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Ryan L-17B Navion / USS CV-32 Leyte – 1/72

The Navion was originally designed at the end of World War II by North American Aviation. Ryan Aeronautical Company acquired the design in the summer of 1947, launching production at its San Diego factory in 1948. Ryan built 1,240 Navions [...]

Italeri B-25 H Mitchell "Gunship"

I built this kit a while ago around 1984, it was built straight out of the box. I used the "Sweet Sue" decal set from the Matchbox B-25 kit, the US insignias are from Microscale and the white stripes are also Microscale that cost [...]

Revell 1/72 Bf-110 G-4 Hungarian Night fighter

This is a VERY old Revell kit. The plastic had a few raised lines, the radar was very thick and clunky, and there was not a shred of detail in the cockpit. So...started by sanding off all the raised lines, in prep for scribing and [...]

Revell 1/72 Arado E.555

Hi everyone! This is my Revell 1/72 Arado E.555 "Amerikabomber". In response to the RLM's Amerikabomber project, Arado’s E.555 proposal included a series of long range jet bomber designs of various sizes, powerplants, crew and [...]

Restoration Project, Avro Vulcan B1a

Well, the danger of moving boxes etc in the man cave, you occasionally come across a project you had tucked away in a "safe place" and then forgotten about. This is the Airfix 1/72 Avro Vulcan B2, converted back to a B1a. I used [...]

Junkers Ju.88 A-4

This build is of a 1967 boxing of the 1964 Frog kit, alas, without the “F 20 Spin-a-prop motorizing kit!” I had read in numerous Detail & Scale books about Frog kits, but had never built one, as such. So when I saw this one for [...]

1/72 P-40B/C Warhawk

Three day build complete. P-40B/C Flying Tiger - spring 1942 - 1/72 Trumpeter kit. The aircraft is actually a Hawk H81 A-3, which was Curtiss’ designation of the P-40B/C aircraft pulled from an order to Great Britain (H81 A-2) and sent [...]

1/72 Mitshubishi A6M3,Typ 32,ZERO,”Hamp” Q-102

Tamiya 1/72 Mitshubishi A6M3 typ32, ZERO, "Hamp" serial number3030 petty officer 1st.class Kazuo Tsunoda, 2nd Air group 26.8.1942 Buna ,New Guinea. Build from the box with some added necessary details from the wires. Painted with [...]

Shorts Tucano T.1 – Airfix – 1/72

A 1990 kit in a 2012 boxing and it was a bit of a battle. I managed to lose the air-brake part but as I was building it closed I just filled the space. The fuselage was significantly warped and the wings were squint. Filler and clamps were [...]

1/72 Fine Mold Mitshubishi Ka-14 :First fly predecessor of ZERO,

Fine Molds 1/72 , Mitshubishi Ka-14 Build from box with some added details in self-made painted with MRP paints. He won some gold and silver bronze medals in competitions. History: The Ka-14 was a significant milestone in Japanese [...]