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1/72 Trumpeter M1A1 Mine Cleaning Tank
After I built my Patton tank in 1998 I continued to build more of armor models. Here's another one that I built in February, 2016.
The real tank had what they called a "Blade Cleaning System " attached to the front of the big [...]
Heller 1/72 Lockheed EC-121 "Warning Star"
BIG ! This is a large, old kit, that shows both it's size and age. There are several aftermarket kits, for those who want to upgrade. Mine is straight from the box. There are few parts, but a lot of plastic, and it takes a lot of [...]
A “Ford” I Like
We all run into those kits that for one reason or another turns into a challenge to complete and takes much longer than anticipated. Well this one turned out to be one of those for me. I won’t bore you with the details except to say [...]
FINISHED!!! Fw 190 and He 162
I'm finished with both the 162 and 190. I'm very proud of both of these models, especially the 162, because I feel like I got them both right! Yes, there was an emergency paint change on the 162, (long story, spilled and ran out of [...]
Mach2 1/72 AJ-2 Savage
Our club started a cold war build last summer, to be revealed at our December meeting, and this is the subject I selected. It was only a few years ago I became aware of the Savage - the first carrier-born bomber capable of nuclear [...]
1/72 F-14A VF-32 Mig-killer "Gypsy 202"
Kit: Hasegawa 1/72 Grumman F-14A Tomcat "USS John F. Kennedy Fighter Squadrons"
History: On January 4, 1989, two US F-14 Tomcats of VF-32 Swordsmen downed two Lybian Mig-23 floggers. The Tomcats were AC-207 flying lead and AC-202 [...]
F-4E 3rd TFW ‘Bataan’
It was the year of 2002, that I built 1/48 shark-mouthed F-4E. Since 2012, I have focused on 1/72 scale only, but have been eager to make this F-4E again in that scale, wearing this sharkmouth that, I believe, is the most handsome of all [...]
Revell Convair Tradewind – Restoration
Since I am not as young as some hobby friends, I have many recordings of the good times of Revell in Brazil, between the ages of 60's and 70's. I intend to build some models that make me return in time, as a rescue of the memory of [...]
Suhoy Su-2 ICM 1/72
Long time no see, finally i˙ve managed to finish something so here it is, Su-2 from ICM of Ukraine, not a very successful plane as i˙ve read in various books, but still a nice plane. The kit itself is a tipical ICM, some hard spots here [...]
