Recent content by chameleon 2009

The Grumman F4F Wildcat was an American carrier-based fighter aircraft that began service with both the United States Navy and the British Royal Navy (as the Martlet) in 1940. First used in combat by the British in Europe, the Wildcat was the only effective fighter available to the United States...

Hi its been a while since i last visited this site, but I have been busy on commission builds, any way this client gave me permission to post what I have just built, I have posted on my web site a diary of the build from start to finish, enjoy

Hi all just finished the Academy F-14 Tomcat, when I purchased this my intention was to make it from the box, and paint it in the grey colour scheme, along with the sundowners decals. But having looked at so many in the same colour I wanted to do something totally different, so having found...

Hi after 3 failed builds, yes 3 here is the Italeri 1/48 Prowler Desert Storm, a nice kit to build, this is built with verlinden ejector seats, and crew from the hasegawa crew set. Mike

Sorry Matt it had been a long day, and yes you should have had a better answer So the 2nd build was the 2 Messerschmitt and the stuka, and I can tell you its one of the ones you wish you hadn’t started, having said that I enjoyed it as there were lots of things that were different to just making...

That’s something I am going to start and do, probably do that after the one I am building at present. Just getting back it to the hobby I wanted to sharpen up on my technique before showing others how I did them, so things I need to improve on first, but this will come, also think of doing a...

Hi I keep them at work have a dedicated area etc Mike

yes it can that was the standard ordnance for this aircraft, and thanks for your comments Mike

Hi Ed Yes wanted to expand and see what I could do with modern aircraft, take a look at my web site as there are more jets to follow Mike

this is a 1/48 scale Kinetic, Belgian AF F-16 MLU Tiger Meet. 2009 with Eduard cockpit detail set and remove before flight tags.

How do I do that Mike

Yah I agree with you had a few problems with the colours, and yes my mistake on the ailerons, I got the idea from the battle of Britain, in the film there are 3 spits parked up and behind one of them was a wind sock, so I used this just to add a bit of depth to the diorama, the wind sock its...

Sorry its Tamiya Fairy Sword Fish at 1/48 scale Mike

Had not noticed that, will check that, but it was my 1st one so all comments are welcome Mike

No my 2nd build