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Review: Academy 1/48 A-10C Thunderbolt II Review

Academy 1/144 scale B-1

This is the excellent Academy B-1 in 1/144 scale. The engineering is top notch and the kit goes together with only minor putty required on the forward fuselage seams. I would love to see this model brought up to 72nd with the same fit and [...]

1/72 bf-109f/g. Academy, Amodel, Czech master kit.

The Tale of the ME109's... I'm a prop driven fighter guy.i love 109s p51s f4u corsairs all those beautiful planes.so I decided I wanted a bf109 with full engine and machine gun detail. I originally chose the academy kit and planned to cut [...]

Academy F4U-1

I picked up this kit (which included the Fairey FD-2 kit from FROG) at a recent contest for a very reasonable price from a friend running a vendor table. It seems Academy kits can be “hit or miss” in quality. I think this one is good. [...]

Lockeed T-33A Shooting Star

Academy 1/48 out of box build. Alclad and MRP paints Kit decals

2022 Builds

For me, scale modeling in 2022 had some highs and lows, but mostly highs. It was one of my most productive years—13 kits (15 if you count some figures thrown in). I finished more kits in 2020 by doing a lot of no-frills Covid shutdown [...]

Bay of Pigs...1/48 Lockheed T-33A, Fuerza Aérea Revolucionaria

New year, new count... Here´s my dad´s first finished model in 2023. Academy edition of the old Hobbycraft kit, markings from Hi-Decal. Had some True Details (Squadron) T-33 resin seats in our stash. Although they are a bit too low for [...]

2022 mini achievements.

In this first year of Our Lord when we could get out again ! in 22, and away from home a lot. I did this ! Don’t Laugh ! Lacking time for the hobby I wanted to clear what I now know is called “ shelf of doom “ and “ Stash “ I [...]

Fear the Bones. 1/48 Fighters of the Jolly Rogers Squadron

One of the most documented Naval fighter squadrons in all of the modeling world, I give you my builds of the vaunted Jolly Rogers. In the history of the "Bones" five squadrons have used either the designation VF-84 or the name [...]

Video: NEW! 1/48 USAF A-10 Thunderbolt II by ACADEMY (video preview)

100% New Tool, new mould 1/48 scale USAF A-10 Thunderbolt II by ACADEMY. Excellent kit, highly recommend this one. Btw, The Thunderbolt II is the A-10's official name and the "Warthog" is the ugly nickname... this is a cool [...]