By NZ FlyBoy, on March 31st, 2010%
As I said before the hardest part of this build and the most time consuming was masking the splinter camouflage. German splinter camouflage is relatively easy task to do as the lines are all straight. So out with the Tamiya masking tape and away we go. The largest problem to over come is that the splinter . . . → Read More: Masking Splinter Camouflage of the Airfix Henchel Hs123
By NZ FlyBoy, on July 13th, 2009%
1/48 Italeri-p40m
Re-scribing panel lines, the very term can make even experienced modelers cringe. Now the molds used for the Italeri kit are the old AMT/ERTL ones and show some deterioration from age. The fuselage is not to well formed and requires some remedial work sanding filling and re-scribing of panel lines.
Now this is very easily . . . → Read More: Scribing Panel Lines on the Italeri P40M
By NZ FlyBoy, on July 11th, 2009%
1/48 Italeri P40m/n
While searching for information on the P40M for my current project I came across several websites that I had forgotten, or simply had forgot to book mark. So it seems prudent to write a timely reminder on researching your subject and the importance of bookmarking your Internet references.
While caught up in the research . . . → Read More: Searching for project information on the web
By NZ FlyBoy, on July 5th, 2009%
Federal standard colours and their equivalents in hobby paints.
While taking a break from figuring out how to document my build on the 1/48 scale Italeri P40M-N I’ll be building next, I realized I had two 1/72 scale kits of the North American Harvard to build. One by Airfix and the other by Academy. I liked one . . . → Read More: Searching for colour matches for FS 595a & b colours
By NZ FlyBoy, on June 14th, 2009%
1/48 Italeri P40m/n
I decided after two small scale models that my next would be a larger scale model and decided to build the Italeri P40 kitset. Why? Simple this will be an out of the box build (O.O.B.) using the kitsets decals to make an RNZAF 15 Squadron aircraft flown by New Zealand Pacific Ace . . . → Read More: Italeri 1/48th scale P40M/N – Kittyhawk Mk4
By NZ FlyBoy, on April 2nd, 2009%
This is a Signifer multimedia kitset. It’s a beautifully detailed kitset, a combination of moulded styrene plastic and resin castings. The resin castings have an exquisite level of detail that is truly stunning. Once painted the interior is incredibly well detailed, this includes the passenger cabin as well as the cockpit and front well (which contains . . . → Read More: Signifer Grumman Goose JRF-5