This time, I am showing some pictures of 1/48 Navy fighters that I’ve finished. Both are built from Hasegawa kits; but, I used aftermarket decals and cockpit seats for each of them. The F-14D is a low-visibility scheme for VF-2 “Bounty Hunters” when the F-14 Tomcat was still in service. The F/A-18C is of a VFA-97 “Warhawks” aircraft that was painted in a special camouflage scheme. Both aircraft have been weathered to show the typical fading / touch ups that are prominent for Naval aircraft operating in salt air environments.

I created the carrier deck surface from foam-board, painted and weathered to match the deck surface colors with the red / yellow boundary markings. I used photo-etched tie-downs for detail on the carrier deck.

I supplemented the diorama using equipment from a 1/48 Kine...

I started this model a short while back after deciding on a whim to have a go at it. It is my first time vacuum forming my own handmade patterns, and while I’ve still much to learn, the model did work out in a fashion.

The bucks were created by the simple styrene rib and bondo method, while messy, they did work out OK. Bucks were also created to form the main canopy shape, I did slip up a tad here as i had to make an on the fly adjustment that did create a small gap at the rear, but not to be disheartened, I carried on with the build.

The wing spar in 6mm styrene was easy enough to create, and I did my best to choose donor parts that had some rather nice curves for the engine unit, this is actually a very modified intake from the Hasegawa 1/32 F16, a bit late to be a bonafide TESB donor I ...

This is a sneak peek at my ROTJ A wing studio Maquette replica. A few of these models were built by ILM before or during the fabrication of the much larger filming miniature. This model is comprised of two Tamiya 1/32 F14 hulls, that are cut in half and rejoined. Along with the engines from the Hasegawa 1/32 F16. Various other parts from each of these kits are used to create the form. Obviously due to very limed reference of these crude models, some embellishment is required, but it made it all the more fun, some areas i just chose to go my own way and tidy up somewhat in comparison to the ILM model...

Here are some images of Trumpeter’s 1/32 scale Junkers JU 87 A. Airfix’s 1/24 scale Junkers JU 87 B2. Trumpeter’s 1/32 scale JU 87 R. Hasegawa’s 1/32 scale Junkers JU 87 D, and Trumpeter’s 1/32 scale Junkers JU 87 G2.
Despite its technological obsolescence by early on in the war nothing defines symbolically more the evil that was Nazi Germany than the Stuka. That horrifying scream they made when going into a dive. The ungainly shape of the Stuka caused the screaming noise when in a dive. To create an even louder scream, a siren, powered by a small propeller was place under one of the landing struts ( as seen on the B and D models). It was referred to as the horn of Jerico. Its main purpose was to terrorize.
Apparently the Russians hated this aircraft so much that whenever a Stu...

Built from the Hasegawa Kit, artist Dave Olszewski removed an engine panel and scratch-built some framework and engine details. Beautiful work!

Dave Olszewski

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Here is another great build by artist Steve Carricato for the Curtis Hughes Collection using the 1:48 scale Hasegawa kit, modified antennas and the use of photo etch!

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Steve Carricato

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This is magnificent work by Warren.

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Warren Zoell

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Japan artist Nobu Kawaguchi of Finisher’s LTD emailed me this fantastic build!

I produced it. Product made in Hasegawa. Ultraman 1/72 size JET VTOL.
Painting method:
The groundwork(Base) is black. It is silver next I paint, and the red is distributed.Urethane clear is used to blow on clearing it from the top.
Thank you
Nobu at Finisher`s

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Nobu Kawaguchi

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New from ModelerV artist Vince Pedulla show us his fantastic build of this MaK diorama… UNDEFEATED! I love it!

UNDEFEATED!

This project began the minute I set eyes on pictures of the then recently issued Hasegawa Ma. K “Grobberhund” kit. It just looked mean, functional, and I admired the model’s menacing mechanical design. To me, it evoked films like Terminator 2 and War of the Worlds. At the time, I was finishing my Ma.K inspired diorama “War Toad” and knew I wanted to create more of these models. My process is simple; if I see a model that inspires an idea, I let it percolate in my mind. Some of these projects fade away and are discarded, but the ones that stick I typically move forward with, even if it’s months or years later!

The scene that kept forming in my head was t...

I built this OV- 1B MOHAWK (US Army Reconnaissance/Attacker aircraft) airplane for David Spruil.  His dad Flew it or North Vietnam 1969. He had the models kit for years and wanted something to remember his Father by honoring his country The USA! So I decided to build it for him! The kit is a classic Hasegawa made in 1987 It went together very easy in fact I finished in one weekend!
Steve Carricato
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