I decided, it is high time to tackle a bit bigger bird this time. As it happens I have two such kits in my stash already, just waiting to...

Weathering wise I decided to go rather easy on this particular model as it depicts aircraft after VE-day (thus we have red spinner, unit...

With model painted and decals applied another important stage of model building has been achieved. Now it is time to start weathering...

Painting wise it is a 3-colour camouflage pattern with RAF Medium Sea Grey (RC289) on the belly and RAF Ocean Grey (RC288) and RAF Dark...

While working on the Sabre engine I was moving forward with fuselage assembly as well. Application of putty requires it to dry before...

This is my second approach to recreation of fully visible inline engine for the aircraft. First engine I did was Jumo 211 for Ju-87 Stuka...

First let me say say, that making this cockpit by using original, very detailed and crisp Eduard plastic parts straight from the box will...

Building aircrafts mostly starts with the cockpit and according to the instruction booklet of Eduard 1:48 Hawker Tempest Mk V series 2 it...

I always try to select interesting aircraft types as my modeling subjects and in my opinion Hawker Tempest is one of them. It is know for...

Finally, this is the 8th and the last entry on building P-38G in 1:48 scale from Tamiya. Including 7 months of pause from modelling it...

Finished with the painting process, I entered weathering stage of model building. It is advancing really well, but as it requires a lot...

I must say that painting this model was hell of a ride for me. Definitely the most complex paint job I have done so far! Camouflage...

As soon as I had main fuselage assembled and primed I started to plan how to tackle camouflage painting as this is definitely the most...

If not counting 2 weeks in between I had almost half a year brake from modeling! That was definitely too long, but fortunately all the...

It has been a while since my last blog entry and this is because of other activities happening in my life recently which are taking up...

The Lockheed P-38 Lightning was designed and produced by the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation in response to the 1937 X-608 Specification...

Painting wise it is three-colour scheme which was adopted during 1938. This comprises RLM 70 Schwarzgrun (Black Green) and RLM 71...

While the fuselage was being assembled and prepared for the painting stage I took care of all other smaller elements. I like to have it...

As shortly described in one of the previous blog entries, the mouldings of this model are very nice and we can find the riveting to be...

The Junkers Jumo 211 was a German inverted V-12 aircraft engine primarily used in bombers like Ju-87 Stuka which I am currently building....