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F/A-18C Hornet Swiss Air Force

F / A-18C Hornet J-5011 "NATO Tigermeet 2011 11 Squadron A 1:32 Scale Model built by Academy with Decal by syhartdecal. friendly greetings Hans Peter

Academy P-38M Nightmare…er, Night Lightning (or) the P-38M in Japan and Why It Matters to Me

Warning: This is a lengthier than usual post, so read on at your own peril. History of the Bird The P-38M captured my imagination some time ago, and I decided this point in my return to modeling was my chance to act. In fact, my digging [...]

Academy F4U-1A Corsair "Skipper Riley" 1:72

My dear son, 3 years old, is big fan of the movie "Planes", so I have seen it a couple of hundreds of times. When I proposed my kid to build a "Skipper Riley" F4U he jumped of joy, so it had to be done. As always, I [...]

1/72 Academy F/A-18E VFA-143

This is the 1/72 Academy F/A-18E Superhornet depicting the CAG Aircraft of VFA-143 "The World Famous Pukin Dogs" from 2008. The model was built completely OOB using the kit decals which were excellent. Painted with MRP paints [...]

P-38,Lightning

Hello again! I've stucked with heavy work for severel month and cannot build new thing in this days. I think I almost have withdrawal symptoms with this. Anyway I'll continue presenting my old catalogues of couple of years. I build every [...]

Review: Academy 1/48 F-4J Phantom II review

M18 Hellcat

Just finished my Academy M18 Hellcat... Bought as soon as it came out in 1997, started almost as soon as I got it home and finished this morning ! - no I'm not kidding. I used about 30% of the Verlinden kit-specific detail set including [...]

Academy Me 163 Komet 1/72

Here comes my Me 163 Komet in 1/72 with Eduard Set #SS256 an two Preiser Figures. The little shelter is from Airmodel.de. The Academy kit is easy to build, but has some inaccuracies I discoverd to late. The tube attachment on the left wing [...]

P-36A Hawk (Academy 1/48)

This P-36 is the new Academy re-release of the relatively old Hobbycraft kit. This kit has pretty good moulding and recessed panel lines, but it is pretty rudimental in cockpit and engine/engine cowling area. The plastic is moulded in [...]

Academy 1:48 Spitfire Mk.XIVe

Spitfire Mk. XIVe TZ138. This aircraft built in 1945 at Aldermanston and shipped to Canada in 1945 and was used for cold weather testing with the Winter Experimental Establishment (WEE) Flight in western Canada from early 1946 to July [...]