1/72 scale modeling
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It was going to be literally out of the box
A while back on another site someone started a thread about building a kit without painting any of it. Just a pure build to see how well you could do without hiding flaws with paint. Most everyone said “no way.” But I kinda liked the [...]
Bob Typhoon! Nice to meet you.
When I first saw a photo of the Eurofighter FGR4 in the 75th anniversary Battle of Britain colors, I immediately put having a model of that plane on my want list. Eventually I picked up a Revell 1/72 Eurofighter and found the Caracal [...]
The saga of 63-7544, F-4C, 1/72 Revell/Monogram.
F-4C-19-MC BuAer No. 63-7544, roughly the 141st F-4C manufactured, originally delivered In the gray/white scheme and with the Navy style inboard pylons. Apparently it had a short life, part of the 8TFW, and the 480th TFW, 366TFW. where it [...]
Italeri 1/72 Ju-188 E1
One of the members in our club recently built the Dragon 1/48 Ju-188 E1, and it inspired me to pull out the old Italeri A/E kit I had in the stash. It was a pretty low-parts-count kit, so thought it might be a fairly quick build, but [...]
Airfix Boeing B-17E Conversion “THE BLUE GOOSE” in 1/72 Scale
B-17E Flying Fortress serial number 41-2616 THE BLUE GOOSE is somewhat enigmatic due to there being no known photographs of her. What is known is that the USAAF requisitioned her from an RAF order and that she was given a unique paint job [...]
F4 Phantom
Hi everyone, after visiting the aircraft museum, I decided for my next build I was going to make a plane. My mom got me the Academy 1/72 Phantom for winning 5th in my speech and debate competition. The phantom was supposed to be gray but I [...]
An all-metal canvas: B-24J Liberator "Dragon and his Tail", 43rd BG, 64th BS
When talking about the US aviation industry, it is difficult to avoid superlative formulations. The B-24 Liberator is a fine example: with an impressive 18,482 aircraft built, it can claim to be the most-built aircraft type in US history. [...]
Boeing F4B-1 Conversion in 1/72 Scale
This is a conversion of the Monogram F4B-4 kit which back-dates it to the earlier F4B-1 using the RareBits vacuform fuselage and a Radial Engines & Wheels resin Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasp radial engine. Not overly difficult and [...]
Pavla 1/72 Fieseler Fi-167
I've always love the look of this aircraft, and when I saw a Pavla kit a few years ago I snatched it up. There were only about a dozen or so Fi-167's built. This was the first Pavla kit I've built (though I've got several more in the [...]
Video: Revell 1:72 B 17F "Memphis Belle"
This was a very involved project. I spent hours watching and rewatching the Memphis Belle movie, and newly released videos on the restored Memphis Belle. I based the Belle as it was on it's 23rd mission, as on the 25th mission there was [...]
