Well here we are guys, my latest project the Airfix Henschel Hs123. I’ve always liked this kit right back to the time I first built it some where back in the dark mists of time when cars were insured against viking attack. I use it as a test if you like, to see how far [...]
Okay guys here it is my new project. I know, I know I said I was going to do the Italeri 1/48Th scale FW190 with photo etch! but as any modeler knows, when inspiration strikes (or in this case seeing the new Airfix kit) you do what inspires you! I wanted to see what the [...]
I thought it timely to discuss the topic of decaling and the reason you ask? I’ve just finished a nightmare decaling session with my latest non World War Two build, Mk88 Strikemaster by Airfix, as flown by the RNZAF. (See a theme here??)
The decals were brittle beyond belief, not printed on the usual blue paper [...]
I left you wondering what could be done with the easily removed acrylic paint, as I sat there wondering what I could possibly do to make the paint more resilient a light went on. It occurred to me that if I was to cover it with something tougher it would make the paint last longer, [...]
Okay so here we are the part that I was dreading, joining the parasol wing to the fuselage! To be fair I delayed it a bit by building the engine cowls and painting the engines, as well as building the tail assembly and gluing it in place.
When I figured I couldn’t delay it any longer [...]
Okay guys here it is my latest project. Flying boats have always fascinated me, particularly the larger ones, Short Sunderland, Kawanishi H8K2, Consolidated Catalina and the Dornier Do24T.
This is Revell’s offering (which I believe is the Italeri mold) detail is a little sparse, but you can always add that. Panel lines are recessed and more [...]
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 said [...]
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 [...]
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.)Â using the kitsets decals to make an RNZAF 15 Squadron aircraft flown by New Zealand Pacific Ace Flight Lieutenant [...]
The ultimate World War 2 model airplane kit
The Flugwerks FW190 is a scale replica of the original. Classified as a kitset aircraft it doesn’t attract the same level of Insurance premium as a vintage FW 190 would and with a price tag of around 750000 euro’s perhaps half the cost. It comes ready to assemble [...]
When I first saw the decals for this kit I was thrilled. A complete set of markings for this aircraft, stencils found on the aircraft and national markings except the swastikas that go on the tail. (Not unusual for a Russian or German Kit)
All was good till I tried to apply the decals, the carrier [...]
Well here it is guys and gals my next project! The ICM Me109E7, now this kit is incredibly cheap $10:80 New Zealand , but well detailed! You can see pictures of the kitset in the ICM 1:72 Scale Me109E7 Trop gallery.
I’ll be building this OOTB (out of the box) and not modifying the kitset. So [...]
In my previous post I covered the beginning of the construction of the Airfix Beaufighter Kitset. And left it at the construction of the cockpit, this post can be found here, Making the Airfix Bristol Beaufighter 1/72 scale .
Well now onto the construction of the cockpit, again Arifix provided nothing in the way of [...]
Last time I wrote about the Airfix Bristol Beaufighter and it’s relationship with RNZAF 489 Squadron of World War 2 in the ETO, here is a link to that article Airfix Bristol Beaufighter 489 Squadron RNZAF ETO
This is an Airfix kit I have recently purchased and have begun to build.
With the removal of the tabs [...]
Two things attracted me to this kit, the first is the price, $12:00 New Zealand! The second is that it wont take much to make this kit look one helluva lot better!! Now I’m not a rivet counter or badly affected by A.M.S. (Advanced modelers syndrome). When assembled it’ll look like a Beaufighter, but most [...]
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