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1/72 Hasegawa Ki-46-III-Kai "Dinah"
I finished this yesterday. This is the 1/72 Hasegawa KI-46-III-Kai "Dinah" I just added PE seatbelts, drilled out the gun barrels and added the antenna post in the rear canopy using a small piece of nitinol wire. Antenna is [...]
Czech Master Resin Curtiss F9C Sparrowhawk
The Sparrowhawk was designed as a “trapeze fighter” to be carried by the airships Akron and Macon. Their primary means of recovery was to hook onto the underside of the airship and be hoisted into an internal hanger. When operating [...]
Portuguese T-37C ; Hasegawa 1/72
HISTORY
In order to replace the T-33 as a jet trainer, the Portuguese Air Force (FAP) received the first 12 Cessna T-37C Tweety Bird, in December 1962, supplied by the United States. They were transported by sea and assembled at the [...]
1/72 "SWORD" P-80 Shooting Star
This model was built right "out-of-the-box" back in December, 2010. I added some "b-b's" in the nose so that it would not be a tail dragger. I applied a light black paint wash to the model which was sanded off with 600 [...]
Curtiss F11C-2 Goshawk
This is the Monogram kit from 1968 in 1/72 scale. Even though it is over fifty years old the kit still compares well to recent releases, featuring some very nice surface detail and clever engineering which ensures correct alignment and [...]
F-4B Phantom,VMFA-122 1967/68 Danang. Hasegawa 1/72.
'If one gun pod is good, three are better'. Primarily flying ground support missions, It was decided to sling three 20mm gun pods under their F-4's. Being that F-4B/J's could only carry the pod under the center line station, being Marines [...]
Arma Hobby Yak-1B 1/72
Hallo to everyone, I’m a lazy modeler. If I work on a hard project for a long time (many changes, conversions in new models...), then I need a break.
Normally I work on a simple kit (often an aircraft) without changes. I open the box, I [...]
Magic of an airbrush and well engineered kit
Because I had birthday recently, my family decided to buy me this lovely Bf 109 E-4 from Tamiya as a gift. I would recommend this kit for beginners. In box is only one plastic sprue and one clear sprue. fit of this kit is absolutely [...]
Academy 1/72 F-8E
A friend sent me this kit and I will be mailing him the result in a few days. I decided to try a “quick” build for a change but still add as much detail as was reasonable. My usual builds take 2-3 months but I completed this one in two [...]
1/72 Airfix Albatros D-V
Built this one with leftovers from a Roden Albatross D-III. Decals are actually for a Fokker D-VII, but I liked them for this one.
Brian Riedel
