1/72

My build of the HobbyBoss 1/72 Lavochkin La-7 (80236) It was built OOB and painted with a hairy stick and made for the 2023 Karl & Andrew Soviet Wingy Thing GB. You can read about this build here. Dave

Hi. This is my first time posting a build and indeed my first build for many years. Any tips and help would be very welcome. There are 2 schemes to choose from. I’m going for the USAF ‘John Glen’ version. there were 4 sprees and a clear parts spruce. I’ve put together a few pieces an tried to...

My build of the Airfix 1/72 Consolidated B-24J Liberator (05006-3), one of my "box of rivets" builds where I try to keep every single rivet! "The Dragon and His Tail" decals for B24J Liberator 44-40973, 64th Bomb Squadron, 43rd Bomb Group, August 1945 came from Xtradecal Set...

Another one of my "box of rivets" builds - the ancient Airfix 1/72 Bristol Blenheim IV (02027-1) A build that fought me all the way, especially around the cockpit glazing. Dave

My build of the "box of rivets" Airfix 1/72 Douglas Boston III (04033) Apart from two-ton of scrap metal in the bomb bay to keep the nose down, it is an OOB brush-painted build. Dave

I haven't completed a plane since I was a young lad many moons ago - started three over the last few years but they all fell by the wayside so the likelihood of finishing this is not good Have always liked the shape of these things and bought this on impulse recently from Creatives weekly sale...

Morning all, this is what I picked up for less than a fiver at Cosford - a whole £4 got me a slightly battered box by a Polish maker I have not come across before looks like it has been hanging around for a while plenty of sprues - typical of low volume manufacturers (similar to an ACE...

Morning all, This Revell 1/72 Tiger II will be my entry for the Little Armour GB box top comes with a hefty instruction booklet although I don't tend to follow them very often I have a turned barrel in the stash, an end of line bought for a couple of quid, which has just been waiting...

Hello guys, Been a while since my last post, finished this one in more or less a month and a half. Nice little kit from Wolfpack with added detail set. The decals were awesome and instruction was clear and straight forward. As usual comments and critiques are most welcome... Thanks for looking!!

These two 1/72 SG-38 early-war training gliders came in one box. Manufacturer is Kovozavody Prostejov who have been around for decades, but these are new-tool kits and very nicely done. The Luftwaffe version has the 'open cockpit' (which must have been bit alarming), the Polish variant has the...

I built this a few years ago, and converted it to a RNAS naval Pup which involved cutting a hole in the upper wing and mounting a Lewis gun ahead of the cockpit. Apart from adding some cockpit detail I re-skinned the fuselage with 5 thou styrene sheet and corrected a few of the kit's...

Built this over three days, as I'm helping with the building of a 1/4th scale one of these Severskys for the Cradle of Aviation Museum in Garden City, NY, and I felt like having one of my own. Also won me one of their new 1/32nd Hawker Tempests, so quite pleased about that.

US, P-51D-20-NA, 44-72218, Big Beautiful Doll, Lt. Col. John D. Landers, 78 FG, 84 FS Cmdr Officer of 78th FG, flew 90 missions in the Pacific Theater; served also with the 55th FG and 357th FG/ Had over 1039 hrs in flying time and 174 total missions. 3 Silver Stars/4 DFC/ British DFC/21...

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A few people know that Brazilian troops fought shoulder to shoulder with the Allies in Italy against the Axis during World War II. Even fewer know that Brazilian pilots formed a squadron, the 1st Brazilian Squadron attached to the 350FG. They flew the powerful P47D Thunderbolts. I've used...

Hi all Here is another model from my collection, this one I've finished back in 2013. The F6F-5 Hellcat was one of the most important US Navy fighters during World War II. This model represents the White 7 'Paper Doll', flown by Lt. Carl A. Brown Jr., at VF-27, USS Princeton in October...

Hi all Here is another model completed while ago. It is the Airfix 1/72 new tooling model. It was a really good surprise to build this kit. The level of detail is very good and the parts fit together nicely, well done Airfix! My only comment is in regards the decal instructions, it was...

Bf 109E-4/ Trop 'Black 8', flown by Feldwebel Franz Elles, 8./JG 27, April 1941 Hi all! Here is a model I've made a while ago, this little Tamiya gem in 1/72nd scale is a ME109E-4 Trop painted to represent the plane flown by Feldwebel Franz Elles, 8./JG27, Libya 1941. Here are some photos...

BF 110 C-4/B II/Schnellkampfgeschwader 210 Operation "Barbarossa", Eastern front, 1941 Hi all! Here is another of my models. It is the new tooling BF110 from Airfix in 1/72. Very nice model and it was a pleasure to build it. I was very impressed with the decals quality. Very well...

This P-40E was the first received by FAB (Brazilian Air Force) as part of a Lend Lease Agreement. It was serial numbered FAB 01 (or just 01) and later FAB 4020. It is seen here in the RAF camouflage they arrived in late 1942. There is an excellent article about those first P-40E's received by...