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Leppla/Liska "Sail 12" SBD Dauntless – Battle of the Coral Sea
During the Battle of the Coral Sea U.S. Navy Lieutenant John A. Leppla and Radioman 3rd Class J.A. Liska were pilot and gunner of SBD-3 BuNo 4547 from Scouting Squadron 2 (VS-2) based onboard the Lexington, and were credited with shooting [...]
2022, another covid year, stay safe, stay home, a happy new year of modeling for eveyone, lets hope, my models finished in 2021, in no particular order.
1/72 aircraft, from the de Havilland 100 GB - DH 83 Fox Moth, DH 60G Gipsy Moth, DH 89A Dragon Rapide, DHA 98 FB 40 Mosquito, DH 98 PR 16 Mosquito, DHA 100 T 33 Vampire, DHA FB 31 Vampire, DH 110 FAW 1 Sea Vixen; RAN - Hawker FB 11 Sea [...]
Airfix 1/72 Messerschmitt Bf-109E3
My final completion for 2021.
Always fancied doing a Swiss one of these.
Pretty much OOB apart from the Decals and shaving some lumps and bumps off.
The armament isn't right but it's 1/72 I can't see it from a foot away.
Primed with Tamiya [...]
Airfix 1/72 McDonnell Douglas Phantom FG.1 – Black Mike
A nostalgia build for me as it took me back to my time in Leuchars Signal Box watching the comings and goings from the base.
Primed with Tamiya Nato Black and Neutral Grey.
Painted with ColourCoats Night Bomber Black, Oxford Blue, Insignia [...]
1/72 Ki-46 II Dinah EofJ GB
This is the LS kit Kit No. A-301:300 from 1980 ( Arii & MicroAce), Mitsubishi Ki-46-II Type 100 Commandant Reconnaissance Aircraft -or- simply known as Dinah.
Built as part of the Empire of Japan GB, this was straight OOB build using [...]
Tamiya Tony
My last completed kit of 2021, here’s my 1/72 Tamiya Ki-61 Hien. This was another fantastic kit from Tamiya. I used the camo decals which worked pretty well. I do wish Tamiya provided an open canopy option since there’s pretty good [...]
1/72 MIL-MOD Antarctic Snow Cruiser w/ Sword Beechcraft
1/72 MIL-MOD Antarctic Snow Cruiser w/ Sword Beechcraft
Limited run resin kit with 1/72 Sword Beechcraft added. Many modifications:
Yagi antenna, corrected wheel hubs, re cut- re profiled wheel rims, custom strip decals, (courtesy Niels [...]
1/72 Airfix A6M2b Zero
My final build for 2021. I started this on the 2nd of this month to see if I could get a build done in a months time. This is the Airfix 1/72 A6M2b kit. Its mostly OOB. I added PE seatbelts and some gunsight glass. Hinomarus and stripes [...]
Rareplane's 1/72 Heinkel He-112B
This build was made for a group build called, "in Serving Under Another Flag." and I built Rareplane's I/72 vacuform He-112. This is an early Rareplane kit that was released in 1971. I used the Spanish National markings from the [...]
Cyber Hobby 1/72 Sea Vampire F2.0
What an absolute joy of a kit.
Some lovely slide moulded parts and great fit.
The Cockpit is for another Vampire variant but as virtually nothing can be seen, I just went with it.
Any issues were of my own making but mainly managing to [...]
