Small Scale Military Headquarters

The story about Lucy Malcomson is true. Plane was painted "Lucybelle". At this time (1943) Miss Malcomson was married and had an affair with Boyington. And this is also true that she sued Boyington and earned $15000 which was a lot of money at this time when he first published his memories. As why s...

PAINT SCHEME - He had just seen the finished paint scheme and said it looked amazing, and WILL have BBI's style signature weathering!!

Probably the "Jolly Rogers".

Still Sense Harada's collection. A6-M2 Type 21. Light navy grey as seen on the kate, Val and Claude. The diorama was made from mr Harada's archives. It shows a Japanese airfield with GAM Betty, Zero fighters and two Officer's Zeros. Pretty interesting (The jakets are originals). http://img8.imagesha...

-- There are in Japan a very few aircrafts which have been kept almost untouched since the end of the war. Most of them are in museums. Here are a few of them (restored and unrestored) : D4-Y "Comet Judy" - Yasakuni Tokyo. http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/7866/d4yaboverear3.jpg http://img132.image...

Go for it. :D The BBI Zero is a lovely detailed bird. Pretty small and fragile compared to the rough 21st stuff but in scale and again, very detailed. So... I passed on the Pearl Harbor Zero as soon as I heard about the upcoming Sakaï Reisen type-0 (It was great news). I wanted a "white zero" (obvio...

If you're a fan of Baa Baa Blacksheep (like me), you'll need these two.

If someone's intertested, Badcat has a few 21st 1:18 Humvees at $15 in stock.

About Saburo Sakai : Several years ago, a former Dutch military nurse contacted the Japanese Military, attempting to locate a Japanese fighter pilot that spared her life over New Guinea in 1942. She was flying in a Dutch military C-47 at low altitude over dense jungle. On board were 11 wounded soldi...

At the end of the war, because of a lack of funds or bombed factories, some squadrons did not received enough paint to cover the planes. Some had the grey factory primer and the "spaghetti camo" because in some cases they didn't have enough paint to cover the whole aircraft so they had to improvise....

Usually, shipping from USA to Europe is pretty cheap. Even if I had to pay my birds almost $150 each shipping incl. The most expensive post is to me the British post (very expensive, poor service) and the less is Australian post (pretty cheap and never had a problem with them). I collect lots of stu...

A few other pics. Most of these pics were colorized unfortunately. The only good Reisen type O pics are those taken by American, New-Zealand and Australian forces at the end of the war. It seems the Japanese didn't have color films at this time. A6M2s from Akagi Carrier, circa 1941. http://img189.im...

A few reference pics. Some model O were also painted orange at this time.

Wow, long time no post but this is awesome news. Mosquito is for me. I still have a empty wall available...

Prices for the HPH models are between 1300 and 3000 Euros when ordered new. A few ones like the Tomcat or the Mirage 2000 are more expensive. $2900 bucks for a second hand HPH model seems a fair price to me.

The nickname of those Corsairs were "Killer Bees" because of the livery. Also, the French Corsairs were F4U-7. The last Corsairs built. The Americans used to call them the "FFO Corsairs" (For French Only). They were used in Algeria against the arabian rebels and against the arabs in Egypt during the...

Back with a few more pages. So many cool schemes. http://img104.imagevenue.com/loc964/th_66288_20070909-213012-34_122_964lo.jpg http://img11.imagevenue.com/loc969/th_66291_20070909-213858-46_122_969lo.jpg http://img164.imagevenue.com/loc1003/th_66297_20070909-214359-25_122_1003lo.jpg http://img192.i...

I made a webshots album with some pics and screencaps of a few subs including the "Le Triomphant-class".

http://news.webshots.com/album/559375151vJDmRR

There will be no more FAMAS in the future. The M.A.S. has been closed and the next gen French army weapon will probably be a HK G-36 or a FAL.
I will miss the FAMAS (Fusil d'Assaut de la Manufacture d'Armes de St.-Etienne), I shot a lot of 5.56 with it.

Amazing job. It looks great. I agree on the Landing gear/tires.

These are sold as completed models. They are built by profesionnals modelers who are usually selling these babies to museums or people who can afford them. I read they have sold some in the Gulf emirates. 1:18 Focke-Wolf 190D "Dora" Long Nose : http://img45.imagevenue.com/loc1107/th_22851_fw190_712_...

1:18 Mitsubishi Zero-Sen "Zeke" skeleton : http://img102.imagevenue.com/loc1078/th_80977_zero_817_122_1078lo.jpg http://img19.imagevenue.com/loc1076/th_80978_zero_724_122_1076lo.jpg http://img25.imagevenue.com/loc723/th_80984_zero_037_122_723lo.jpg http://img160.imagevenue.com/loc705/th_80992_zero_2...

Messerschmitt BF-109G "Gustav" : http://img188.imagevenue.com/loc250/th_65321_mezek_313_122_250lo.jpg http://img107.imagevenue.com/loc862/th_65327_mezek_425_122_862lo.jpg http://img40.imagevenue.com/loc734/th_65329_mezek_033_122_734lo.jpg http://img23.imagevenue.com/loc1166/th_65340_mezek_042_122_11...

1:18 Hellcats by HPH : http://img157.imagevenue.com/loc966/th_64361_hellcat_614_122_966lo.jpg http://img147.imagevenue.com/loc975/th_64366_hellcat_525_122_975lo.jpg http://img126.imagevenue.com/loc655/th_64378_hellcat_838_122_655lo.jpg http://img124.imagevenue.com/loc1122/th_64385_hellcat_845_122_11...

1:18 F4U-4 + NL by HPH : http://img179.imagevenue.com/loc179/th_62921_corsair_326_122_179lo.jpg http://img134.imagevenue.com/loc600/th_62928_corsair_431_122_600lo.jpg http://img133.imagevenue.com/loc200/th_62939_corsair_342_122_200lo.jpg http://img134.imagevenue.com/loc600/th_62942_corsair_053_122_6...

I would never let a child suck my planes... not even play with them. Damn Gremlins ! Keep your GI-joes.