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Airfix 1/72 Ju-87 B-1 Stuka
I started this build well before my knee replacement surgery in mid-July, and just finished it this week! Post surgery I lost my mojo for a while, but am finally back on the bench.
This is the new-tool kit, is well-engineered and was a [...]
Lockheed F104G Starfighter, Italeri, 1/72
So much has already been said about this iconic aircraft and recently Spiros @fiveten wrote a nice article while presenting his Starfighter in Greek livery.
This build is part of the triple build by George @gblair, Spiros @fiveten and [...]
Matchbox 1/72 Me-262 (PK-21)
This is a 40 year old build that needed a good cleaning and it also needed to complete the painting on the fuselage and engine nacelle's sides. When I built this in 1985, I never applied the mottle paint patterns. I think I gave up on it [...]
Westland Sea King HAS 2 (AEW), XV704, 824 Sqn "D" Flight, HMS Illustrious, Royal Navy, 1982.
1/72 Dragon, built 05-2021 to 12-2024 for the Falklands war GB, more pic's, details there.
A “Bad Project”.... I correct: a Bat Project: Howard Hughes Beoing 307 Stratoliner or a metamorphosis in four acts!
“Metamorphosis” is the beautiful word to describe a far-reaching transformation or complex redesign. Why am I writing this here? On closer examination of the eventful history of the Boeing 307 Stratoliner, I came up with this term: it [...]
1/72 “Doolittle Raider” B-25B Mitchell
Third time's the charm.
I started on a model of a B-25 Mitchell medium bomber - the plane used by the Doolittle Raiders in April 1942 - over 30 years ago, but never finished it. While at King's Hobby in Austin in the summer of 2015, I [...]
Italeri 1/72 F-104G Starfighter
The origins of the “G” version of the Starfighter can be traced back in 1957, when the German Air Staff issued a Paper asking for a single aircraft to fulfill its fighter, fighter-bomber and reconnaissance mission requirements. Towards [...]
Review: 3D printed Polish stopgap
The final kit awaiting replacement decals was the Lukgraph PWS-10 fighter. This is available in 3D printed form from Lukgraph of Poland. One can choose either 1/32, 1/48 or 1/72 scales with prices varying with size. Having used 3D printed [...]
Vespid Models Jagdpanzer 38(t) Hetzer
Here is a pair of the Vespid Models Jagdpanzer 38(t) Hetzer (early production) kits. Some manufacturers get a whole lot of mileage from their Hetzer tools – Attack has 13 in their line-up and UM has 15, we’ll see how far Vespid goes [...]
Another Fokker D.XXI
As the custom decals I ordered arrived I was able to complete several unfinished models and this is the second one of them. The model was inspired by Spiros' (@fiveten) superb PM models Fokker D.XXI last year. It's a plane that has a [...]
