Trumpeter model kits
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1/48 Trumpeter T-38A Talon Jet Trainer: Gem of a Kit
I always loved the T-38 but had never built this ride as a 1/48 Kit. When a good customer of mine asked if I could build one for him in standard trainer scheme I jumped at the chance. I researched the two competing kits of this bird [...]
1/700 CV-13 Franklin “Hit by a Kamikaze”
1/700 Scale
Trumpeter & Fly Hawk
19 March 1945, USS Franklin was attacked by Kamikaze.
The photograph was much more exaggerated than the actual model. ha ha ha ^^;;
HU-16RD Albatross
I built this replica of the Albatross on display at the Hiller Aviation Museum. The actual aircraft was highly modified for a round-the-world trek following the route intended by Amelia Earhart.
I used Trumpeter’s 1:48 HU-16A as the [...]
Kursk Diorama and Stryker M1127
Here is my final work "Stryker M1127" and my Kursk diorama.
Diorama completed and Stryker needs a little more add-ons.
Trumpeters Wellington Mk III.
Hi friends!
I guess some of you know that this build was my "FRYING PAN CHALLENGE".
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Yesterday was spent planting grass on the base plate. As you can see, I made some low valleys and hills in the plate, to give it a bit [...]
THE FRYING PAN CHALLENGE! Part 5. Model finished. Challenge met.
Is that correct English by the way? Do you "meet" a challenge?
Anyway, here she is.
Since the last post, I've worked with thin mists of various colors over the paintwork and with artists colored pencils on the decals, to bleach [...]
THE FRYING PAN CHALLENGE! Part 4. The fun has begun.
Playing around with the airbrush over large surfaces is the best part of aircraft modeling in my opinion.
Before I painted the black underside, I laid a foundation of reddish brown.
That was followed by a thin layer of dark grey and then [...]
THE FRYING PAN CHALLENGE! Part 3. Fuselage and wings.
A german high quality virus halted the build for almost a week and ruined three days of skiing vacation, but today I got going again.
The clear parts didn't really fit as one would wish, so some putty and sanding was required.
With [...]
1/48th Trumpeter Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23ML Iraqi Air Force January 1991, The Great Escape
It's 5:00 Am in late January, Capt Ahmad Al-Saladi is still contemplating what he and his brothers are about to partake. 2 days prior the Iraqi Air force had launched a rather ambitious attack against coalition ground forces that had [...]
