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Airfix 1/72 Hawker Hurricane Mk.I early
This is the new Hawker Hurricane Mk.I by Airfix. I added a ring and bead gun sight, made out of twist tie wire, as well as the pitot tubes made of the same wire.
I also added Quickboost exhausts, and CMK five spoke wheels
Decals are Iliad [...]
Airfix Folland Gnat T.1, 1/72
Except for a lot of add-on details in the cockpit (punched instrument faces, reworked ejection seats, sawn-open canopy, it's basically stock. Solid overall detailing, but still before Airfix really hit its stride in the past couple of [...]
Tamiya 1/72 P-51D
Not a lot of major stuff to do, but added seat straps, drop tank plumbing and fin antenna for tail-warning radar. Also made Spitfire-type rear view mirrors for windscreen. Installed wheel doors assymetrically drooped per photos
Painted [...]
Airfix 1/72 Spitfire Mk I from February 2015.
Painted with Humbrol, Testors and Model Master Enamels, rust colors in exhausts from Life Color.
Seat from Quickboost and photoetched Ring and Bead sight from Eduard.
Improvements in control surfaces, propeller axle, brass aerial post and [...]
Three P-51 Mustangs. 1/72 Tamiya, 1/72 Monogram, and 1/48 Pegasus
The first three pictures are of the Tamiya 1/72 P-51D with Canadian markings, the next three are the old Monogram 1/72 P-51B with Australian markings, and lastly is the Pegasus 1/48 snap-fit kit, also with Aussie markings. The Tamiya kit [...]
1:72 Revell B-17G 'Little Miss Mischief'
Probably my best build for 2013 and the best competition result of any kit I've built. She took Best in show at the Daymns Hall Show in August 2013.
I researched LMM for this build and here is the concise version of my findings:
"Lt [...]
Morser Karl
Hello and Happy New Year!))) My first model this year, the great and terrible))). Collected out of the box, then there is no intervention. All pleasant viewing!
Dewoitine D.520 (HobbyBoss 1/72)
I have nothing special to say about this model. Started in 2015, finished in 2016 – building it was a joy. This is completely OOB, just for fun as modeling should be.
Painted with Vallejo and Gunze acrylics, weathered with oils and [...]
1:72 Airfix Mig 15
One of my first forays into 1:72, Airfix's Mig 15 finished as an example from Cuba
1:72 Zero's (Pearl Harbour)
Three Zero's representing Zero's from three of the six Japanese carriers at the Pearl Harbour attack (please don't ask me which carriers).
Made up from two Hasegawa and one Airfix but mainly using the Hasegawa decals, all painted with [...]
