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MY BIG B-24J LIBERATOR IN 1/144TH SCALE
Ten year's ago this month I built this big beautiful bomber. The kit had the "Yellow and Green" wing decals but I painted them on which eliminate any silvering that the decals would give off. I have used ordinary masking tape [...]
PACIFIC PRINCESS – Part Two & Last Part.
In part one I showed the beginning of making this fine looking model and ended by adding some aluminum tubing to the nose wheel. In Part 2 I'm showing the finished nose wheel along with a print of the real wheel.
I like my canopies [...]
P-51D Tamiya 1/32 Scale All metal skin! "Tattie Bus"
Well here she is! This will be my last metal skin build for a while! Such a pain to do this technique lol.
This is the 1/32 scale Tamiya kit, nice kit, few fit issues but nothing really bad. The metal is the difficult part, hand cutting [...]
Salem Representative Tamiya 1/48 scale P-51B Mustang
Salem Representative...Ralph Hofer had a way too short but storied history with the 8th. If you have any interest in Ralph Hofer I highly recommend Troy White's book "Last of the Screwball Aces". On July 2nd 1944, 23 year old [...]
EoJ entry: The Plane that came from a Sub- Aichi Seiran
This was my joy for the last 8 weeks or so, building a kit that although not the cutting edge of today Tamyia still bears the hallmark of this brand- an easy and straightforward build.
SonI took most of that time detailing, either with [...]
1/48 Scale YAK-1.
My written comment say that I built this model way back in 2010, therefor @ 89 years old I can not remember everything I did during the building process, however that process stayed the same for about 30 years.
I spruced up the cockpit and [...]
Tamiya 1/48 scale F4U-1 Corsair
The Tamiya Corsairs are know as one of the best kits of this legendary aircraft, and rightfully so. They are fun to build, and create a very good representation of this aircraft.
This particular model represents an F4U flown by Major [...]
Kawanishi N1K1 Kyofu "Rex" Tamiya 1/48
Very nice kit finished in the EofJ GB,and presented here attending my friend Colin request... 🙂
Tamiya 1:48 Mitsubishi A6M3 (Captured)
This is my entry into the "The Empire of Japan 1919-1946 GB" This aircraft was restored to flying condition by the joint USAAF/USN/Royal Australian Air Force Technical Air Intelligence Unit (TAIU) at Eagle Farm, Brisbane, [...]
USS Saidor VMF-213 Tamiya 1/48 F4U-1D/FG-1D
At the 1976 Rickenbacker AFB Airshow I saw my first Corsair...love at first sight. The Canadian Warplane Heritage had owned and operated her for years before selling her to Brian Reynolds. Brian owns and operates the Olympic Flight Museum [...]
