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1/72 scale modeling

Fujimi Kugisho E14Y Glen

The Kugisho E14Y Type Zero Reconnaissance Seaplane (Allied reporting name “Glen”) bears the distinction of being the only Axis aircraft to bomb the continental United States during the Second World War. The mission was to start forest [...]

IJN Type 96 fighter (A5M3B Claude), Clear Prop 1/72

Today, I’d like to introduce Clear Prop!’s 1/72 scale Imperial Japanese Navy Type 96 Carrier-Based Fighter, known internationally as the A5M2B Claude. This kit is an ambitious creation from Ukraine and features a format reminiscent of [...]

Review: Flying brick, French styleAzur 1/72 Bloch 210

French interwar bombers have always had a certain charm. The stubborn drive to ignore the principle of aerodynamics and a certain ugly charm make them winners to my mind. So, when Azur announced a Bloch 210 I was very interested. The only [...]

Messerchmitt Me 163 B-1

Messerchmitt Me 163 was the only operational rocket fighter (there were some other prototypes) and the first aircraft, that exceeded 1000km/h in level flight. The beginning of the programme goes back to the famous aeronautical engineer [...]

Hobby Boss 1/72 Rafale F3-R

The origins of the Rafale can be traced back in the late 1970s, when the French Air Force and French Navy sought to replace and consolidate their existing fleets of aircraft. In order to reduce development costs and boost prospective [...]

1/72 Kawasaki Ki-61-Id Hien (“Tony”)

I completed this 1/72 Japanese fighter today, after four days of work. It is part of the #TonyTonyTony group build on the Bluesky #HistScaleModel group, and is my first group build. It's a straight out of the box build of the 2018 Tamiya [...]

Mitsubishi J8M1 Shusui

The Mitsubishi J8M1 Shusui (Sharp Sword) was a reverse-engineered copy of the Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet. It was built as a rare cooperative project between the Imperial Japanese Navy and Army, the Army version was designated Ki-200. [...]

Aermacchi MB 339A, P.A.N. Frecce Tricolori, 313 Gruppo Addestramento Aerobatico, Rivolto airbase 2010.

1/72 Italeri, built 04-2023 to 05-2024 for the Italian air force 100th GB, more pic's, details there.

Matchbox 1/72 B-17G (Bomber Command GB)

Matchbox first released this kit in 1979. This is a very basic kit with the typical little details that goes with many of the Matchbox kits. This kit does offer two different tail gunner types that were used on the B-17G and it comes with [...]

Tiger I Side-by-Side Comparison Build, Vespid and Border Kits

This was a side-by-side comparison build of the Vespid and Border Tiger I kits in 1/72 scale to see how they stack up. Here are the finished models with their crews in place, Vespid on the left and Border on the right. The models were [...]