This is a build I've started some time ago, one of my modeler's dreams that comes true in a now uncommon scale in my workshop: 1:72. This is mainly becouse the subject is hardly available in a larger scale, and if it is, the price is just unacceptable. At least four hundred zlotys (with the … Continue reading Under construction: Lockheed L-14H2 Super Electra | MPM 1:72
Percival Proctor Mk.III | Dora Wings 1:48
Percival Proctor with serial number H.32 was built by F. Hills and Sons as Mk. II, and was rebuilt to the Mk. III standard while still in the RAF military service, as BV538. After the war, in 1947, it was sold to Southern Aircraft (Gatwick) Ltd., with the civil registration G-AJTS, and two years … Continue reading Percival Proctor Mk.III | Dora Wings 1:48
PZL.43A | Mirage Hobby 1:48
In 1936, in connection with Bulgaria's desire to purchase PZL.23 Karaś aircraft, but with the more powerful Gnôme-Rhône 14 Kfs engine they purchased in France, Eng. Henryk Malinowski developed a modified version of the PZL.23 Karaś aircraft with this engine. The modified aircraft was designated PZL.43. The greater weight of the engine used in the … Continue reading PZL.43A | Mirage Hobby 1:48
F-86 F-30 Sabre | Academy 1:48
North American F-86F Sabre "Mike's Bird", 39th Fighter Interceptor Squadron, Suwon, Summer 1953, pilot Captain Charles McSwain. A mix of Academy, Print Scale and Techmod decals, wheels and cockpit details from Eduard, painted with Gunze's Super Fine Silver. The other metallic shades came from the Vallejo Metal Color line. A kind of a nostalgia trip, … Continue reading F-86 F-30 Sabre | Academy 1:48
Type 97 Shinhoto Chi-Ha | Tamiya 1:35
The model is old (literally, molds not much younger than me) but good Tamiya, assembling this simple set is a real pleasure. Sentimental journey - one of the first models after returning to the hobby was the early version of Type 97. I added the Eureka XXL barrel and towing cable, the Vision Models tracks(it … Continue reading Type 97 Shinhoto Chi-Ha | Tamiya 1:35
Curtiss Hawk H-75 A-7 (ML-KNIL) | Special Hobby 1:32
The September 1939 campaign in Poland made it clear to the Dutch that they are completely unprepared for the conditions of modern war. They needed fighters. However, the queue with orders for the fighter aircraft was already long. France, Great Britain did not have much to offer for sale, they were in need themselves and … Continue reading Curtiss Hawk H-75 A-7 (ML-KNIL) | Special Hobby 1:32
Typ 1 Chi-He | IBG 1:72
This time a miniature of IBG production: Type 1 Chi-He. The shortcomings of the Type 97 Chi-Ha tanks and the later Shinhoto Chi-Ha (mainly weak armament, problems with engine cooling) were to be addressed in a new model. In 1941, tests began on the prototype of the Type 1 Chi-He tank. It retained the drive, … Continue reading Typ 1 Chi-He | IBG 1:72
Kayaba Ka-1 “KA-GO” (0-GO) Model 1 | Fine Molds 1:72
Please welcome the Japanese gyroplane used by the Air Forces of the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II: Kayaba Ka-1 "KA-GO" (0-GO) Model 1. It was the first armored rotorcraft used in combat although, given the low load capacity, military successes could not be spectacular. But as a reconnaissance and artillery fire control machine, … Continue reading Kayaba Ka-1 “KA-GO” (0-GO) Model 1 | Fine Molds 1:72
In the workshop: 40/43 M ‘Zrinyi’ II 105 mm | Bronco 1:35 Part 5 – paint and weathering
Hi All, Some substantial progress with the Bronco's Zrinyi II - in fact, it is almost completed. Painted with Hataka's Hungarian AFVs colors, Red Series - which caused major problems due to clogging the airbrush and leaving a little grainy finish. Anyway, managed (at least I hope so) to hide these problems with the … Continue reading In the workshop: 40/43 M ‘Zrinyi’ II 105 mm | Bronco 1:35 Part 5 – paint and weathering
Ford Model T 1917 Ambulance | ICM 1:35
When the United States joined the First World War, the Ford Motor Company began (together with the US Surgeon General office and drivers who served on the fronts in France) to design an ambulance based on the mass-produced Model T in 1909, a vehicle adapted to conditions of the battlefield. For this purpose, the Ford … Continue reading Ford Model T 1917 Ambulance | ICM 1:35
