I have to say I really have been enjoying our club’s annual Build Challenges as they indeed challenge me to get something “done” by giving me a deadline. Admittedly, I have only been ready once out out of the past … Full Article→
“Black Ponies and More” 1:32 scale USN & USMC Broncos in the Vietnam War ($22) It was a bit surreal for me to discover a previously unknown decal maker while on Britmodeller.com forums, then visit the AoA site to see … Full Article→
I obtained this kit (#3430) soon after its release in 1999. Construction, however, was finally started in January 2012. Overall, the kit was excellent, but it had a few inaccuracies. In a nutshell, the B-25 Mitchell had a glorious, historically … Full Article→
Tail Surfaces: After cutting apart the P-38 kit’s tail booms, I was left with four vertical tail surface halves, each with good sized gaps to be filled, both from the opening for the horizontal tail and from the trimmed boom … Full Article→
Challenge: Turn a 1/48 scale P-38 Lightning into an experimental WWII Japanese fighter plane. For the November 2014 Club Theme Challenge, we decided to “compete” using any scale or make of P-38 kit, built to any result (in other words, … Full Article→
1:48 Scale Martin P4M Mercator by RCM (Robert’s/Combat Models) Order via website: www.combatmodels.us (kit 48-020 w/ resin detail set) $59.95 plus shipping Part 2: After my initial impressions of the Combat Merc, I have decided I would just “go for … Full Article→
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This gallery is a collection of images I took while serving with the US Navy’s premier SH-2 squadron, HSL-34 (Green Checkers.) It was one of our line aircraft plus a few taken of a static display aircraft at an airshow … Full Article→
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This set of images provides a detailed walkaround of the the HH-2D airframe held at the American Helicopter Museum in West Chester, Pennsylvania. Many of the images include a ruler for sizing purposes with multiple views & closeups, useful as … Full Article→
Metal parts upgrade for the 1:48 Kitty Hawk kit Sometimes we get into a mindset and forget that we’re (usually!) talking with actual people on the “other end” of things. Case in point is when I recently offered my Seasprite … Full Article→
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This series of images is of the SH-2F airframe (BuNo. 149026) being used as a ‘gate guard’ at NAS Norfolk, Virginia. Most were taken in 2013 though the more ‘colorful’ paint scheme was from a couple of years earlier. Keep … Full Article→
