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Airfix Hawker Fury 1/48 SAAF East Africa
Been a while since I shared. I recently built the 1/48 scale hawker Fury representing a 1 Sqd SAAF aircraft operating in the Abyssian campaign during WWII.
Built OOB I only added the stays and aerial with stretched sprue. Quite a nice kit [...]
Airfix 1/72 Hurricane I "ragwing" – early and standard
The Hawker Hurricane was the first monoplane fighter adopted by the Royal Air Force since the Bristol M.1C Scout of World War I, and was also the first fighter in RAF service capable of exceeding 300 m.p.h. The airplane was evolutionary, [...]
Spitfire F Mk.22
The last of Spitfires – Mk.22, 1/72 Airfix kit. This is completely OOB build – I've only added position lights, seat belts and drilled exhausts. Decal sheet has a lot of stencils. By the way – not one of the best Airfix kit that I've [...]
Spitfire F.24 – A 'What If' build
Like most folks (especially aviation modellers) in the hobby, I've built a number of 'What If' projects over the years.
When I do them, I tend to do them as 'relatively possible', I'm not one for building rocket-powered Sopwith Camels' in [...]
Battle of Britain BF 109E
1/48 Airfix kit which was built OOB with aftermarket decals. The aircraft depicted is from JG 26 based at Caifiers France August 1940. Flown by Staffelkapitain Gerhard Schophel, who claimed a number of victories during BoB including 4 in [...]
Airfix 1/48 Hurricane I (trop)
Following the success of the Battle of Britain, the RAF could allow the Hurricane to be sent to other theaters. The defense of Malta had been so important that a squadron had been diverted to that island at the height of the Battle of [...]
1/72 Airfix Hannover CL.111a
This is an old build that I did some time ago, fixed up a bit, and re-photographed. I added some tin around the radiator, some rib tape, and the batons. This was my first major rigging project, and I hadn't quite figured out how to nestle [...]
Airfix 1:48 Spitfire Mk.Ia
Airfix kits just seems to get better and better. one of their latest is this Spitfire Mk.Ia in 1:48 scale. Detail, shape, and fit are first rate, they just seem to get better and better with each release.
i chose a Battle of Britain Mk.I, [...]
Airfix 1/72 Gloster Gladiator stop-motion build
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Found on Youtube today is this animated build of Airfix 1/72 Gloster Gladiator by Tom Grigat. Don't ask me how the video was done - I have no idea, but it sure is beautiful!
Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Vb ,Tamiya 1/48th, RAF WWII
Just one more Spitfire, in fact it has been an incredible year for this mark. New kits, different variations, and we still have 4 months to go. This will be the last one for awhile for me though. This is the Tamiya Mk.Vb kit #61035 [...]
