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A picture, a story, and a really old model airplane
This build started out with a picture:
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It's an A-20B, AAF serial 41-3441 of the 47th BG, 97th BS at Vesuvius Airbase in Italy. I found it while randomly surfing at work one afternoon (yes, I was bored) and photo was so cool I [...]
Going to challenge my modeling skills....and try a diorama of this picture......
Its been a long time since I've been on this site...had alot going on and have not been doing any building...fixing to start a new project though..I'm use to just building out of the box or using a few resin bits and aftermarket decals. [...]
Airfix Hawk T.1A
Airfix 1/72nd nearly finished. Special markings, one of the most involved masking jobs I've ever done. Most of the white is decal, everything else is masked and sprayed. Another publicity model for Airfix.
Airfix Harrier GR.1
New tool 1/72nd scale kit built straight from the box, finished with the marking from the beginner set. Publicity model for Airfix
Nantucket Lightship (WLV-613) On Station, 1975
"The two loneliest things I ever saw" mused an old whaling captain "was a polar bear on an ice floe and the second thing was the Nantucket Lightship".
Lightships were the technological answer to building a lighthouse [...]
1/72 Airfix Fairey Swordfish II
This the very old airfix kit of what was affectionately known as the "Stringbag". The Swordfish has a storied career, which you can read all about elsewhere. It's about as straight forward as any Airfix bi-plane of that era. [...]
AirFix 1:72 Bf109 e-4
AirFix's new tool kits are getting better and better, though they still need a little work to get them up to current standards. panel lines are not too deep and fit is excellent. i am no judge on shape issues. i've built the ICM e-3 109 [...]
1/72 Lindberg Heinkel He-219
What do you do with a Lindberg kit ? What do you do with one that's missing parts? Can't give it away, or sell it, so just have some fun with it ! Take a color you have little use for, some decals, you don't need and build a [...]
ICM 1/72 Tupolev SB- High-speed bomber
Greetings to all of its fresh model, it is the next fastest build out of the box))). This time, it's high-speed bomber Tupolev / Archangel, SB. Have proved effective in the war in Spain, the aircraft is out of date by 1941, and could not [...]
Anigrand all resin 1/72 MiG-31 Firefox
When this movie came out in 1982, I just had to have a model of the Firefox. Now, thanks to Anigrand and Rare-Plane Detective's booth at the Colorado Nats, I finally have one. The kit is fairly simple, consisting of appx. 26 parts, [...]
