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The third week of the PBJ-1D build was spent detailing the nose area. To start with the starboard side has the ammo boxes, electronic gun and the spent casing bag. The gun is molded and only half of the frame. The ammo belt was just a blob of plastic. I had a set of Eduard Brassin resin guns so...

Welcome to 2025! This is the second week of the PBJ-1D build. This week was spent on building and detailing the interior assemblies and fuselage walls. Starting with the center section I detailed the Flight Engineer's seat which sits above the forward entry ladder and then added the internal...

HAPPY NEW YEAR! In a few days it will be 2025 so here is my 2024 year in review. I started the year off with a 1/48 Revell A-26B. It was detailed with Eduard photo etch detail sets for the cockpit and the bomb bay. I also used the SAC metal landing gear set. The scheme is the "Maggie's Drawers"...

Christmas present from my Awesome Wife! Titan Models 1/48 B-2A!

I am taking a short break from commission builds during this holiday season. So for the first build of 2025 I am building Academy's 1/48 PBJ-1D (B-25D). The scheme will be "The Fork-Tailed Devils" of VMB-433 for the U.S. Marines located on Emirau Island, New Guinea 1944. I will be adding some...

As the fourth week of the Mirage ends I have completed the aircraft. I installed the landing gear and landing gear doors. I then worked on the canopy, windscreen, and HUD. The HUD required some minor adjustments. The kit represents the dual glass for the HUD but because the clear parts are so...

The third week of the Mirage was spent painting the camouflage and then applying the numerous decals. As for the camouflage I used Light Ghost Grey for the lighter color. As for the blue grey I sampled numerous paints. I painted a color board with stripes of Model Master Intermediate blue...

The second week of the Mirage build was spent assembling the fuselage details. I assembled the intakes and the wing assembly and set them aside for now. The tail was installed and I began adding details to the fuselage like the antennas and pitot tubes had to be modified. This kit has some...

Welcome to the last commission build of 2024. For this build I will be using Kinetic's 1/48 Mirage 2000C kit. The scheme will be the French version. The client is a Harrier pilot who was doing a joint exercise with France and had the chance to fly one of their Mirage 2000C aircraft. The aircraft...

After six weeks the Academy 1/48 A-10C of the "flying Tigers" is finished! The week started off mounting the aircraft to the display base and wiring the lights and switch to the battery. Next I installed the canopy in the open position and the boarding ladder. The nameplate arrived a few days...

The fifth week of the A-10C I worked on cleaning up, painting, and applying decals on the weapons. For the AIM-9 missiles I trimmed the nose off and made the IR sensor using acrylic gel. I painted then nose after trimming using chrome silver and I also painted the nose area on the maverick...

The Forth week of the A-10C the engine nacelle was detailed and installed. I used Vallejo Metal Paint Jet Exhaust for the exhaust and Vallejo Metal Paint Duraluminum for the intake. Having the nacelle assembly in one piece makes it nice not having to worry about seams, however installing the...

The third week of the A-10C I installed the wings and tail assembly. Before I get into the work completed this week I few reach backs. First I neglected to add a photo of the cockpit installed into the fuselage showing the ejection seat details. The second was a correction. I originally had red...

The second week of the A-10C I was able to get the forward fuselage together. I also added a couple of lead weights so the aircraft will sit on the landing gear correctly. Part of the forward fuselage is the lower panel and the upper panel behind the cockpit. Both of these panels have flashing...

This next commission build is another A-10. I will be using Academy's 1/48 A-10C "75th FS Flying Tigers" kit. The scheme will be how this aircraft looked in 2014. I will be adding Eduard photo etch detail set, Master Model brass gun, Ares resin ejection seat, and I will be using eight LED's and...

After four weeks the A-10A of the 75th Fighter Squadron is finished. The start of the week I completed the Litening pod and installed the boarding ladder, HUD, canopy, and windscreen. I did the final paint touch-ups as well. One of the biggest touch-ups was the top of the tails. The decals were...

As the third week of the A-10A finishes I completed the base coat of paint. I then worked on the landing gear. For the nose gear there are two landing lights. These were just molded flat. O drilled them out a bit and used acrylic gel to create the landing light lenses. The landing gear was...

The second week of the A-10A was spent getting the aircraft ready to paint. To start with I had to drill out the gun shroud to fit the Master Models brass gun barrels. I then painted the barrels and the housing with Tamiya's X10 gun metal. I then assembled the wings and added all the hard points...

This second commission build is the Academy 1/72 A-10A from "Operation Iraqi Freedom" I will be using the kit decals for the aircraft from the 75th Fighter Squadron of the 23rd wing. This will also be mounted in a display case. It will be mostly "out of the box" build with the exception of using...

In just four weeks the P-3C Orion of VP-8 "Flying Tigers" is now finished. After many tedious hours of carefully applying the kit decals I was able to get them all on with only some minor issues. The biggest issue of the decals was the upper wing walkways. It seems the grey ink was affected by...