1/48 scale modeling
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Martin BM-1/2 Scratch-build
Five years ago, after I’d completed building the VacWings O2U Corsair kit, I swore that I would never build another vacu-form biplane, because it was just too frustrating getting that top wing aligned properly on homemade wing struts. [...]
Tamiya 1/48 Fieseler Fi 156C Storch
Winter camouflage of a Tamiya gem.
The Old Hawk Lysander
I was excited to hear that Airfix was coming out with a new-tool Lysander this year I have always liked the look of this aircraft going back to my youth when my mom, for Christmas, 1973, gave me the Aircraft in Profile volume that [...]
Airfix 1/48 Sea King HU.5
An excellent model by Airfix. The build is complex, but not complicated. There are plenty of details and much scratch work to add. I detailed the crew entry door and more. Instructions however, are missing some of the holes required to be [...]
F-16 Aggressor Viper
I’m excited to show off my completed F-16 Aggressor Viper in the Splinter Green markings of 86-295 operated by the 18th Aggressor Squadron from Eielson AFB in Alaska.
I assembled this 1/48 replica using the @Tamiya Block 50 kit.
In [...]
Dragon 1/48 Ju 88A-4 Trop.
My favorite Ju 88A in the MTO. The model depicts an aircraft of 3.KG54 based in Catania, Sicily.
1:48 Kinetic AV-8A USMC Harrier
Back in the 80s I thought the Harrier was the coolest jet out there. I remember building the Revell 1:32 kit and had it hanging in the basement until I moved out. Fast forward 35 years and I wanted to build another one. For years I've been [...]
1/48 Academy PBJ-1D “The Fork-Tailed Devils” of VMB-433
This was the first build of 2025 I built Academy’s 1/48 PBJ-1D (B-25D). The scheme is the “The Fork-Tailed Devils” of VMB-433 for the U.S. Marines located on Emirau Island, New Guinea 1944. I added some resin seats as well as photo [...]
Eduard 1/48 P-39N Airacobra
The model depicts an aircraft flown by Col. A.I Pokryshkin, CO 9.GIAD, Summer 1944.
Although not up to the high standards of the kits that followed this issue, Eduard's Airacobra retains the poise of the real aircraft.
ProModeler 1/48 Messerschmitt Bf 110G-4
Another model that one cannot get enough of.
