1/72 Airfields in England 3: Spitfires
This set of photos may be taken as a companion to my earlier set of Spitfire shots, but here I use my newer airfield bases and sky background. (I take […]
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1/72 Airfields in England 2: “Mount ‘n’ Ride” B-17G
Here we have an imagined 8th Air Force field with Academy’s “Special Nose Art Edition” B-17G Mount n Ride. The Quonset huts are by Italeri.
1/72 Airfields in England 1: Mosquito VI
I have posted dioramas on this topic in the past (for instance here), but this summer I had a little time to spend on creating a couple of new boards to […]
North African Airfield in 1/72 (black and white)
These are much the same images as in my previous post, but in black and white. I like the photos in color. I like them in black and white. What to […]
North African Airfield, 1943
I have always loved the look of the P-40, and not just because of the “shark’s mouth” it often seems to be sporting. The rounded edges of the tail and […]
A Tale of Three Bombers
I just finished building Academy’s 1/72 B-17G “Special Nose Art Edition” — after five months of work. It’s not that the finished model is so amazing down to every detail after […]
1/72 B-17G Somewhere in England
This is the Airfix Bit o Lace with the Hasegawa fuel truck, the Academy runway tractor and the Rocco 1 1/2-ton truck.
1/72 Spitfires Mk I in Black and White
1/72 Spitfires Mk I in Color
My summer of Airfix aircraft and airbases continues with this set of photos taken using the two Spits, the airfield control tower, a Quonset hut by Rix Models, and diorama […]
Tackling the 1/72 A Bit O Lace by Airfix
I just finished building Airfix’s old 1/72 B-17G, “A Bit O Lace,” and I love it–despite (or maybe because of) all the extra work I needed to do to massage […]
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