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1/32 AV-8b

Built before all the resin extras... Removed the GPS antenna the Day attack bird did not have it Stretched the outboard pylons The kit parts were too short Filled the divot on the inboard pylons. The divot is not there Re shaped the nose a [...]

1/72 Academy F/A-18C

This is the Academy 1/72 F/A-18C. I built this OOB with the exception of the ejection seat which I believe was from Quickboost. I painted it with Model Master enamels and the decals are from MAW and were excellent. A very nice kit to build [...]

MiG-21

Hi all! This is my most recent build, an Academy MiG-21. It was a pretty straightforward build, with no real problems that I can think of.

F2G Super Corsair Racer Kit Bash

This was one of my first forays into AMS and kit bashing. I started with a Special Hobbies 1/48 F2G Racer, and added the wings from an Academy 1/48 F4U-1A, because I wanted the flaps down, and I wasn't about to chop up a Tamiya kit. I do [...]

F-84 Thunderjet 1/72

This model was built for a special event named “Wash & go” during IPMS Open (Sweden) a couple of years ago. The deal was to build a model in quite a limited time; one week ahead of the event you got to know what model was to be [...]

1/72 Academy P-51B

This is one of my more current buillds but still a bit old as I have not been able to buld much in the past few years because of work. This is the the Acadamy P-51B. I think the decals were Superscale. The paint was Model master OD green [...]

My 2 latest Builds

Howdy Everyone ! here are some pictures of my latest builds, both 48th scale, Hasegawa F-16Cj kit and Academys Kit ! Hope you like !

Video: Academy 1/48 Lavochkin La-7

Quite a simple kit. I polished the surface with a 12000-grade cloth to give a natural sheen as opposed to a 'sprayed on' one. The decals were a bit thick, but succumbed eventually.