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Fine Molds 1/72 Kyushu Q1W1 "Lorna"
The Lorna was an anti-submarine aircraft used by the Japanese in WW2. Obviously a close copy of the Ju-88, the Lorna could be equipped with both radar and MAD (Magnetic Anomaly Detection). This is a great kit that was a dream to build. [...]
Italeri 1/72 RF-4E Phantom II, Hellenic Air Force
Hi everyone!
This is my fast build Italeri 1/72 RF-4E that I offered as a gift to a friend of mine some days ago.
You can read the full build article following the link below (at my beloved site M2), if you so wish:
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Thanks for [...]
Tamiya 1/72 Fw-190 A3 – Black 27 5th Fighter Regiment "Blackhead" Karabas Company
Hi There,
This wee kit almost built itself. ~Everything fitted and only a minor amount of Mr. Dissolved Putty was required for the wing edges.
I wasn't certain what the interior cockpit colour should be so went with RLM66.
Painted with [...]
Fujimi Aichi B7A Ryusei 流星 “Grace”
The Aichi Ryusei (Allied reporting name “Grace”) was a Japanese carrier-based attack aircraft which was intended to serve as a torpedo-, dive-, and level-bomber aboard the Taiho and Shinano. Both ships were sunk before the Ryusei [...]
1/72 Swiss Bf-109G-6
The history of the Bf-109 is well documented and so I'm not going it into it today 🙂
About a week ago, in the midle of some long-time buildings, I felt like a fast build.
Browsing through my stash, I found an old, simple (maybe too [...]
SBD-4 Dauntless from Hasegawa in 1/72 scale with cardboard carrier island
SBD-4 Dauntless from Hasegawa in 1/72
Today I want to show you my SBD-4 Dauntless from Hasegawa in 1/72 scale. In order to give my model a beautiful environment, I modeled the island of an aircraft carrier out of cardboard. The island [...]
Monogram HU-16B Albatross – my Father’s plane
First post on this incredible site. I’m an RC guy who has recently rediscovered my youth in plastic airplanes. I have a LOT to learn from the talent on this site, so thank you to all of the contributors.
For years I’ve wanted to [...]
1/72 Messerschmitt Bf 109E-4
Picked this up at the local toyshop. One half of the Airfix Dogfight Doubles (the other being the Spitfire Mk I that I am currently working on). Pretty fun kit. Only a couple of small crises during the build - temporarily lost a tail-plane [...]
Exploring the Dora
So back when I first started going to model shows with my Modeling Mentor, I was stocking up on cheap kits (long term retirement planning of the less practical kind) - 5 bucks or so, often multiple kits jammed in to the box. Eventually I [...]
The tale of two kits, Revell P-40E and P-40K, 1/72
The vintage P-40E dates back to 1964[my example is actually1971], The P-40K kit was produced in the mid 1990's. When I looked over the K it looked very similar to the old E kit, It looks like some where along the way some one updated the [...]
