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Zvezda Kamov Ka-50 Hokum
The Kamov Ka-50 “Black Shark”, better known in the West by its NATO reporting name “Hokum”, is a Russian attack helicopter distinguished by its coaxial dual rotors. Compared to single rotor designs, the Hokum exhibits improved [...]
Grumman FM-2 Wildcat "The wildest Wildcat", ArmaHobby 1/72
A bit about the aircraft:
The Grumman FM-2 Wildcat is an improved version of the F4F-4 variant. The most noticeable difference is the larger tail fin, furthermore an improved powerplant was installed and the ammunition capacity was [...]
1/72 Grumman F8F-2 Bearcat
This is my first completed build since 2021 - a small one, to be sure, but a completed build nonetheless. I have been wanting to learn more about the Bearcat for some time - all I knew about it was that the Bearcats on the old Revell [...]
Swiss Air Force Northrop Tiger F-5F Trainer
The procurement of 72 "Tiger" - aircraft for the air force also included
six F-5F two-seater aircraft. With this two-seater, the Luftwaffe received for the first time an aircraft in which the front pilot's cabin is absolutely [...]
IDF Merkava Mk.IV (1/72)
This is one of my first finished projects in 1/72nd scale.
For this project i've used the HobbyBoss Merkava Mk.IV (82915).
A nice kit with good details.
I removed the fan and exhaust grills and changed them through PE grills.
I also [...]
1/72 Trumpeter Mig-31 Foxhound
The Mig-31 (NATO codename: Foxhound) is a two seat long range interceptor designed with four primary missions in mind:
1 Defence of the Motherland from long range cruise missiles and their launch aircraft.
2 Intercept and destroy UAVs and [...]
Airfix 1/72 McDonnell Douglas Phantom FG.1
I really enjoyed this coming together, well, except for all those flaming stencils.
Yes they are all on and I totalled the time out at 10 1/2 hrs for the main fuselage ones alone.
There were one or two tricky moments with the intakes [...]
Korean War Group Build – Vought F4U-4 Corsair, Hobby Boss 1/72
Sometimes, things that weren't planned work out pretty well, and this was one of them. The spark for this one came from our club's contest theme for this year, Big and Little, in which the subject is built in two different scales with the [...]
Brengun MXY-7 Ohka, Models 11 & 22 (1/72)
The Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka was a human-guided bomb used by Japan in the latter days of WWII. Translating to “cherry blossom”, its official name of “Navy Suicide Attacker” hardly evokes thoughts of delicate pink petals lazily drifting [...]
Post War Brits
So let's start with the wee BAC Jet Provost:
Truthfully there isn't too much to say, enough has been written about this wee gem, so I'm not going to try to add anything other than this:
If you need a 'mojo restoration project' , you could [...]
