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Academy F-15C Eagle.
Hi friends, here's my latest work, an F-15 C Eagle from Academy. I opted for the Alaska National Air Guard version. The kit had good quality, with good fittings, almost no use of puty for corrections. I chosed the black polyester base [...]
Macchi C.202 Folgore ‘Franco Lucchini’
Hi, iModeler friends.
Here's my second post - Macchi C.202 flown by Capt. Franco Lucchini.
Built from Hasegawa 1/72 kit.
In 2005, I read Sky Model magazine and found Mr. Arrigo Babini's fantastic MC.202. From then, I've been dreaming of [...]
Europe, 1939/40. Vintage JU-87 B – Stuka, Airfix 1/72
Hi all,
This is a 1973/6 rebox Airfix kit (altough the box is from the 70’s, acording to ScaleMates the tool is from 1957) which I had started back in 1980's and putted aside due to its lack of detail for the past 30 years.
The kit had [...]
Akitsushima, Scratchbuilt Japanese Seaplane Tender in 1/72 Scale
Long time lurker, but this is my first attempt at posting. This is my largest scratchbuilt project to date, the Imperial Japanese Navy seaplane tender Akitsushima in 1/72 scale. The project was inspired by Hasegawa's announcement of [...]
JU-87 D3 – Stuka – Hobby Boss, 1/72
This is a plane I built to a friend.
It represents one of Hans-Ulrich Rudel planes, ence the chevrons, yellow stripes on the wings and the green nose (as he describes in his book).
The kit is from Hoby-boss, on 1/72 scale, and seems quite [...]
Tu-22m3 – Beauty & the Beast
This is a small step for mankind, but a glorious one for my workbench - I finished a model!
Yes, the “GoT” concludes before “GoTh” and I cannot be happier about the epilogue. Eat my dust George R. R.! To keep up with the acronyms [...]
TA-4J Skyhawk of VC-2 NAS Oceana Va. 1975. Hasegawa 1/72
This is Hasegawa's Blue Angel boxing of the TA-4J Skyhawk, the kit gives you a choice of doing a single seat or the trainer version. I chose to do the dual seat version in the markings of VC-2 [ Fleet Composite Squadron] stationed at NAS [...]
Mercury Spacecraft from HORIZON MODELS 1/72
HORIZON MODELS from Australia are specialized on spacecraft from the cold war era. They produce launch systems and modules, too. The kit was a birthday surprise from my lovely wife. It also includes a stand and the Mercury logo. I built an [...]
1/72 Vickers Wellington Mk. Ia
This is the brand new Airfix Mk. Ia/Ic kit. What a treat this one is! Packed into this 1/72 scale Wellington is a complete interior. I built the Mk. Ia version because the extensive fuselage glazing isn’t painted over. I wanted to see [...]