [...]

Hasegawa 1/48 P-40E 112 Sqn RAF, pilot- C Caldwell

This model of the old times. P-40E, Hasegawa, painting brush. No aftermarket, only decal on Tally-Ho. There will be time - be sure to gather another P-40, only the paint is going to like everything - the airbrush)))

Westland Wyvern in 1/48 scale from Trumpeter.

Trumpeter have really done us proud. Not only do they issue well engineered (mostly) kits, but they produce models you are unlikely to see from other manufacturers for anything like the price. My Wyvern was built out-of-the-box with only [...]

1/48 Hasegawa P-40K

John Hampshire's P-40K of the 23rd Fighter Group, aka Flying Tigers. The kit is the Hasegawa P-40K with Eduard color etch and Baracuda Cals Decals. The kit was a pleasure to build and presented no major issues as long as you're careful [...]