WW2 Model Airplane Kits

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 [...]

March 11th, 2010 | Tags: Airfix Kits, Better Halves, Bottom Wing, Camouflage, Cockpit, Fuselage, Golf Ball, Honey, Instrument Panel, Joints, Masks, Mists Of Time, Molds, Plasticard, Putty, Reflection, Seams, Seventies, Sixties, Wings | Category: Airfix Model Airplane Kits, Airplane Model Building, WW2 Eastern Theatre Operations, WW2 Model Airplane Projects, WW2 Model Airplanes to Build | Leave a comment

1/72 Airfix Me109G6 (new mold) http://ww2-model-airplanes.wfh4l.com/?p=1334 #

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February 28th, 2010 | Tags: twitter tweets | Category: WW2 Model Airplanes to Build | Leave a comment

Decals how to apply and solve problems http://ww2-model-airplanes.wfh4l.com/?p=1219 #

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February 7th, 2010 | Tags: twitter tweets | Category: WW2 Model Airplanes to Build | Leave a comment

Hi guys! Just a quick note to  let you know that I am alive and breathing (just) and that I’ve not forgotten my website or you guys. It’s been one of the hardest years of my life. Mum died of cancer in November and I’ve spent most of this year nursing her. I lost my [...]

December 7th, 2009 | Tags: Armour, Cancer, Doing Research, Fw190, Jets, Job, Models, New Projects, Photo Etch, Years Of My Life | Category: WW2 Model Airplanes to Build | Leave a comment

Revell 1:72 Dornier Do24T, the next step http://bit.ly/1eKC83 #

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September 6th, 2009 | Tags: twitter tweets | Category: WW2 Model Airplanes to Build | Leave a comment

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, [...]

September 4th, 2009 | Tags: Acrylic Paint, Bench, Canon, Decals, Detriment, Dornier, Drawings, Enamel, Glue, Masking Tape, Nook, Nook And Cranny, Planing Hull, Revell, Sat, Shading, Sheen, Sorts, Turret, Turrets, Upper Surfaces, Varnish | Category: Airplane Model Building, Revell Dornier Do 24T, WW2 Model Airplane Projects, WW2 Model Airplanes to Build | Leave a comment

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 [...]

September 3rd, 2009 | Tags: Assembly Drawings, Cowls, Distances, Dornier, Fuselage, Glue, Job, Left Wing, Millimeter, Painting, Parasol, Ruler, Tail Assembly, Tail Surfaces, Wings | Category: Airplane Model Building, Revell Dornier Do 24T, WW2 Model Airplane Projects, WW2 Model Airplanes to Build | Leave a comment

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 [...]

September 1st, 2009 | Tags: Applicator Brush, Catalina, Cockpit Canopy, Consolidated Catalina, Cutting Board, Decals, Doorway, Evergreen Scale Models, Flight Engineers, Flying Boat, Flying Boats, Fuselage, Gap, Liquid Cement, Masking Tape, Modeling Supplies, Mold, Radio Operators, Seams, Short Sunderland, Sponsons, Super Glue, Trusty, Turret, Turrets | Category: Airplane Model Building, Revell Dornier Do 24T, WW2 Model Airplane Projects, WW2 Model Airplanes to Build | Leave a comment

Scribing Panel Lines on the Italeri P40M http://bit.ly/ymgFk #

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July 19th, 2009 | Tags: twitter tweets | Category: WW2 Model Airplanes to Build | Leave a comment

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 [...]

July 13th, 2009 | Tags: Array, Case Line, Circles, Cock Pit, Drawings, Dry Brushing, Eduard, Electrical Tape, Fuselage, Fuses, Glue, Instrument Panel, Italeri, Line Drawings, Lion Roar, Modeller, Moulds, Oil Washes, Panel Lines, Pundits, Putty, Rectangles, Reference Material, Remedial Work, Rudder Pedals, Scriber, Scribes, Shapes, Squares, Tri Tool, Triangles | Category: 1-48 P40M-N, 1-48th scale Ww2 Airplanes, Airplane Model Building, NZ WW2 Model Airplanes, RNZAF 15 Squadron, WW2 Model Airplane Projects, WW2 Model Airplanes to Build | Leave a comment

Searching for colour matches for FS 595a & b colours http://bit.ly/uI8FX #

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July 12th, 2009 | Tags: twitter tweets | Category: WW2 Model Airplanes to Build | Leave a comment

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 for your [...]

July 11th, 2009 | Tags: Back Button, Book Mark, Browser, Current Project, Different Ways, Free Source, Hurry, Internet References, Line Drawings, Reason, Search Engine, Search Engines, Source Of Information, Timely Reminder, Wealth Of Knowledge, Web Page, Web Pages, Websites Content, Wonderful Things | Category: 1-48 P40M-N, 1-48th scale Ww2 Airplanes, Cheap Model Airplanes to Buy, NZ WW2 Model Airplanes, RNZAF 15 Squadron, WW2 Model Airplane Projects, WW2 Model Airplanes to Build | Leave a comment

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 [...]

July 5th, 2009 | Tags: Academy, Acrylic Paints, Airfix, Camouflage, Colour Scheme, Colour Schemes, Colours, Enamel, Equivalents, Federal Standard, Google, Half The Battle, Ipmsstockholm, North American Harvard, Paint Brush, Paint Scheme, Paints, Stocks, Wonderful Things, World War Two | Category: 1-48th scale Ww2 Airplanes, Airfix Model Airplane Kits, Airplane Model Building, WW2 Model Airplane Projects, WW2 Model Airplanes to Build | Leave a comment

I just updated my Squidoo page: WW2 Model Airplane Kits / http://tinyurl.com/krv93s #
setting up Twitter for my Squidoo account #

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July 5th, 2009 | Tags: twitter tweets | Category: WW2 Model Airplanes to Build | Leave a comment