Airfix kits
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DHA, DH 100, FB 31 Vampire, A79-111, "Red Devils", 2 OCU RAAF, Williamtown NSW, 1958.
1/72 Airfix, built for the de Havilland 100 GB in 2021, more pic's and details there.
1/72 Airfix Wellington
In the recent postings of the great vintage kits here, I thought I'd share one of my presents of the past Christmas. Last October I was scanning EBAY and spotted a mint condition 1959 Airfix Wellington kit. I happened to mention to my [...]
MARY NELL – Uncle Harold’s Checkertail P-51 D Mustang
When I was growing up, my Uncle Harold Taylor was a really big deal to the younger cousins. Not just because he'd been a fighter pilot in World War II and a POW, but because his P-51D Mustang - named for our mother's cousin our Aunt Mary [...]
Seen at Atlanta IPMS show/contest 2/25/'23
An Airfix 72nd Beaufort that was very well done. I didn't meet the modeler.
Oldies but goodies........
Here are some of my vintage kits, all Airfix and all very old mouldings, according to the time line on Scalemates they are dated as follows;
Handley page Hampden 1968
Boeing Clipper 1967
HMS Victorious [...]
Airfix 1/72 P-38F/G Lightning
I have to thank Jay @ssgt, for providing me this kit to build. This is my second build from the four that Jay has sent to me, my first was the Hasegawa 1/72 Hi-61. I have two more to go.
This is the Airfix 1/72 Lockheed P-38F Lightning [...]
DHA, DH115, T33 Vampire, A79-816, 25 "City of Perth" Sqn RAAF, Pearce WA, 1955.
1/72 Airfix, built for the DH 100 GB in 2021, more pic's and details there, a great GB check it out ! a few more pic's taken - 05-2022.
Air Sea Rescue...1/48 Supermarine Walrus Mk.I, No.276 Sqn RAF
And my dad has finshed the next one, after the Swordfish now another iconic British biplane.
Airfix kit oob. The multi-part fuselage turned out slightly warped, so the wings and tailplane alignement isn´t perfect either. Had to let sit [...]
Airfix 1/72 McDonnell Douglas Phantom FG.1
I really enjoyed this coming together, well, except for all those flaming stencils.
Yes they are all on and I totalled the time out at 10 1/2 hrs for the main fuselage ones alone.
There were one or two tricky moments with the intakes [...]
Post War Brits
So let's start with the wee BAC Jet Provost:
Truthfully there isn't too much to say, enough has been written about this wee gem, so I'm not going to try to add anything other than this:
If you need a 'mojo restoration project' , you could [...]
