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Hi all
after a long time of inactivity as a consequence of lot health issues, finally back on track :).
Finished Academy F-86 in colours of John Glenn machine from Korea war period. Academy is well known "plastic", good details, [...]
First out of two Kiowas in my stash is completed. I've started simultaneous build of both Academy and Revell models. One is for myself, other one is commission build. Since I have to put commission build model in more or less [...]
The kit is the old ACADEMY full interior. There are many newer kits and offcourse much better.
Old kit with small fitting problems.
The tracks are piece by piece a little tricky.
The model painted with Tamiya Colours and Winsor varnish.
I [...]
After completing Lt Richard W. Lander's P-40F, who was assigned to the 315th FS, 324th FG, I was asked if I could also build a P-47 he flew. His Group went from N Africa to Italy then on to Southern France where their P-40F's were replaced [...]
Something different from the Bebout Curtiss P-40 Factory, Jackie Cochran's Lucky Thirteen P-51C. If you're not familiar with Jackie Cochran one can summarize her as an aviator, test pilot, spokesperson as well as a successful [...]
This was a pretty straight forward build, went together easily enough and had no real issues.
I decided to do the Aircraft of Captain Aleksei Alelyukhin. Painted red by his mechanics and flew over Berlin as it fell to the Russians to dig [...]
Calling this one finally completed.
My Academy 1/48 F-14A Tomcat. I am not weathering it as it was a CAG plane and all the photos I have of it in this scheme show a clean aircraft.
Decals used are the stencils & missiles from the kit [...]
The T2 was the 109 designed to fly from the decks of the Graf Zepplin. The T2 was a variant of of the E3/4 but with a longer wingspan, to aid taking off from the shorter deck.
Although the T2 was never used from the deck of a carrier, [...]