1/72 scale modeling
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1/72 Revell Monogram Babylon 5 Starfury
This is built with some modifications. The kit is kinda of a dog...Raised panel lines and does NOT fit well at all. I guess it was in the toy realm of its era.
I added some gun barrels from plastic tube stoch and modified the main guns. [...]
Beechcraft King Air 350, A32-346, School of Air Warfare, 32 Sqn RAAF, East Sale Vic 2004.
1/72 RVHP, resin kit, started 02-2016 finished 12-2022, probably not the best or worst resin kit but I think the end result is worth the effort !
"The Two Faces of the Atlas", Part II: John Glenn and Friendship 7 on Mercury Mission MA-6!
NASA's namesakes loved (and love) to be mythological and classical: an overview of the space flight programmes and spaceship names buzzes with gods and goddesses from classical Greek mythology. One god's name in particular stands out from [...]
Arma Hobby 1/72 Bell Airacobra P39Q.
Yet another exquisite kit from Arma Hobbies that was a joy to build OOB.
No issues to note other than the ones I created for myself.
As with all Arma kits careful placement will repay you in the end.
Primed with Mr. Surfacer 1500 [...]
RS Models XP-79B
Conceived in the 1940s as a speedy, rocket-powered fighter aircraft, the XP-79 was one of Jack Northrop's early flying wing prototypes. The aircraft was constructed from welded magnesium to be sturdy but light; the pilot flew the craft [...]
Brazilian Air Force Trainers : T-23 Uirapuru & T-27 Tucano – Duarte Models & Masterkit 1/72
Built for a friend of mine,a retired Brazilian AF Colonel,both limited edition kits,long ago out of market here in Brazil...not good works,I admit,but perhaps they are interesting to take a quick look.Thanks for visiting.
"The two faces of the Atlas", Part I: Convair SM-65 Atlas D, US first intercontinental ballistic missile
How do you write about a model that is a weapon of mass destruction? The Convair SM-65 Atlas was the first intercontinental ballistic missile available to the Strategic Air Command (SAC) of the US Air Force from 1959. Both the partly [...]
Bell 206B-1 Kiowa, N17-006 896, 723 Sqn RAN, HMAS Albatross, Nowra NSW 1988 - 2000.
1/72 Italeri, started early 2013, finished 2022, featured in the helicopter GB, more pic's, details there, one of 56 in ADF service, delivered 1971, transferred to RAN 1988, returned to Army 2000, sold 2017.
Santa Fe Airways Sky Chief Acoma
My wife comes from a Santa Fe Railroad family. Many of her family members worked for the railroad or were Harvey Girls in the famous Fred Harvey restaurants that served the lines’ passengers.
One day about a year ago, I saw a decal sheet [...]
