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Tiger I Side-by-Side Comparison Build, Vespid and Border Kits
This was a side-by-side comparison build of the Vespid and Border Tiger I kits in 1/72 scale to see how they stack up. Here are the finished models with their crews in place, Vespid on the left and Border on the right. The models were [...]
Airfix Consolidated Liberator 24H 1/72
This was a kit i was looking forward to building as soon as it was announced. It boasts great detail and the fit is great overall. As for the build, i wanted to emphasize preshading a lot this time and i worked with oil colors extensively. [...]
1/72 USAAF Spitfire Vc trop.
This is the second Airfix Spitfire Vc that I built for Roy Sutherland’s Barracuda Studios FB New Years group build. This one also used a scheme provided in the kit for a 307th FS plane in Algeria in 1942. I used Barracuda wheels, prop [...]
1/72 SAAF Spitfire Vc trop.
This is the newish Airfix kit finished with kit decals for a South African No.2 Squadron four cannon Spitfire based in Italy in 1943. I’ve always wanted one of these in my collection and Airfix provided it out of the box with this [...]
Fairey Battle mk. I Azur / Frrom AASF, France 1940.
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First of all, I invite you to watch the video. I think this time I managed to present the new product I built to the first person on YT. I waited a long time for a good Fairey Battle model and I finally got it. The construction of [...]
1/72 Airfix Mosquito
This build is of an initial boxing of the old 1972 Airfix Mosquito that I picked up on a sale table. There’s a far better 2021 new tool Airfix but this is my first Mossie so thought I’d start with an easy one. I decided to finish it [...]
1/72 SBD-3 "Dauntless" – Lt. Richard Best at Midway
This build is of the new Flyhawk kit, and represents the aircraft flown by Lt. Richard H. Best, commander of Bombing 6, and & ACRM(PA) J.F. Murray on the U.S.S. Enterprise (CV-6) at the Battle of Midway on 4 June 1942.
On June 4, [...]
Lockheed Vega DL 1A, A42-1, 3 Communications Unit RAAF, Mascot Sydney 1944.
1/72 MPM, built 02-2023 to 02-2024, check out ADF serials for the subjects history, my reference suggested overall foliage green so it's painted in MM 34092 enamel with decals from my spares folder applied with Pledge and a coat of [...]
Jagdpanther Sd.Kfz.173
The Jagdpanther has always been a popular subject with modelers and there is no shortage of kits available in all the popular scales. The latest Jagdpanther in 1/72 scale is this 2021 offering from Vespid which depicts a late production [...]
Airfix 1/72 Spitfire Mk.Ia
This is a 1983 build of Airfix's Spitfire Mk.I that was first released in 1978, kit No. 01065-0. I remember this as a very nice kit that falls together quite nicely and it looks pretty accurate.
This is a straight out of the box build, [...]
