Small Scale Military Headquarters

I finished the props and clear coated the plane. I added antennas on but they were all too big. So I replace them with smaller more accurate ones at a later date. i brought "Lil" over to the parent's for Easter to show it off and left it there. My father was kind enough to take a couple shots of her...

I finally turned my attention towards the landing gear... https://hosting.photobucket.com/c1ed2b9e-13bc-4945-a349-dd18c061b896/1535a92f-b57d-46bf-a7c1-04ad7ee7af8a.jpg I was able to salvage two original mains that needed to be glued together and sanded. I needed to make a new landing gear door out o...

Update with the two Liberators. I cut out of some half round stock styrene for new and slightly larger intakes for the engines. https://hosting.photobucket.com/c1ed2b9e-13bc-4945-a349-dd18c061b896/a56f71e9-d743-49d8-ae22-4efbf8fbd10b.jpg https://hosting.photobucket.com/c1ed2b9e-13bc-4945-a349-dd18c0...

P-38 decals finally came in and now I can start in... First I painted in the canopy, then I trimmed everything with white to clean it up. (Still needs more) https://hosting.photobucket.com/c1ed2b9e-13bc-4945-a349-dd18c061b896/13c4491e-8b85-4ebb-a672-f05147d40940.jpg Then I went in with the red. The ...

And with that, the P-40 is finished... The dark glossy sea blue I've been using for all the cockpits (except the Corsair) is to keep the consistency with the Corgi P-51 and P-47. It blends in a bit too much more my liking but it is what it is... https://hosting.photobucket.com/c1ed2b9e-13bc-4945-a34...

Here are the finished birds so far. https://hosting.photobucket.com/c1ed2b9e-13bc-4945-a349-dd18c061b896/280d127a-8432-4c3e-8a59-eaa2ed18265f.jpg Next in line is the P-38. https://hosting.photobucket.com/c1ed2b9e-13bc-4945-a349-dd18c061b896/eef3c822-43ce-4803-bed7-916d9307b45a.jpg I will start to pa...

Hey Guys! Continuing on with the CAF related aircraft line, here is another blast from the past. Many of you in the US who've been to an airshow in the past 40 years probably recognize this airframe. Consolidated B-24A/LB-30 Liberator - AM927 - BuNo#:0018 - N24927 Known as: "Diamond Lil" https://www...

You know... it's funny how you start down certain rabbit holes and find sudden spurts of motivation and interest in something seemingly so random and specific... but that's what happened to me with this odd little project. Background: It all started in an antique store in Massachusetts... Sturbridge...

I think a P-39 would be a great candidate since it was used in every theater so international appeal might be stronger. Nice to see Shomare brought up the suggestion too.

Welp, I finally finished the other Kingfisher! It was planned to be given to its new owner on New Year's Eve, but I ran into some complications near the end! Plane: It's straight out of the box. No frills (except the aftermarket decals from the same set the Arizona bird came from). The paint scheme ...

After recovering from the 1/18th scale P-38F contract job, I wanted to do something simple and straightforward. (ya know... instead of tackling and finishing the 20+ other modelling projects I have that are on hold...)A few months ago I received a box of older models and in the lot were two 1/72nd s...

Hey Chris! I didn't know you were here! I can't wait for Jim at the Museum to finally see it, he will love it!. (edit:) and you did amazing work with the broken wing, I was with you on the idea of just keeping the wing perfect but my boss is a bit of a perfectionist on ideas, I think you blew it ou...

Thanks so much Pickelhaube. It was an interesting project with its fair share of roadblocks. If it wasn't for a customer and just for me, it probably would have taken me years to finish! But I still had a deadline for this one, so I needed to finish the wing... I started off with drawing out what pa...

Hey all! Thought I'd share my most recent endeavor. I was contracted in April to take a 1/18th scale 21st Century Toys P-38J Lightning and convert it to resemble P-38F-5-LO Lightning, 42-12652, known today as "White 33". Something as far as I know has only been done once before. I remember seeing a ...

Fantastic work, Warbird Kid :D Your Spitfire is looking great so far! Thanks so much! Appreciate it. Well I got it done and brought it down to the museum for father's day, where my father and I were hanging out, talking with visitors, and making sure no one ran out onto the runway! Thanks for looki...

Background So in my never ending quest to fix and repair down trodden and incomplete 21st Century 1/18th scale aircraft toy / models, I started to look around my workspace for my next project. Not that I don't already have enough half finished projects! At the beginning of 2023, I moved into my fir...

I'm late to your posts but wow, these are two fine custom planes :!: :!: I think 1:18 is a great for display in a museum setting, while 1:32 might be a good space saver this larger scale is more impressive. I may have to check out your museum one day, I'm on that island to your south. :) Thanks alo...

I usually remove tape about 1/2 hour after spraying, but I use paints that are fairly fast drying. I also use brown packaging tape for masking, instead of regular making tapes. It's super thin and that helps reduce ridges. Be warned not to leave it on too long though, after a few hours the glue wil...

Thank you everyone for the kind comments! It means alot! I noticed on the orange painted rudder tip you had a paint ridge. I could not notice if you addressed this later in your build. Depending on your paint that you used ( I have switched to acrylics ) You need to take off the masking ASAP this al...

1/18th scale? Wish I had known sooner! I already ordered some from another designer / printer!

Hi Guys! Thought it'd be fun to take you through the process of me trying to repair, replace, and repaint these two 1/18th toys. NOTE: I am not really performing any major surgery or modification on these two, as I was a bit pressed for time to get them done for an upcoming show at the our local air...

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Interesting stuff!

P-39 and Wildcat are tops for me as they are the only two main US WWII fighters missing. Oh and a P-36 too since I missed the first run.

Hey fellas! Wanted to show you a little recent project that was a really nice break from the bigger, more exciting projects I've been working on. This one was almost a complete exercise in fun. https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/z141/Warbird-Kid/PXL_20220420_125044417.MP(1).jpg Backstory: As a k...