Sabre

Here are some images plus composites of Hasegawa's 1/48 scale North American F 86 Sabre. The Sabre was the most important fighter for the Americans during the Korean war. First flown in 1947 the Sabre incorporated features of the Messerschmitt ME 262 particularly the swept wings. The Sabre was also built in Canada as the Canadair Sabre and in Australia as the CAC Sabre. In my opinion you pretty much can't go wrong with a Hasegawa kit, they are always well detailed, go together well and have decals with good colour as well as nice and stretchy. Although Hasegawa kits in my opinion have always been a little over priced for what you get especially in this day and age. That's why I don't buy them to often.

Nebelwerfer

Here are some better images of my 1/35 scale Nebelwerfer diorama. The Nebelwerfer is from Italeri, the figures are from Tamiya/Dragon and the building ruin is from Mini Art. Used by the German Army to launch smoke grenades to hide troop movements the Nebelwerfer could cover targets with up to 650 rockets in approx 90 seconds.

Ben Gun

Here are some better images of my 1/35 scale Universal Carrier (Ben Gun Carrier) diorama. The Universal Carrier and soldiers are from Tamiya and the building ruin is from Mini Art. With a bit of imagination one can create a decent diorama without having to scratch build and without hurting the pocket book to much and they make great display pieces.

Thunderjet

Here are some images of Revells 1/48 scale Republic F-84 G Thunderjet. This was Republics first turbojet powered fighter bomber. The Thunderjet was a straight winged aircraft which first flew in 1946. The Thunderjet had a top speed of 587 mph and a service ceiling of almost 41,000 feet.

Mig 15

Here are some images of Dave Porter's Monogram 1/48 scale Mig 15. It’s finished in Gunze colours and weathered with enamels and oil paint. The figure was nice so Dave decided to create a narrative and build a diorama. The ladder and table are scratch built. The markings are of an aircraft that was flown by a Russian “honcho” pilot posing as a North Korean regular. The insignia look’s like it represents the people’s republic of China.

Wespe

Here are some images of Dave Porter's Tamiya 1/35 scale Wespe It was finished in Tamiya acrylics and weathered with a combination of artists oils (black, raw umber, burnt sienna), pastel chalks, and grey pencil crayons. The kit is straight out of the box.

Hornisse

Here are some images of Monogram's 1/48 scale Messerschmitt ME 410 A-1 Hornisse (Hornet) fighter bomber. The ME 210 was designed as the BF 110's successor and though resembling it in layout, it was a more refined aircraft. An interesting feature was the remote control machine guns on the side of the fuselage however the ME 210 had severe stalling and spinning problems and thus production was ceased in 1942. Lengthening the rear fuselage and the leading edge wing slats solved the ME 210's problems and led to the creation of the ME 410. This was a successful aircraft with a top speed of 388 mph and a service ceiling of almost 33,000 feet a total of 1,610 aircraft were produced before wars end. This is an excellent and highly detailed kit, a far cry from Monogram of old. Does Monogram still exist?

D Day

Here are some images of Revell's (Hasegawa molds) 1/48 scale Supermarine Spitfire MK XVI. In keeping with the 66th anniversary of the D Day invasion here is a Spit with D Day landing stripes and to all the soldiers who fought and fight for our Freedom THANK YOU.

Heinkel HE 219 "Owl"

Here are some images of Tamiya's Heinkel HE 219 "Uhu" night fighter. From Wikipedia. " A relatively sophisticated aircraft, the He 219 possessed a variety of innovations, including an advanced intercept radar. It was also the first operational military aircraft in the world to be equipped with ejection seats, and the first German aircraft with tricycle landing gear. Had the Uhu been available in quantity, it might have had a significant effect upon the strategic bomber offensive of the RAF, but only 268 were built before the end of the War and they saw only limited service". This model kit is what you would expect from Tamiya and that is to say excellent. Plus it lends itself well to after market parts.

Seafire

Here are some images of Revell's 1/32 scale Supermarine Seafire Mk 1B. This aircraft was flown by Lt. commander Duncan Hamilton Port Reitz Kenya 1943. This kit is just a re release of the old MK 1 Spitfire kit with some added accouterments to convert it to a MK 5 or a Seafire IB. I wonder about those wing blisters.

The Work of Jay Moffat Pt 3

Here are some more images of Jay Moffat's model figure work and in his own words are his descriptions "Enjoy".
The first has been dubbed "alien with newspaper". The figure is scratchbuilt from Sculpey to no particular scale. In the movies, all these guys seem to run around strange planets with nothing on, which didn't make much sense - so I put mine in an old-school 50s silver EVA suit. The newspaper is a photocopy of actual pages from the tabloid Weekly World News (slightly modified for effect and weathering). In case it can't be read, the signpost says "Roswell's Farm, RR 2, Area 51, comp 8" and the title plaque on the base reads "Hey, I was on Neptune that week!"

And from the ridiculous to the sublime - a biker chick using a modified 90mm Phoenix Follies figure. The hair, leather jacket, jeans and boots are all added with Milliput. The t-shirt, club colours and tattoos were all painted free-hand, (this was back in the days when my hand was steadier and my eyesight better.)