1/72 scale modeling
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JU-87 Stuka G-1; Matchbox, 1:72
This is an old Matchbox kit from the 1970's, that we still remember
The Stuka was a very special aircraft, specialy for a young boy. Having built a couple in the 1970/80's imagine what I felt when a friend gave me another [...]
Vickers Wellington Ic Special Hobby 1/72 Maritime Patrol
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Today, more about the model itself than about history because, as you may remember, Wellington from the (Polish) 304 squadron has already appeared on the pages of iModeler.
This set is a short run set, but unlike many other models [...]
Hobbycraft 1/72 F-82 Twin Mustang
For Christmas in 2022, my son bought me a few model kits that he thought I might like. Now my son is not a model builder, and therefore knows nothing about the various pluses and minuses of different kits. He was more interested in the [...]
1/72 Academy A-10A "Operation Iraqi Freedom"
This commission build used the Academy 1/72 A-10A "Operation Iraqi Freedom" of the 75th fighter squadron in 2003. For this build I used Model Master's brass gun set. All other details were from the kit or scratch built. The [...]
The other P.24
After finishing my P.24A I was left with almost a complete Bulgarian P.24B kit (minus the engine faceplate) and the engine faceplate from the P.24A kit. As I mentioned before - this faceplate was pierced and only used on KTF built P.24s. [...]
Arma Hobby 1/72 FM-2 Wildcat
I have reached an age where the parts in 1/72 kits are both too small to see and assemble, so I don't normally stray into the smaller scale kits. I recently received this Arma Hobby 1/72 FM-2 as a gift from my friend Bernard (@lis), so I [...]
Swiss Hawker Hunter MK58; Revell 1/72
A little easy kit from Revell
the instructions are not correct to build this option (the MK58 has some diferences), but all the pieces are in the box, although listed as 'not to use' so, one just need to do some research.
I built this [...]
Hurricane Mk.IIc; 351 (Yu) Sq RAF
While not as famous as Spitfire, Hurricane formed the backbone of Royal Air Force early in the war and was used throughout the conflict in all major theatres in various roles. It was designed in 1930s by Hawker and made its maiden flight [...]
A-7E Cold war exercise, 1/72 Ace kit.
A while back I posted a video of an A-7 dropping A couple of nukes, practice of course. At that time, it was part of their mission, after selecting loft the computer would indicate when to release going vertical at that time to get the [...]