Spitfire IIa, P7308/XR-D, 71 “Eagle” Squadron, 27 August 1941 There were a lot of firsts with this kit. It was my first Airfix new tooling Spitfire Mk I, my first attempt at Spitfire IFF aerials and my first 3D-Kits upgrade. Well, I guess all that is not really very special, but I approached this build […]
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EP312/D-K, Wing Commander Dereck Kain, Edku, Egypt, 1944 This is a model I completed back in April 2011. I purchased the Hobby Boss kit not knowing the goods or others regarding accuracy, fit, detail, et cetera. As with most Hobby Boss kits, this one had some things not quite right. I approached the build
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I originally picked up this kit at a swap meet, not because of the subject but because of the floats and torpedo. At the time my thinking was I could probably put the floats on an ancient Airfix Swordfish in my stash; and the torpedo could be used on one of the torpedo bombers I
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Frog Spitfire XIVe & V-1 This was purchased as the Novo kit, but as we all know it’s really the old Frog molding. The theme is “Unmanned” — Any subject representing an unmanned vehicle, drone, remotely piloted, missile — you get the picture. Since I wanted this to be a Spitfire topic I decided to
Ship models are slow going! Lots of parts and attempting to mask for airbrushing is just, well, frustrating. For space reasons I long ago settled on 1/700 scale if/when I build ship models. Over the last few weeks I’m starting to wonder if that was a mistake! With the exception of HMS Prince of Wales
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Tamiya HMS Prince of Wales, 1/700 scale, as configured during the Battle of the Denmark Straight, May 1941. Introduction This model is for the Patuxent River Museum’s Battle of the Atlantic display and will be part of the vignette representing the early phase of the campaign that involved Germany’s strategy of surface raiders against the
