Part II: Revell 1/72 V-2 Rocket with SS-100 Gigant Transporter
This build represents something of a departure from my usual staples of ships, planes and tanks.
This build represents something of a departure from my usual staples of ships, planes and tanks.
My hobby pattern of late has been to have one model and one set of figures going at the same time. Whenever the model has to dry or set for […]
My now 11-year-old son and I staged this tabletop fracas recently, pitting everything British that could be taken to be active in the 1940 French campaign against the converse on the German side.
I built this one concurrently with the Bf109G-6 I recently posted, and my experience was similar: I love these Tamiya War Bird Collection kits — and here, as with the […]
A really nice model — like any of the Tamiya War Bird Collection that I have built — can create an interesting psychological challenge for me.
I’ve posted about other Ace Models kits before, and here’s my general experience: with kinda messy sprues and lots of little parts that tend to need cleaning up, they’re not […]
Second of two recent Airfix Luftwaffe kits.
This kit is another that falls into the category of “didn’t have high hopes as I was building it but love it now that it’s done.”
When I was younger, I would never have dreamed of duplicating a vehicle — much less the very same kit. One Tiger II was enough. Now I have seven in my collection: four that I recently built, plus one other from my youth that I repainted (those are the five you see above), as well as two others not pictured. I guess that’s what happens sometimes when you put the financial means of an adult into your hobby!
Can you spot the difference between the two variants?
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