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Revell 1/48 pv-1 ventura
Quick review here. My father trained bomber pilots during WWII in Beaufort, S.C. I asked him why the noses on his PV-1s looked different. He explained the radar units were in short supply and couldn't be wasted on training aircraft. So [...]
Airfix 1/72 Hawker Typhoon Ib Starter Kit
Hi there,
This one has been sitting in the pile for well over a year and as I was contemplating surgery for the Buccaneer I thought I could build this one for Innis to see if I was capable of cutting out some plastic without it looking too [...]
P-38 Lightening
This is one of my first aircraft models. A couple weeks ago I was looking around on Imodler and decided that I wanted to build an aircraft. I chose the P-38 because it is my favorite WW2 plane. I originally thought I would have problems [...]
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 [...]
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... 🙂
