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J4F-1 Widgeon. Brand new kit from Kovozavody Prostejov 1/72
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As you have noticed, I have recently excelled in projects concerning flying boats. However, until now I have not dared to make a sea surface. This changed with the last project. In fact, completely by accident I found a new product [...]
"American Samurai" – F-15J Eagle, 1/72
Hi folks,
I finally managed to finish something: The amazing F-15J Eagle from Fine Molds in 1/72 scale.
I used Kris Sieber's "Ink" weathering method, because his F-15 build really inspired me.
Additionally, I...
scratch built [...]
AB 204B, 15 29, Italian Air Force, SAR 1963.
1/72 Italeri, AB 204B / Bell UH 1F, built 07-2023 to 05-2024 for the Italian Air Force 100th GB, more pic's, details there.
Airfix Gloster Gladiator Mk.II 1/72
I enjoy building late 1930 / early war planes from the RAF. I like the planes and i find the schemes interesting. So naturally i have wanted to build the Airfix Gladiator for awhile now. The kit is great except for the cockpit door, its [...]
1/72 Junkers Ju 88C-6, Zerstörer variant of the Schnellbomber
T'was the night before the night before Christmas...and I got my final build in for 2024.
The Ju 88 was originally a Schellbomber, but this C-6 is the Zerstörer variant with quite a few guns. I started this Ju 88C-6 a few months ago, [...]
Arma Hobby Bell Airacobra Builds
Here are a pair of Arma Hobby Bell P-39D / P-400 Airacobras which I recently completed. The Arma P-39s are excellent kits which build up well and look the part, these were built OOB with no aftermarket or scratchbuilding of any kind. [...]
Hasegawa 1/72 Stealth Fighter
Work on what would become the F-117 commenced in the 1970s as a means of countering increasingly sophisticated Soviet surface-to-air missiles (SAMs). During 1976, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) issued Lockheed with a [...]
AMX Mk. 61 105mm Self Propelled Howitzer (1/72)
Just a few days before he underwent major heart surgery my father in law told me about his military service. During that time he was trained to drive an “AMX-tank”, but this being more than 50 years ago, unfortunately he didn’t [...]
1/72 Mosquito PR. XVI.
This is the recent Airfix kit built with Barracuda 3D printed landing gear. It’s an amazing addition to an already solid kit. I also used Kits World seatbelts and Eduard masks for the glass. Precut masks are a lifesaver on 1/72 kits [...]
Nakajima B5N2 “Kate”
I finally got the last of my three 1941 IJN aircraft across the finish line today. I built a 1989 boxing of Hasegawa's Kate as Cdr Fuchida's aircraft at Pearl Harbor, AI-301, piloted by Lt. Mitsuo Matsuzaki. Fuchida led Akagi's high [...]
