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Sky raider done
On Wednesday, my school which was online that day cut 75 percent of the day so I only had 2 hours. After finishing homework, I spent almost the entire day working on the sky raider and managed to finish it. The only thing I added to the [...]
1/48 Monogram T-6 Mosquito Korea: The Forgotten War GB
History
The 6147th Tactical Control Group originated at Taejon, South Korea, within the "operations section" of the Joint Operations Center. Three pilots, and two Stinson L-5 Sentinels, were assigned as airborne forward air [...]
1/48 Tamiya A-10 Thunderbolt II – DCS Scheme with LIGHTS!
This build of the 1/48 Tamiya A-10 Thunderbolt II was done for a client who is an active pilot in the online Digital Combat Simulator. The scheme is an exact copy of the aircraft he flies in the simulator. The scheme specific decals were [...]
I Like Jugs, Pt. 5
Here’s my interpretation of Gabby Gabreski’s P-47D. This is the Tamiya kit, one of the best engineered kits I’ve ever had the pleasure to make. Honestly, I don’t know why I don’t have a half dozen more in my collection. Oh, [...]
Messerschmitt Bf109 G-6 – Tamiya 1/72
Hello everyone, I finished this kit May 2020. I used Tamiya acrylics and converted the instruction's suggestions to:
RLM 74(gray green): (AS-3) xf-61 dark green or xf-81 dark green
RLM 75(gray purple): (AS-4) xf-54 dark sea gray or xf-22 [...]
Honda McLaren MP4/4 – Tamiya 1/20
Hello everyone, this is Ayrton Senna's 1988 MP4/4 F1 car. I finished it way back in 2012 and I think I used an iPhone 4s for the photos. For the white and red I used Tamiya spray cans TS-26 Pure White and TS-36 Fluorescent Red. I [...]
Academy 1/72 PBY-5A Catalina
Hi There,
This one was built for the wee fellas roof.
No nose weight and undercarriage to deal with... Yeehah.
I haven't strung the aerials yet and not sure if I will as their absence will make hanging a lot simpler.
Primed with UMP [...]
Kawasaki Ki-61-Id Hien (Tony) – Tamiya 1/72
This is the Tamiya 1/72 Kawasaki Ki-61-Id Hien.
Mitsubishi A6M2b Zero (Zeke) – Tamiya 1/72
This is the Tamiya 1/72 Mitsubishi A6M2b Zero.
1/144 Scale Grumman X-29
I like unusual looking airplanes and Grumman sure made one with this X-29.
I wonder where is X-1 to X-28 ?
This model was a charm to build, but I do not recall if I did much research. The photo's do not show hardly any flashing on this [...]
