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1/72 Macchi C.200, Hobby Boss 80291
I learned a few things building this Macchi C.200 from Hobby Boss (#80291). First thing as the name, Saetta translates to Lightning. Another was the initial C. stood for Castoldi to emphasize recognition of the Macchi company chief [...]
1/72 ‘Micro Stinger’ Bf-108B, I./ZG 1, Heller Kit 077
When I found Owl Decal sheet OWLDS72099 featuring a Bf-108 with I. Gruppe of the Zerstörergeschwader 1, I figured I had to build a ‘Micro Stinger ‘ to display next to my ‘Little Stinger’ Bf-109.
This Heller kit was first molded in [...]
De Havilland DH 60G Gipsy Moth, A7-55, Seaplane Training Flight RAAF, Point Cook, Victoria 1936.
1/72 Avis, built 10-2020 to 03-2022 for the DH 100 GB, more pic's, details there, ------
A7-55 the only one, built at the Cockatoo Island Naval Dockyard in 1931 under the supervision of Lawrence Wackett, it was used to locate the missing [...]
1/72 Heinkel He 100 (a.k.a. He 113), Lindberg kit 435-39
Crikey! This kit is almost as old as I am!
Scalemates shows that the Lindberg Heinkel He 100 Kit 435-39 was first released in 1965. Lindberg put the kit out again several times over the years, Revell also issued the kit in 1984. [...]
SNJ-2 conversion, Skytypers 1/72, Heller
I first saw a SNJ around 1961 i was all of five years old. We lived close to Flushing airport in a part of Queens NY. You could see the airfield from my bedroom window. Hearing six radial engines taking of one after another, I could [...]
Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat, Airfix 1/72
My earliest memory of the Wildcat was seeing Jack Leynwood’s classic box art on Revell’s original release of their 1/32 kit in the late 60s. It shows a pair of Wildcats led by CDR Jimmy Thatch flying over a frantically maneuvering [...]
The final countdown A6M2 Zero attack diorama. Airfix kit 1/72 scale
A scene from one of my favourite movies. I used the Airfix mitsubishi zero in 1/72 scale, I scratch built the boat myself, the water is from vallejo and as you can see I did led lights to highlight the effect of the explosion
Morane Saulnier MS 406 – Heller 1/72
A few more MS 406's, completed 14y ago and based on vintage Heller kits. A three-planes flight was standard in the French Armée de l'Air of 1940 and called a "Patrouille simple".
The amount of work and corrections needed to make [...]
Morane Saulnier MS 226
Another Heller oldie, the Morane 226. A conversion made 16 years ago already, from a MS 225 kit. A lot of job to correct some of the kit big issues, besides the conversion. The main points to be addressed are:
Fuselage width to be [...]
