1/72 scale modeling
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This started out as a 1/72 Airfix Westland "Whirlwind". A few cuts, a few added pieces, a few cold beers, and here we are. I forgot to ad, a few squirts of rattle can aluminum. No detail, no reference, nothing but FUN !
The Blackburn Firebrand was the largest single-seat piston-engine aircraft operated from British aircraft carriers. The aircraft was designed in response to the requirements of Specification N.I 1/40 as the B-37. The specification called [...]
I built this back in 2007. This 1/72 kit by Aki can stand close comparison with the magnificent 1/32 Fisher Sea Fury in terms of detail and production quality, which is remarkable when one considers this is done in the smaller scale. This [...]
When I was a kid in the early 1970's I loved the Hampden and built (at least) one very badly but loved it all the same, I decided for a bit of nostalgia to have another go and this time see if I could make a half descent job of it, you can [...]
Well it's certainly been a while since I posted anything on iModeller so I thought I would show you what I've been building in the last couple of years,I'll kick off with a civilianised B17 G based on the lovely Academy 1/72 kit and using [...]
This model is reminiscent of the times when airplanes have not yet put the machine guns. Air battles were fought from personal weapons and using ingenuity. Kozakov has equipped its Moran coil and an anchor rope. This anchor he clung to the [...]
This is the Trumpeter F-100D in 1/72 scale. Completed model number six for the year. I started this one in March completing about 85% of the model when a few problems with kit frustrated me to the point of putting it aside. The misshapen [...]
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This is the 1/72 Mirage F.1C from Special Hobby. I decide to represent the number 84 (3/12 of Cornwall squadron) during a visit to Tours in September 1979.
The pilot is on board, the reactor is running, additional traps air inlets are [...]
Can't let my friend Scott's great Sumoa go unanswered. I just finished a Dragon Pzkw III Ausf. J. Great little kit. Plenty of detail for the scale. Painted predominantly with Tamiya German Gray and Deck Tan applied in washes and via [...]
1/72 Revell, my first Wessex, I modified, replaced and added a few things, finished in Revell and MM enamels with Future over Aussie decals.