Classic Airframes' model kits
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Operation Starkey…1/48 Westland Whirlwind Mk.I, RAF
Built in 2016. Trumpeter kit with decals from the CA kit. Regarding the a/c number, the 8 has to be exchanged with a 9. Added the missing gunsight from the sparesbox and used a plastic rod for the missing headrest support strut.
The [...]
1/48 Reggiane Re. 2001
This is the new Sword kit. It’s a completely new mold and shares nothing with the old Classic Airframes model of this plane. The plastic moldings on this kit are top notch, smooth surfaced, and fit well. The only things that indicate [...]
Early Schmitt...1/48 Messerschmitt Bf109D Royal Hungarian Airforce
Built in 2017. Classic Airframes kit, painted with Tamiya XF-82 RAF Ocean Gray, Tamiya XF-5 Green and Gunze H406 Chocolate Brown
Brake lines added with plastic rods and lead wire, EZ Line for aerials
In 1942 the Germans delivered three old [...]
Classic Airframes 1/48 Fairey Battle, Royal Hellenic Air Force
Hi everyone!
This my Classic Airframes 1/48 Fairey Battle, finished as a Royal Hellenic Air Force bird.
The Fairey Battle was a British single-engine light bomber that was designed and manufactured by the Fairey Aviation Company.
It was [...]
Boulton, Paul, Thorn, and Barker.
Welcome to the Whipple Special (named after a notorious contest attendee who built nothing unless he could build at least two of them) of the Airfix and (newer) Classic Airframes Defiants. As we live in the Golden Age of Modeling, kits are [...]
Classic Airframes 1/48 Blenheim IV.f, 404 Squadron, RCAF 1941
This is Classic Airframes 1/48 Blenheim Mk IV, Finished as a 404 Squadron, RCAF, aircraft flown by Wing Commander Woodruff, and F/S Sims on 18 December, 1941, when they scored this units first air-to-air victory, a JU-88, operating out of [...]
1/48 Classic Airframes Fokker DXXI
Hi all. I have finally completed this one. The build was fun, the painting... not so much. My final coat of matt varnish was a disaster when it fogged all over. I still don't know why. Never has before.
All attempts to remove it failed, [...]
1/48th Scale De Havilland Hornet F-1
This is a "Classic Airframes" kit. I was somewhat shocked when I discovered that the fuselage was not mating up with their clear windscreen/canopy part.
I moved the one piece windscreen/canopy back to where the canopy would [...]
Focke Wulf Fw 190 V-1 Prototype
This is the 1/48 Classic Airframes kit which comprises of resin main parts, metal landing gear legs and tail wheel, 2 well molded very clear vac canopies and decals. The kit was built OOB and painted using Vallejo Metal Colors. The kit [...]
Another "Two - Winger.
This is another two-winger model I built. It's in 1/48 scale and was made by "Classic Airframes." The box art says one name, while another name is listed on one of the parts. Let's call it both names.
I.M.A.N AND I.M.A.M. = [...]
