IBG has release another boxing of this kit and this is one I am interested in since it will help complete the Romanian collection.
January 13, 2020
January 12, 2020
F-117
Even though they are officially retired, apparently several F-117s are still flying , being used as aggressor aircraft out at Nellis. Story here.
January 9, 2020
Like a scene from the new Top Gun movie
I love this story so much. Can you imagine being one of the Iranian pilots? You’d need to go home and change your flight suit.
January 8, 2020
A-4
I really like the A-4. It is a cool little hot rod of an aircraft. I particularly like it in its aggressor role. I’ve always wanted to do the aggressor that had a MiG-17 silhouette painted on it. That means I will need this.
January 7, 2020
Potez 25 TOE
Special Hobby has released the box art for their upcoming Potez 25TOE. As luck would have it, those are the markings I’d like to do it in, which I believe are an aircraft in French Indochina.
MXY-7 Model 11 Ohka
I’ve been building the Brengun kit of the MXY-7 Model 11 Ohka. It is finally finished and I got a few rushed cell phone shots of it last night. The Ohka was one of Japan’s late war attempts to stem the inevitable tide of the US Pacific fleet. The Ohka (cherry blossom) went from conception to production to deployment in less than a year. we know that about 755 Model 11s were made. It is unclear how many were actually used, though some number went down with the carriers Shinano and Unryu and a number were captured intact on Okinawa. The Ohkas are known to have sunk 3 ships and severely damaged 3 more. However, none were carriers or battleships and on the whole the effort and cost expended on these manned rocket powered bombs seems to have been a waste of resources as well as their pilot’s lives.
The Brengun kit is relatively new, having been issued in 2018. In addition to the basic kit, Brengun makes, a separately sold vac canopy, a photo etch set and canopy masks. I recommend getting the photo etch (though not all of it is usable) and the canopy masks. (always get the canopy masks) While not perfect, it was a fun build and I like the way it came out.
January 6, 2020
Another decal sheet
I need another decal sheet like I need a hole in my head. Yet, I think I’m going to have to pick this one up. I am a sucker for P-51s in ANG markings and in smaller air forces markings.
January 3, 2020
January 2, 2020
Thankless modeling tasks
The thing I hate most in aircraft modeling is masking canopies. Thankfully, technological development has eliminated that hassle, due to pre-cut canopy masks. One of the other real pains in the but when modeling is dealing with long thin decals, such as stripes or lines. Their tendency to fold and kink and misbehave is endlessly frustrating. However, you can’t always avoid subjects with such markings. In those cases, my preferred solution is to cut the decal and ally it in sections. This isn’t ideal as you then have the challenge to matching and mating the sections back together on the model. However, it is still better than other alternatives. I am dealing with this challenge on the Ohka. I started applying the stripes last night. Hopefully I’ll get the entire stripe on soon.
Decal stripes
December 31, 2019
This is good news
The increasingly excellent kit producer Arma has announced a 72nd scale FM-2, promising to fill a much needed space in 72nd scale Wildcats. Now if we can get them to do an F4F-3.
