1st review of the year is Academy's MiG-21 kit that was issued back in 1998. And in keeping with the early theme of Mig 21's and also a week ahead of the start of Operation Desert Storm back in Jan 1991. The Mig-21 in the Iraqi Air [...]
This is the 1/48 Academy kit finished with Model Master and Humbrol enamels. The light gray is MM Voodoo Gray that I added a few drops of white to in order to simulate WARPAC air superiority gray that was seen on some Polish and East [...]
This is the Academy CH-46 I used the MAW Resin and decals on it as well as the Eduard PE interior detail set.
Here is a video with a little bit more info on this particular helo
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Returning to my US Navy theme, one of my all time favourite aircraft the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom.
The Academy version is a very nice model and certainly benefits from modern moulding technology. The one piece main fuselage is a big [...]