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The Beast. A brick with two big engines. A mig killer.
Eduard 1/48 Good evening Da nang edition. Actually Academy repack packed with Eduard goodies: rezin wheels,seats,engine nozzles and PE. A great pack all in all. Cockpit is a bit [...]
Ninkasi brewery in Eugene Oregon brews a very nice Oktoberfest, and that is this updates beer. Very much like the beers I drank when I visited Germany many years ago. The Academy Phantoms have been bashed many times for the fit of some [...]
Finally completed this two year shelf of doom project. Eduard ( Academy ) F-4B with the Eduard Resin Wheels , Burner cans and ejection seats. Used the Yankee Station Mig kill decals. Painted with Tamiya paints and Mig wash . Hope you [...]
This was the first kit I built after a 4 year hiatus in model building. Its the Academy reboxing of the Hobbycraft kit, which at the same time looks very similar to the Hasegawa version.
The only trouble I had with this kit was that the [...]
This kit came straight from the box of the Academy 1:48 "Bf 109G-6/G-2 JG27" boxing. It´s a rebox of the Hobbycraft Bf 109G-6, with fuselage halves for a Bf 109G-6, so you have to make some cutting for the retractable tailwheel [...]
After finishing my last diorama depicting a jungle scene, I decided to go for something from the other side of the globe. So here is my little snow scene with a Stuka, and a crewman pondering whether he will be flying today...
The Stuka [...]
Hi guys,
This is my last project:
Academy, idf, m113, fitter ,1/35.
It's an excellent kit with good details and close to perfect fit.
The only thing are the decals, the worst decals ever...? and believe me I tried everything...
Anyway, [...]
It's FALL! Ok, pumpkin ales are not everyones cup of tea, but this is a good one from a local brewery here in Seattle. Moving along with the Academy kit. The kit has intake trunks that use a "forced perspective" to get their [...]
Here are my hybrid Eduard Brassin/Wolfpack Mk5 seats. I think they ended up far better than any Mk5 seats on the market as the Eduard Mk7 seats are little kits in themselves, and adding the Mk5 parachute housing to them makes them an [...]
Enough of my OD posts for today.
Two 1/72 P-51 ponies of the 4th FG.
First up is an Academy P-51B with homemade decals (what little there is anyway) in the markings of Col. Donald Blakeslee. OOB
Second, an Airfix P51D in markings from a [...]