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Academy Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat in 1:72 scale

Hello there. This Wildcat is my second airplane model and a lot of fun to build. I’m mainly experimenting with techniques and learning…watching a lot of YouTube videos and reading as much as I can. One thing I learned? If you’re [...]

D-Day plus 20 days. P-38J 55th FS, 20th FG

P--38J, 42-67916 KI * S of the 55th Fighter Squadron, 20th Fighter Group, 8th AF. Kingscliffe UK. This Lightening, “California Cutie” was flown by 1st Lieutenant Richard O. Loehnert. I was unable to find any information on Loehnert [...]

Hawker Typhoon 1b

Hi Yawl, Finished at last my little addition to the D-Day Build, the Academy Hawker Typhoon b1 in 1/72 scale originally i was going to build the MPM A-20G Havoc but got completely bogged down with that one plus as per MPM's usual kits it [...]

Merkava Mk IV LIC

As this was the last model in my stash, I thought I'd complete the build and dust-off the 'Armor' category for a change of pace. This is Academy's 1/35 kit (13227) of the Israeli Main Battle Tank, the Merkava Mk. IV, in its LIC (Low [...]

Academy 1/72 P-51B Mustang

My own D-Day Group Build contribution (an RAF Mustang Mk. III) suffered serious production delays, but at least I can contibute to the Anniversary celebration with some freshly taken photos of one of my older models. This is a 1/72 [...]

Academy 1/48 F-4B ‘Rhino’ – preview of coming attraction.

To be featured in an upcoming issue of AMW, here's a sneak peak at my latest completed project. More photos and details will be added once the article is in print.

Yugoslav T-33, Academy 1/48

Spitfire Mk XIV Rhapsody in Blue Rolls Royce’s Spitfire in 1/48

I’ve long admired the glorious turquoise and white scheme that adorned Rolls Royce’s Mk XIV Spitfire in the mid to late 1060’s just before G-ALGT played a supporting role in the epic film the ‘Battle of Britain’. A challenging [...]

Eduard (Academy) 1/48th P-38H a Twin Dragon

Its been a while since I have posted here, I have been busy with work, passing some tests for work, and taking classes for my pilots license. During my free time I have tried to get some model time in and finally finished my first of the [...]

Variety is the spice of life !!!

Well, getting ready for the start of the competition circuit here in the Southwest with one show beginnig of May, one show beginning of June and one show end of June, not to mention at least two club meetings in between to do "works [...]