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1/72 Academy F-8E Crusader
I finished this today. Academy 1/72 F-8E. The model was painted with MRP paints. I added a resin ejection seat and wheels as well as a Master pitot tube. Markings are by Furball Aero-Design. The model depicts a F-8E of VF-101 "Satans [...]
Academy B-17E in the Hawaiian Air Depot Scheme in 1/72 Scale
Here is another Flying Fortress in the Hawaiian Air Depot camouflage, this time serial 41-2437. This is one of two HAD scheme Fortresses seen in John Ford's documentary film of the Battle of Midway. The U. S. national markings were [...]
Eduard 1/72 Fw 190 A-8/R8
I thought I was done with Fw 190’s for a bit after I had finished my recent build of “Priller’s Würger” for this year’s EagleQuest. At that event I was discussing with a friend, Jerry Hendrickson, the “fun” I had closing up [...]
MiG 29 “Fulcrum”, 28, Sokoly Rossii “Falcons of Russia”, 65th anniversary SSFR Lipetsk 2006.
1/72 Fujimi boxing of Italeri kit, Hasegawa decals, finished in Tamiya and MM enamels custom mix with Pledge over decals, started in 2015, finished for the MiG group build, more details and pic's there.
FW190A-2 Hptm. Hans Hahn Gruppenkommandeur III./JG2, (Tamiya 1/72)
This is my latest kit finished. Tamiya kit (60766).
Built mostly straight out of the box with the following improvements:
Eduard pre-painted photo etched seat belts
Replace the wing cannons by 1mm metal tubes
Replace the pitot tube using [...]
Boeing FA 18A Hornet, A21-26, 2 OCU RAAF Williamtown NSW 2005.
1/72 Fujimi, I started this in 2015, finished in MM enamels with Future over Leading Edge decals which are not intended for Fujimi kit ! it has Quickboost seat with scratch built ASRAAM's and antennae, completed for the nose art group [...]
1967 Thunderbirds F-100D Super Sabre – Italeri 1/72
THE F-100D ERA
on May 25, 1953, the Air Force’s official air demonstration team, designated the 3600th Air Demonstration Unit, was activated at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz. The unit adopted the name “Thunderbirds,” influenced in part [...]
Corsair F4U-1D USS Cape Gloucester
Here are some images of my 1:72 Tamiya F4U-1D Corsair, as it flew from the USS Cape Gloucester off Okinawa in 1945.
The kit, actually my first Tamiya ever, is a joy to build with great fit and all. However, it is too bad the flaps are [...]
1/72 Academy press-fit F/A-18F
A fellow iModeler is building the Academy press-fit F-4J, so I decided to show my F/A-18F. It build up quickly and is an impressively-engineered model. Check out George's progress on his F-4J here...
Check it out here: (link)
Enjoy!
Mike
AMMO by Mig Jimenez 1/72 T-54b
The first T54s saw prototype production in the late 1945 but it was introduced to public in 1949. Until the end of production many machines were produced, nearly up to incredibly 100.000 unit were made! The greatest number in military [...]
