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RAAF Tomahawk Mk.IIb by Airfix
This is my second Airfix 1/48 scale P-40; this time in the guise of a Tomahawk IIb as flown by Wing Commander Peter Jeffrey, 3 Squadron RAAF, in the western desert in 1941.
Our IPMS-NSW club has a group build coming up later this year [...]
RAAF Spitfire “Down in the Trees”
After a bit of a hiatus from posting, here is my latest.
I tried to depict a scene somewhere in the SW Pacific, late in the War, with Aussie Spitfires constantly on patrol conducting low-level strafing and bombing sorties. Here a Spit has [...]
Welsh Models 1/72 Boeing 737-7DT (BBJ) – 34SQN, RAAF
Welsh Models are known for the vacform/resin kits. This kit was a challenge in some areas, in particular getting a solid join between the vacform fuselage and resin wing roots. The other issue I had was the amount of nose weight required [...]
Lockheed P2V 5 Neptune, A89-308, 11 Sqn RAAF Pearce WA 1953.
1/72 Hasegawa, Falcon conversion, some of, plus my own modifications, Engines and things resin engines, Pavla cockpit, these modified slightly, I added some scratch built guns, rockets, exhausts, nose gear leg and search light, finished in [...]
Hawker Hurricane 1, A60-1 / V7476, 2 Communications Flight RAAF Laverton Vic 1942.
1/72 Airfix, I modified and added a few things, basic cockpit details, air filter, antennae, propeller shaft, finished in Humbrol and MM enamels with Future and Micro flat over kit and spare decals, built 2008.
de Havilland DHC 3 Otter, A100-392, 1 Aircraft Trials Unit RAAF Woomera SA 1962.
1/72 Hobby craft, almost OOB, I added static dis-chargers, antennae and anti collision light, finished in MM enamel with Shine magic over Aussie decals from the spares box.
North American B 25J Mitchell, A47-26, 2 Sqn 79 Wing RAAF Hughes NT 1944.
1/72 Italeri, I thinned the cockpit armor plates, drilled the landing light lenses, corrected the nose gear door position and added some antennae wires, finished in MM enamels with Tamiya X22 + X21 over Aussie decals, built previous to [...]
Douglas A 20G Boston, A28-60, 22 Sqn RAAF Noemfoor Island 1944.
1/72 MPM, I modified a few things, upper turret guns hinge, added alloy foil to landing lights, tinned copper wire push rod tubes to engines, finished in MM enamels with Future and Xtra flat over kit and Aussie decals from the spares box.
Tamiya Beaufighter Mk. VI
This kit was built originally as a RAAF Mk.21 shortly after the kit was released. I later felt that the foliage green overall finish didn't do it justice & decided to re-do it as a Mk. VI from 30 Squadron RAAF. This gave me a lot more [...]
Lockheed P 38E F4 Lightning, A55-3, 1 PRU RAAF Coomalie NT 1943.
1/72 Airfix, I modified the nose, fitted brass tube and wire to the prop's, added antennae and just enough weight for it to sit, finished in Polly Scale acrylics and MM enamels with MM acrylics over Daves decals, Aussie and Badger decals [...]
