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This is the first of two special builds. In July of this year the International Plastic Modelers Society (IPMS) is holding their National Convention in Madison, Wisconsin. This is only a couple of hour drive from my home. I am building two different projects and depending on their outcome I will...

The year is coming to a close in just a couple of days. This year I completed ten builds. Seven of these were commission builds. Below are the synopsis of each build along with a link to the build log. At the start of the year I finished off the 1/32 Trumpeter A-7E Corsair II from my old...

I am taking a short break from commission builds over this holiday season. This next build is the Revell 1/48 A-26B Invader. For this build I will be using Eduard's cockpit and bomb bay detail sets. The scheme I will be using is "Maggie's Drawers" of the 416th BG - 671st BS - 9th AF that was...

Welcome to the start of my seventh commission build this year. This build I will be using Hasegawa's 1/48 AV-8B Harrier Plus. The client is a former Harrier pilot and wants a model of one of the many aircraft he flew in his career. I will be using Caracal's AV-8B+ decal set and using the VMA-214...

As I continue with my commission builds this next one is another Egg Plane. A couple of years ago I built a 1/48 A-10 for a client that wanted it to match the aircraft he flies in the online at the Digital Combat Simulator website. It had custom decals and was fully illuminated. You can see that...

This is another commission build using Dragon's 1/72 P-61A/P-61B Black Widow Night Fighter. The client is a huge fan of the Northrop P-61 and really liked the 1/48 scale I built last year. He wants a 1/72 version in a case for his desk. For this build I will be using the Ares resin cockpit...

This next build is another commission for a returning client. The kit is the Hasegawa SR-71 Egg Plane. Hasegawa has a large series of these egg planes. They feature an egg-shaped distorted interpretation of a real world aircraft. They are quite easy to build. It took me only a few days to build...

This next build is a commission build using the 1/48 Revell/Monogram AV-8B kit. The client supported the Marine squadron VMA-223 in Afghanistan in 2011. In appreciation of his support they carried an American flag on a mission aboard and aircraft call sign "ALAMO 12". Upon their return the...

My next build is the 1/48 Kitty Hawk AH-1Z "Viper" attack helicopter. This is the first of a few commission builds I will be doing over the next few months. For this build I will be adding the Eduard interior and exterior photo etch sets, the Model Master M197 (20mm) brass barrels, and the...

Last year I built a 1/48 R4D-5 that was featured in a movie called "The Thing from another world". I had so much fun building the aircraft to match the movie that I am doing another movie aircraft. I am using the Hobby Boss 1/48 scale A-6A Intruder and will be making it the aircraft used in the...

Welcome to my next build. I am getting back into building aircraft and starting with a World War II aircraft. This build is the Academy 1/48 P-40N. I will also be using Eduard's photo etch set to add details. I will be using the kit decals for the Burma Banshees scheme. This scheme represents...

This next build is a commissioned build of the Moebuis 1/35 scale Jupiter 2 from the TV show "Lost in Space" The client supplied the kit and all the accessories he would like added to the kit. The TV show ran from 1965 to 1968 and was produced by Irwin Allen. The premise of the show was the...

The year is coming to a close in just a few days. This year I completed eight builds. The first build completed was the Trumpeter 1/350 USS Hornet CV-8 to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the Doolittle Raid. This build was for a museum to display during a celebration in April. It included...

HAPPY VETERAN'S DAY My next build is the 1/32 scale Trumpeter A-7E Corsair II. The scheme will be that of VA-37 "The Bulls". This has been a project I have been planning to do for a while. Back in 1982 while serving in the U.S. Navy I checked into my new duty station at NAS Cecil Field in...

This is the Trumpeter 1/350 USS Hornet CV-8. This project encompassed a large amount of details including scratch built hangar walls, numerous ship and aircraft photo etch, brass accessories, custom aircraft decals, 3-d printed crew figures, 22 LED's to illuminate the island and hangar deck...

Here is my project of the USS Carl Vinson completed in 2018. This represents how she was at the start of her maiden deployment on March 1, 1983. This deployment was a World Cruise starting in Norfolk Virginia and ending in San Francisco California. The kit is the Trumpeter 1/350 scale USS Nimitz...

I am building the 1/48 Great Wall Hobby P-61B. The P-61 nicknamed "Black Widow" was the first aircraft specifically designed to be a night fighter. It was built by Northrop at their Hawthorn California facility. The aircraft was used in most of the theaters during the war. The scheme for this...

Hello everyone! New member here. I am an engineer and veteran who has been building models for many years. I typically build 1/48 aircraft and occasionally 1/350 ships. As for posting, I tend to post weekly updates of my builds. Below are some of the many builds I have done. I am currently...