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Four Eyed Shark – Supermarine Spitfire Mk. VIII
This model represents the mount of Flt. Lt. Stanley George Scrimgeour (known as George) of 457 Sqn on 20th June 1945. By the time the Mk. VIII entered service with the RAAF in early 1944, the IJNAF and IJAAF were spent forces in the [...]
Vultee Vengeance 1, A27-48, 23 Sqn RAAF, Nadzab 1944.
1/72 Special Hobby, started early 2020, finished early 2022.
RAAF Spitfire Vc. 452 Sqn. Northern Territory, Australia, 1943
Having made what seems to be a career out of Spitfires & particularly Vc versions of late, I'm happy to have finished my first Eduard 1/48 Vc kit. All my other efforts for this mark have been mostly kit bashed, with the exception of [...]
Tamiya 1/48 FB.VI Mosquito, 464 Squadron (RAAF) 2TAF, RAF Thorney Island – October 1944
G'day all.
This is the ubiquitous 1/48 Tamiya FB.VI Mosquito built as a 464 Squadron (RAAF) aircraft flown by F/O Jack Palmer and his navigator F/O Jack Rayner operating out of RAF Thorney Island while attached to 2TAF in October 1944. [...]
Academy 1/72 F/A-18B Hornet, 2OCU RAAF – Tiger Scheme
Hi all.
It's been a slow year at Casa de Crosby but a second build has crawled it's way over the line.
The kit is the quite nice 1/72 Academy F/A-18D converted to an Aussie B. In order to get to the B version that we flew, a few lumps and [...]
P-40M and P-40N, Italeri, AMT/Ertl
Greetings, fellow modelers.
I added to my P-40 collection in order to include a Nationalist Chinese P-40N and an Australian P-40M; a salute to America's Pacific and Asian allies. Both planes are identical in the box, despite the different [...]
General Dynamics F 111C, A8-125, 1 Sqn RAAF, Amberley Qld 1998.
1/72 Hasegawa, my third F 111, started 2013, finished for the Nose Art GB 2018, more pic's and details there, celebrating 25 years of service with the RAAF.
Messerschmitt Bf 109 G2, 10639, 3 sqn RAAF, Gambut Main Airfield, Libya, 1942.
1/72 Italeri, built for the Luftwaffe GB, more pic's, details there.
Airfix 1/48 RAAF P-51 Mustang
Airfix 1/48 P-51 in RAAF livery. Kit is built out of box with an added photo etched lap belt. It is a nice kit overall but the landing gear is a little flimsy. I used Vallejo paints and did weathering with artist oils, thinned acrylics, [...]
Supermarine Spitfire Mk. VIII "HAVA GO JO"
This is my last build for 2021. It was built for a club competition with a photo evidence deadline of 23:59 on 31 December and was completed with 5 hours 34 minutes to go. The reason for this deadline was the various Melbourne Covid-19 [...]
