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Building Airfix 1:72 Fokker EII (late) Eindecker
Here's a rather charming little video promoting the new-tool Airfix 1:72 Fokker EII (late) Eindecker; produced by Tom Grigat
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Aeroclub/Airfix Spitfire Mk 21
This is a conversion of the Airfix Seafire 46/47 using the old Aeroclub Spitfire Mk. 21 conversion set. The conversion uses the extended kit wing, landing gear, exhausts and miscellaneous parts along with Aeroclub's fuselage, radiator [...]
Airfix 1/48 Bf 109E-1
A bargain compared to the Tamiya and Eduard Emil kits, if only for the optional parts. You can do just about every major E subtype from the parts in the box.
There are a few minor let downs. The propeller blade shape us a tad dodgy, and [...]
1/48 Airfix Hurricane Mk I
This is the new tool Airfix Hurricane Mk I. The kit was great and I think is arguably the best out there in 1/48 of the Hurricane. I added resin exhaust and wheels from Brassin by Eduard and stole a rear view mirror from one of my Hasegawa [...]
Airfix 1/72 Hawker Hurricane Mk.I early
This is the new Hawker Hurricane Mk.I by Airfix. I added a ring and bead gun sight, made out of twist tie wire, as well as the pitot tubes made of the same wire.
I also added Quickboost exhausts, and CMK five spoke wheels
Decals are Iliad [...]
Airfix Folland Gnat T.1, 1/72
Except for a lot of add-on details in the cockpit (punched instrument faces, reworked ejection seats, sawn-open canopy, it's basically stock. Solid overall detailing, but still before Airfix really hit its stride in the past couple of [...]
Airfix 1/72 Spitfire Mk I from February 2015.
Painted with Humbrol, Testors and Model Master Enamels, rust colors in exhausts from Life Color.
Seat from Quickboost and photoetched Ring and Bead sight from Eduard.
Improvements in control surfaces, propeller axle, brass aerial post and [...]
Models in 2015 – I'm surprised
I'm really surprised to discover I managed to build 22 models in 2015, in spite of everything else I did in the year:
Moved in February - no modeling in January, February or early March.
Wrote "The Frozen Chosen" between [...]
2016 Ambition-In with the New Finish the Old!
As the new year begins today, I want to be a little ambitious and start some new projects, complete older ones that have been on the back burner too long. 2015 I was able to whittle some of those older projects and finally complete them. [...]
