1/72 scale modeling
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1/72 Roden Pfalz D.III Silver Stag
This isn't a recent build and I've never posted the photos, due to the incorrect lower wing. The kit part was poorly cast, (odd for Roden), so I just built it anyway with the extra wing, for the rigging practice.
My a fore mentioned method [...]
A Catalina for my Dad.
Having only just joined this site, I was/am a little reticent about posting an article in to 'Headlines' - it seems a little 'pushy' to me. However a couple of the guys suggested it would be fine and it's likely a few more folks may see it [...]
1/72 Italeri SM.82 Marsupiale
This is Italeri's Savoia-Marchetti 82 Marsupiale, presented in the early three banded scheme. A big hunk of plastic for sure. The kit has some nice features; weighted wheels, position able control surfaces, good internal detail, and three [...]
Review: Airfix 1/72 Dornier Do-17Z
The Dornier Do-17 series was referred to as the Fliegender Bleistift ("flying pencil"), due to its narrow fuselage. The original story about the origins of the Do-17 was that it was designed as a fast mail plane with limited [...]
1/72 scale Hasegawa Beaufighter MK VI
This model was built 11 years and was one of the first 1/72 scale projects I completed in this scale. After years of thinking 1/48 scale was the only thing worth building I was presently surprised how much fun this scale could be, [...]
Italeri C-130A Hercules, 36 SQN RAAF
As you may have figured out by now, I like to build larger aircraft types in 1/72.
This is the Italeri C-130E/H kit (1/72) built as a C-130A from 36SQN RAAF. Decals are from an Aussie Decals sheet and the A model propellers and fuel tanks [...]
B707 Tanker – RAAF 33 SQN RAAF
This is an Airfix E-3 kit built as a B707. I used the JT3 engines from the kit and left off the AEW specific parts. Decals and tanker conversion parts are from Hawkeye Models Australia.
Hercules C.1 XV292
Finished this not long ago after it languished on the shelf of doom for 18 months. As it had been masked up for so long it was difficult to remove the cockpit masking. Patched up the cracked paint as best I could.
The kit is the original [...]
1/72 Italeri CANT Z.501 Gabbiano
This is an old Italeri kit that I bought from a collector and managed to spruce up a bit. I re-scribed the main wing along with some other details around the engine nacelle and radiator, I re-positioned the tail control surfaces, added [...]
In the belly of the whale
I'd intended to build this Airfix 1/72 LFG Roland C-II Walfisch (whale) with minimal upgrading, but with only giant pegs and a blobby aircrew in the cockpit (not surprising for a 1965 tooling) the interior needed a bit of help. Referring [...]
