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Esci 1/72 Tu-22M

The origins of the Tu-22M can be traced back in 1962, when its ancestor, the Tu-22 “Blinder”, by that time introduced in service, was found to be a handful to fly and, especially, to land, let alone it had serviceability issues. [...]

33 - 1/24 ESCI Ferrari SWB Rally

Roooooar - what a stunning classic this on is and man with rally decals - holy moly what a gorgeous car, I loved this build. So when I had the opportunity for this beast I jumped at it - Painted and added a bit of extras to the engine, but [...]

F-16 Mania!ESCI 1/12th Fighting Falcon Cockpit

After my Tamiya 1/48 F-16 build earlier this year, I came across this 1/12th cockpit kit on E-Bay by ESCI. Which, I've seen before, and I figured it would complement the 1/48th build on the shelf. And given my admiration for this [...]

Italeri 1/48 Hs 123

Soon after Hitler's rise to power, Henschel started designing aircraft. One of the first was the Hs 123, aimed to meet the 1933 dive bomber requirements for the reborn Luftwaffe. The prototype performed its maiden flight on 1 April 1935. [...]

Review: ESCI 1/72 F-4E/F Phantom II

ESCI 1/48 Atlas Impala Mk.1

The Aermacchi MB-326 was a low-wing monoplane with an all-metal structure composed of light alloys. As originally developed, the MB-326 functioned as a refined but simple aircraft capable of covering the considerably wide range of [...]

Korean War...1/48 Douglas AD-4NA Skyraider, VF-194, US Navy

After the French Skyraider, my dad decided to build another one, this time an AD-4NA during the Korean War. He used the Italeri boxing of the old ESCI kit which was first released in 1979. Most Korean War naval schemes are rather boring, [...]

Su-7Egyptian Air Force Esci 1/48

Luftwaffe GB: Combo build of ESCI/Revell 1/48 Henschel Hs-123A-1, kit number H2231

This build was part of the great combo build of the ESCI/Revell/Italeri 1/48 Henschel Hs123A1 done by Spiros, @fiveten, and myself. It was built in the amazing Imperail German Air Service / Luftwaffe Group Build started by Louis Gardner [...]

1/48 ESCI A-4Q conversion

I bought up a lot of 1/48 ESCI A-4's years ago, and was not aware of the issues with the kit. The canopy is closer to the real A-4 than the Monogram canopy, but the exhaust area of the kit, is more of an ogival cross section than the [...]