1/72 scale modeling
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My first Hellcat!
ENS Gordon Arthur Stanley, VF-27, USS Princeton (CVL-23),
October 1944
I couldn't resist and I did the cat mouth camo.
Gordon Arthur Stanley, born on July 13th, 1921, in Seattle, Washington state, shot down 8 enemy [...]
I drove down from San Jose, CA to the airplane graveyard that was near Tucson, Arizona in 1986 and took lots of photos, not knowing that someday there would be a plastic kit of this F-107A jet. The first 4 photos are the ones I took and [...]
Hello!
This is my recent project, an Airfix Avro Lancaster, 1/72. I usually build 1/48 aircraft, but this one would have a 60cm wingspan, too big for my space.
Having built a few nice Airfix new tools, I have to say I was a little [...]
Hello everyone, I finished this kit May 2020. I used Tamiya acrylics and converted the instruction's suggestions to:
RLM 74(gray green): (AS-3) xf-61 dark green or xf-81 dark green
RLM 75(gray purple): (AS-4) xf-54 dark sea gray or xf-22 [...]
Hi There,
This one was built for the wee fellas roof.
No nose weight and undercarriage to deal with... Yeehah.
I haven't strung the aerials yet and not sure if I will as their absence will make hanging a lot simpler.
Primed with UMP [...]
Hello everyone, here is my recently completed Phantom. I chose it because I liked the sea camoflage. I used Tamiya acrylics and masked the camo with silly putty. I had some trouble with air bubbles under some of the larger decals. Thanks [...]
This is the Tamiya 1/72 Kawasaki Ki-61-Id Hien.
This is the Tamiya 1/72 Mitsubishi A6M2b Zero.
Just finished this beautiful and one of my favorites airplanes, the famous Intruder in KD version; had to fill some gaps but was a fun build.
This KD-6 kit by Italeri is highly recommended
Enjoy the pictures.