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A6M5C Zero – Academy 1/72
In my collection there is almost nothing about Japanese artifacts, so I decided to build this so much important aircraft of that country, operated during WWII. I chose A6M5C Zero Fighter 1/72 scale from Academy kit, (Naval Pilot Takeo [...]
Matchbox 1/72 Douglas A-20G Havoc (Green Hornet)
Another build from the Matchbox Group Build to celebrate Matchbox's 50th Anniversary to when they first released plastic model kits.
This may not be the best A-20 out there but I feel for its time, Matchbox did a nice job on providing the [...]
1/72 KP Supermarine Spitfire PR. Mk.XI "SEAC"
A kit that gave me no issues at all. Any problems along the way were caused purely by me.
The fit was fantastic and only required the smallest amount of filler.
Primed with Tamiya Neutral Grey,
Painted with Colourcoats PRU Blue, Medium Sea [...]
Academy 1/72 F4F-4 Wildcat, Atlantic Theater
This was a nice little kit – engraved panel lines and some larger fastener details around the cowl/nose area. They were a bit like new Airfix kits, waaayyy over scale! I added a few additional missing panel lines and then riveted the [...]
An Old Basset
I don’t know what possessed me (okay, it was probably the cool box art) but I saw this in the local hobby shop and had to take it home. First issued in 1968 it shows its age with a very simplified cockpit (although I’m sure the real [...]
Special Hobby 1/72 Harvard MkIIA
A reboxing of the Academy plastic with some lovely resin bits and transparencies from Special Hobby and surgical instructions to covert the Texan to the Harvard.
No real issues with the fit, my only complaint would be that the masking set [...]
The First and the Last: Junkers F.13 & Mistel 5
The eerie hissing sound of the three jet engines shattered the night's peace. No time to waste, every pound of fuel was precious. Taxiing the clunky looking but really solid Mistel, many controversial thoughts kept on crossing his mind. [...]
Tamiya 1/72 F4U-1A Chance-Vought Corsair.
Tamiya 1/72 F4U-1A Chance-Vought Corsair. Piloted by LT(jg) Doris "Chico" Freeman, VF-17 Jolly Rogers. He would claim two victories with VF-17 and an additional seven with VF-84.
Improvements include:
Quinta Studios [...]
Revell Nakajima Gekko J1N1, 1/72
Hello friends,
I recently started a new subject, since my dad passed away, I decided to find the old kits that we built when I was a kid, from the end of the 70s to the end of the 80s. It's not an easy task, because there are few left, [...]
Kayaba Ka-Go Ka-1 (FineMolds 1/72)
This was a kit I've bought recently for no reason in my local hobby shop. Just an interesting unusual prototype, and it was looking as an easy kit to build. And so it was. It took me just four days to complete it. Nice OOB (well, not [...]
