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1/48 Tamiya P-38F Bat Outta Hell
INTRODUCTION
The P-38 Lightning was originally planned to be a high altitude twin engined bomber interceptor. It was designed by Clarence Kelly Johnson's team with its now famous and unique twin boom configuration around the [...]
2020... A productive one for me...
First is Tamiya's "Betty", the last for the year, completed (as if ever a model is really done) on 12/30. 🙂 The rest of the models all posted here before. Hope no one minds my throwing in a couple of woodworking projects. [...]
My 2020 builds…
2020 was an odd one for me. After 33 years, my airline job succumbed to the virus and I decided to retire rather than wait it out or take a furlough / layoff and risk losing my benefits. I second guessed that decision for quite a while, [...]
Brits in the Pacific...1/48 Republic P-47D Thunderbolt Mk.I SEAC
Built in 2015. Tamiya´s excellent Razorback kit with Rising Decals, painted with Gunze and Tamiya acrylics, the model shows an a/c of 258 Sqn RAF at Arkonam base in India 1944.
USS West Virginia BB-48 1945 – Trumpeter 1/700
So... On a whim, figured I post one of my ships on here. This is Trumpeter's 1/700 West Virginia '45 kit, which is very similar to all the Big 5 kits that Trumpeter has put forth. It's a pretty good kit, but as with most ships, I felt the [...]
Anson Johnson P-51D Racing Conversion
Cleveland, 1946, the wild west of Air Racing continued in a big way after the end of WWII. Many of the guys that raced in the 30's returned, along with a new crop of enthusiasts. The days of the high horsepower homebuilts was basically [...]
Fairey Firefly Mk1 1/48 Special Hobby. Korean war Group build.
This is my contribution to the Korean war group build or rather my first contribution as I may well do more , we have plenty of time after all.
The kit is the Special Hobby offering , I picked this kit up some years ago for ÂŁ30 at a club [...]
“PATROL”…Empire of Japan Group Build, Type 97 Chi-Ha.
Hi All,
My only contribution to the Empire of Japan group build. Thank you Louis for the invite.
My first attempt at a box diorama but definitely not last.
My last completed build and posting for 2020.
This box diorama, titled, [...]
“Spirit of ’44”. Winter vignette
"Spirit of '44"
Support Gunner of the 4th Inf. Div.
Luxembourg, December 1944
Figure from Tamiya with resin head in 1/35th scale
I made the snow with sodium bicarbonate and white glue with water.
Please note that the sign has an [...]
1/48 Manshu Ki-79b – Empire of Japan Group Build.
This is the new RS Models kit of this unusual little plane. The Ki-79 was a trainer version of the Ki-27 army fighter. It was produced in Harbin, Manchuria by the Manshu Aircraft subsidiary of the Japanese Nakajima company. It was [...]
