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The "Southern Cross" over the South Pacific: Kingsford-Smith's Fokker F.VII can tell a truly exciting story!
The Fokker F.VII "Trimotor" was undoubtedly one of the great designs in the history of aviation. Its design reflected the optimistic spirit of the up-and-coming aviation of the early 1920s, just as the success story or stories of [...]
MiG-21R from 32nd PLRT at Sochaczew (c.a. 1987) ; (mainly) Eduard ; 1/72
MiG-21R - representative of the third generation of MiG-21 aircraft. 36 aircrafts of this variant were used in Poland.
MiG-21R with the side number 1507 - one of MiG-21Rs stationed at the 32nd Tactical Reconnaissance Air Regiment at [...]
Hasegawa TBF-1C Avenger
This is the 1/72-scale Hasegawa TBF/TBM 1-C Avenger from 1995. It's a quality kit: good surface detail and nice fit. My son built the Academy kit alongside me, and my impressions are that the Hasegawa has more detail in places, like [...]
MiG-21MF-75 from 34th PLM at Babie Doły ; Eduard ; 1/72
MiG-21MF - representative of the third generation of MiG-21 aircraft. Quite numerous in Poland (120 pieces).
MiG-21MF-75 with the side number 7399 - one of twenty MiG-21MF-75s delivered to Poland, produced at the Gorky factory. It was [...]
My 2023 Builds
It has been a while since my last post so I figured I better get my wheels rolling again. A little late on posting my builds from 2023 but here they are.
A little different year for me but happy with the results. I had my usual fun [...]
Percival Prince 3, A90-1, Air Trials Unit, RAAF, Woomera SA 1953.
1/72 Special Hobby Pembroke kit with Magna Models bits and as reference for conversion, built 04-2021 to 03-2023 for the SuaF GB, more pic's and details there.
Fortress II RAF Coastal Command – 1/72 Academy
Took way too long on this one, getting frustrated with too many oops's.
Kit decals (disintegrating decals were saved with a coat of Testors decal spray)
CMR resin bomb-bay set (although the kit set is pretty good)
Perspex nose window [...]
Fokker D.VII F 5125/18 Hermann Göring
Roden 1/72. Hermann Göring’s Fokker D.VII F 5125/18.
Gulfstream MC-55A Peregrine (G-550), 10SQN RAAF
The MC-55A Peregrine will replace the now retired AP-3C(EW) Orion aircraft in Royal Australian Air Force service. It has been developed as an ISR/EW (Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance /Electronic Warfare) platform using the [...]
