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Tamiya Vought F4U-1A Corsair 1/48 scale.
I had built this quite a while ago but did not like the orange peel in the paint so I got rid of it and bought this one which took me about four days. Krylon matte midnight ink spray paint bought at Lowe’s. Supposedly the way they looked [...]
Speak my name and I shall live forever: Jim Sullivan Memorial
Designed as a successor to the F4F Wildcat, the Hellcat’s origins can be traced back in 1938, with the contract for the prototype XF6F-1 signed on 30 June 1941. Instead of the Wildcat's narrow-track, hand-cranked, main landing gear [...]
Spitfire F24 Kai tak ,Hong Kong 1951 1/48 Airfix
How I acquired this kit in the first place is unusual to say the least...a few years ago I was doing a Sunday morning tip run taking garden waste and all those paint tins with one inch of dried up paint that we all keep and god knows what [...]
RCAF CF-188B Hornet in 1/48
A build of Kinetic's 1/48 scale F-18A/B kit as aircraft '934' of the Royal Canadian Air Force, based at Bagotville, Quebec. This was a special build project for me as I was lucky enough to fly in 934 with 425 Squadron in May 2023 while [...]
F-4B VF-143 "Pukin' Dogs"
Tamiya F4B VF-143 Pukin' Dogs Furball Aero-Design 1/48 F-4B Bravo MiG Killers Part One
People have hailed this as the "best ever" in the fields of airplane kits, jet kits, 1/48 kits and kits in general. They're right. It's [...]
1/48 Kitty Hawk AH-1Z “Viper”
This commission build is the 1/48 Kitty Hawk AH-1Z “Viper” attack helicopter. This build is for a Marine Veteran who worked on these interesting helicopters. For this build added the Eduard interior and exterior photo etch sets, the [...]
Arma Hobby 1/48 Sea Hurricane IIc
The Hurricane Mark II was powered by a Merlin XX and had the wing center sections strengthened. Hawker had experimented with improving the fighter’s armament by fitting cannons. Their first experiments used two 20 mm Oerlikon cannons in [...]
Brand 1955 Chevy 2-ton Stake truck, sixty years later, a clunker 1/48 Atlantis/Revell.
Brand new 1955 chevy 2-ton stake truck, {first 5 pics}. Last 2,sixty years later as a clunker.This another Revell kit issued by Atlantis, they have even included the glass for the cab. which was never on the Revell kits. The kit is rather [...]
Zvezda 1/48 Mi-24 Hind, Croatian Air Force
I was wondering if I could make decent effect of launching flares. For this project I chose well known Mi-24 HIND, and Zvezda was logical choice of manufacturer. I decided to ditch provided decals and go with markings of Croatian Air Force [...]
T-33; Portuguese Air Force
In 1953, the first 15 T-33A planes arrived in Portugal, coming from the United States. They were placed at Base Aérea N° 2 (BA2), Ota, and integrated into Squadron 20 – equipped with F-84G Thunderjets – constituting the 'No [...]
