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HMS Glory, part 2
Hi All!
First let me say this was to be combined with the Sea Fury post, but the site would only let me post 2 images. If some one can let me know how to post more...I would appreciate it.
Here is my next contribution to the Korean [...]
The blue dream flies on! Bugatti 100P, a racing aircraft of the 1930s.
Many articles on aircraft models begin with the statement that the original of the presented model is particularly unique. As appropriate as this may be, the Bugatti 100P shown here opens up yet another category of uniqueness all its [...]
Special Hobby 1/72 Supermarine Sea Otter
Probably taken me 8 or 9 months to finally get this one over the finish line. Life just gets in the way, eh ? Really nice little kit, with a decent level of detail for the scale. Finished mainly in MRP paint, weathered with various oil [...]
Hawker Sea Fury FB 11, WH 589, 115, 724 Sqn RAN, HMAS Albatross, Nowra NSW, 1962.
1/72 Special Hobby, I started working on this in 2007, off and on till finishing in early 2021.
This was one of two display aircraft, The other being WH 588, 114.
I modified a few things along the way, brass wire and tube for the prop', [...]
Video: Nürnberg 2023 – and unreleased NEW KITS!
Spielwarenmesse 2023 - Nürnberg
...just a a fraction of nice stands @ Spielwarenmesse 2023
Many new and unreleased scale kits from:
Tamiya Scale/RC kits
Revell scale kits
Italeri scale kits
Scale75 figures
AK interactive
Art Scale - [...]
La Poste - Part 2
History
After the successful pioneering of the African routes Latécoère turned their attention to South America and postal services there. However, changed priorities meant that the Latécoère decided to focus more on aircraft [...]
Vultee Vengeance 1, A27-48, 23 Sqn RAAF, Nadzab 1944.
1/72 Special Hobby, started early 2020, finished early 2022.
Special Hobby 1/72 Harvard MkIIA
A reboxing of the Academy plastic with some lovely resin bits and transparencies from Special Hobby and surgical instructions to covert the Texan to the Harvard.
No real issues with the fit, my only complaint would be that the masking set [...]
Grunau Baby Glider, 1/48 Special Hobby
Another gift for my dad... harking back to his gliding days in South Australia in the 1950's. He declared this his favourite aeroplane ever, and he even managed to get his "Silver C" in this aircraft: 5 hours aloft. This was back [...]
1/32 Special Hobby Hawker Tempest Mk.II
This is 1/32 Special Hobby Hawker Tempest Mk.II with the markings of EG-X /PR733 flown by R.E.Mooney Co of No 16 Sqn RAF in Fassberg West Germany.
This Tempest built OOB except for CMK seat and Eduard instrument panel.
Paints are Gunze [...]
