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Classic Kit: Airfix Lockheed Hudson I Kit 05034
Last year iModeler member Tom Bebout sent me some classic kits with the request I would build them. I told him I would and here is the first one of them. It is an older Airfix kit with the original first issued in 1963 as kit 386. As I [...]
RAF Hawker Harts and Demons
The Hart story is a complex one with a simple beginning. The Hawker company developed a elegant modern looking biplane with the performance to seriously challenge the existing fighters the RAF was using. This aircraft expanded into a whole [...]
The Airfix Starter Set Challenge! – How Did We Manage When We Were Kids?!
The Airfix Starter Set challenge, as started by Model Minutes.
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Classic Kit: Airfix 1/72 Vought F4U Corsair No. 115 1964
This is an older build but I did document the building process. I had spare parts from Hasegawa and True Details that I used to add detail. I used a Squadron vac-form canopy as well. As can be seen the clear parts are dismal as is the [...]
Junkers JU-87B-2 S1+GK Stuka 1/48 Airfix
Hey all. I just wrapped up this build on the JU-87 Stuka flown in Derna, Libya (North Africa) during the summer of 1941.
This Airfix kit came together beautifully, with only a few minor hiccups. I would highly recommend it to anyone [...]
Airfix P-40 Warhawk 1:48
Here comes my first build of the year. I've always found the Airfix kits to be comforting, as long as you accept with an open heart whatever lies ahead. I mean they are really enjoyable.
There was nothing special about this build, [...]
Airfix Starter set challenge! 1/72nd Spitfire Mk.Vc
Here is a sneak preview of my entry into to the Airfix starter set challenge (video will be up next monday at 1500 GMT)
If youre unaware of the Airfix starter set challenge, It was started by Model Minutes on youtube, and is a challenge to [...]
Spitfire V – always good!
I sit down to write this article again during a hurricane. However, this time I will not make up a fictionalized story, because we have a live coverage on tape that you can hear from Lieutenant Richard L. Lampe. This pilot flew in 2FS, [...]
Airfix P-40B Warhawk 1/48
Based this build on the P-40 currently on display at the USAF museum located in Ohio, United States.
I had built this plane when I was a kid, so there was a bit of nostalgia when choosing to go with it as my first USAAF build since [...]
