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P-38J Flown by Philip Goldstein/Graham 49th FS, 14th FG, Triolo, Italy 1944

Through another friend I found out that Philip Graham lives in San Francisco so I gave him a call. We agreed to meet for lunch and chat about his service. Prior to the lunch I made this model of his airplane so that I could present it to [...]

Academy Polikarpov I-16

This was one of the toughest builds ive had in a long time Nothing I did went right from paint issues to glue problems I almost gave up and sent it across the room but I held in there and got ur done. For such a tiny model HUGE pain the [...]

Academy Oliver Hazard Perry Class guided missle frigate

WOW never seen so much PE before it was a little scary never built a ship and never delt with so much PE but it was a fun build The FFG-57 Rueben James

Academy CH-46 Seaknight (marine bull frog)

If you like helos Academy does a great job built this oob with the exception of scratch built wiring and plumbing inside cargo bay fun build

F/Lt Pierre Clostermann (French Air Force),

Military career Pierre Clostermann 1942 voluntarily entered the force aériennes française libres (free French air force / FAFL was training the fighter squadron Alsace (Squadron No.: 341 Free French) allocated.) Later, he joined the [...]

A brace of sabres

I thought we could get a series of these beauties going,the German one is the Revel kit ,actually a licence built Canadaire CL130 (correct me if I'm wrong) and the other is the Academy offering,I also have a Tamiya Mig 15 which splits to [...]

Today’s Stuff

Here some photos taken today in 25th Plastic Model Aircraft Contest organised by Turkish Air Force Academy in Istanbul. Happy modelling. Ozkan

Academy 1/48 Mig-21MF Polish Air Force

I am trying to build several from Polish Air Force and this is the first...Academy Mig-21. Built straight from the box except old ESCI decals. This kit goes together real well, might have a few fit problems bot not many. I forgot though [...]

Inspiration for the next build

I had originally decided to build my Academy Phantom as a 1972 Sundowners bird, but then I ran across this picture. VF 84 USS Independence, 1965. It was Indy and 84s only Vietnam war cruise. Markings for the period were in a flux starting [...]

OH-58D Kiowa Warrior – Kuwait International Airport – Desert Storm 1991

This is the Academy 1/35 OH-58D Kiowa Warrior. This was probably the hardest helicopter model I have ever built. It has excellent detail and comes with excellent weapons. I added wiring to the aft cabin avionics LRUs. This model is part of [...]