Recent Builds

1
May 4, 2020
Hobbycraft Sabres: Mk.5 with original decals (and yes, nosewheel door is on wrong side) Mk.6 with Leading Edge Decals.
2
May 4, 2020
Tamiya P-51D with Leading Edge decals. Airfix/AZ kitbash Chipmonk behind.
3
May 4, 2020
Airfix + Pavla Tigermoth - tiny, tiny and first rigging attempt with .08mm flyfishing line.
4
May 4, 2020
Sabre and Mustang with Academy Banshee (lower fuselage colour is too dark, but first go at RCN colours....)
5
May 4, 2020
Hobbycraft H-21 'Flying Banana'.
6
May 4, 2020
Trumpeter Sea Fury with Xtradecal markings (not great registration on the roundels....)
7
May 4, 2020
Special Hobby Seafire with Belcher Bits decals - first 1/48th kit - cut out the elevators and rudder; drilled out the exhaust and spent so much time on the cockpit. Happy, but much more work to do to get better...
8
May 4, 2020
Seafire cockpit WIP
9
May 8, 2020
Hasegawa T-33 with Leading Edge decals. So much filling and sanding on this one...basically no panel lines left on the fuselage....Like how it came out, though.
10
July 8, 2020
Hobbycraft F8F 1/48 in French service - tried the hairspray chipping technique - pretty good for first time, I think. Like the way this came out.
11
July 8, 2020
Italiari Sabre; 1/48 - maybe not a great kit, but working on my bare metal technique. Over gloss black with mottling.
12
July 8, 2020
Academy Ta-183 'What-If" - 1/48: really enjoyed this one: great kit, and good for my airbrush skills.
13
July 8, 2020
Hasegawa F4U-7 WIP - happy with this instrument panel.
14
July 8, 2020
Scratch-built seatbelts on a Dragon He-162 1/48 in progress - kit is a nightmare, but I'll get through it.
15
July 8, 2020
Hasegawa 1/48 F4U-7 - more chipping work: don't love how this came out, completely, but good experience.
16
July 9, 2020
More Canadian post-war Mustangs: Leading Edge decals, again. Hasegawa 1/72 - almost as good as the Tamiya...
17
July 9, 2020
Heller bf-109K kit from 1976! Lovely person that I bought the Pitts Special kit from gave this to me in a bag: found some appropriate aftermarket decals and did a quick build. Despite the raised panel lines and terrible fit issues on the wings (and my terrible canopy job), surprisingly good kit: happy with this!
18
July 21, 2020
Tamiya Meteor Mk.3 1/48 - what a joy to build: I know it's a cliche, but Tamiya is amazing. Like this a lot - messed up one set of 'don't walk here' decals, but I'll let it go. Masked and painted the fuselage stripe [think I colour-matched it pretty well] and the yellow wing leading edge. I think I only want to build Tamiya kits from now on...
19
July 21, 2020
Dragon He-162 1/48 - hated this kit so much: looked great; super-detailed; PE parts etc. Fit and engineering was terrible - almost gave up, but kept at it. Did scratch-built seatbelts, that I was happy with - can't wait to do the Tamiya kit to do this plane justice - a plane I really like, but, ugg....
20
August 5, 2020
Eduard Bell X-1 Fun build; first time using Tamiya Lacquer - used a whole jar of orange over a black base+yellow undercoat. Went by archival photos from the Smithsonian for the decals; rather than the instructions. Had to do it flying - doesn't seem right with undercarriage down.
21
August 5, 2020
Polikarpov I-16 by Eduard - took way longer than I thought to build (the landing gear is crazy!) - Love this little plane. Got a steppe diorama base from Mig - I'll post when I've built a base. Oh, and did all this work on the cockpit and you can't even see it! Learned a lesson there...
22
August 16, 2020
Another Hobbycraft: 1/48 Voodoo F3: all-over matt aluminum; decals scrounged from various Leading Edge sets with some 1/72nd thrown in. Not a great kit, but worked some things I wanted to try. Built it as a 'museum' build because I think Voodoos look wrong when they are weathered...
23
August 17, 2020
Hah: forgot to post this - LS Models 1/72 Pitts Special I did a while ago - so, so tiny - decals and painting took forever, but really happy how it came out - picked up the Rothman's version on eBay; will do it at some point. Actually detailed the cockpit, but you can't see anything...really wonderful kit and plane...
24
August 17, 2020
Tamiya Mig-15bis WIP - Vallejo metallics over gloss black primer - will post finished piece.
25
August 21, 2020
Tamiya Mig-15bis - Vallejo Aluminum over Gloss Black primer - did Tamiya panel liner (black on control surfaces and brown on panels) Like how this came out: the gloss black really makes the overcoat pop and look like real metal, rather than just silver paint.
26
August 30, 2020
Hasegawa 1/48 F-86F-40 - shortened the wings and carved off and filled various vents to make it a Mk 6 Sabre - Leading Edge decals; as usual for these builds. Nice kit - just picked up a -35 Hasegawa, so I'll build another in different livery. Great detail on this; just a bit of issue with the wing/fuselage connection.
27
September 1, 2020
Ok, Kinetic F-5B - I've built at least ten kits before I finished this one: such a block - everything went wrong; engineering was terrible: I made so many mistakes, but at least it looks kind of cool...I'll get the single-seat version of this and do a proper job. Learned a lot from this.....
28
September 1, 2020
Totally breaking my 'No Spitfires!' rule - building the Hasegawa Mk. IXc kit - really great (except for the wing/fuselage joint) - ordered some Belcher Bits Canadian pilots in the RAF decals - black based with random masks pattern over top: good practice for the Eduard Tempest that's next...
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September 9, 2020
Hasegawa Spitfire Mk.IXc - broke my rule about 'no Spitfires' - did it in a Canadian pilot's livery: Belcher Bits decals. Loved this kit - beautiful details and engineering - cockpit was fantastic. Had some issues at the end, but ended up well. Tamiya colours all around, with custom mixed tints for the fuselage band and spinner.

Chase Charlton
Nice collection! I'm from the suburbs of Toronto and I recently got the new 1/48 F-86E kit from italeri. I really want to do the Canadian RAF version, but I don't have any brown paint for the nose section, and I've got no hobby shop near me, and I just made an order online, and would prefer it if I didn't have to spend the shipping again. Do you have any ideas on how I could mix some? Thanks

4 August 2020, 02:13

Bob Esplin
Good question: I used Tamiya RAF brown for the nose - don't know of a way to mix brown. Have you looked at Sunward Hobbies? They ship for free if your order is over $60.00, which I've found is pretty easy to get to...sunwardhobbies.ca/ Good luck with the build!

4 August 2020, 14:56

Chase Charlton
Thanks! I'll check it out.

5 August 2020, 00:02

Bob Esplin
Not a bad kit: I carved out the air intake and painted the interior flat black to give some more depth. If you want, scratch build an inlet valve. I've got a Hasegewa kit coming, so I'll do a European 1/48th camo version to match the 1/72 one that I did.

5 August 2020, 01:00

Chase Charlton
Oh I'm not sure I'm experienced enough for that

5 August 2020, 21:31

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Started building again after many, many years a few months ago: self-isolation is really helping with my productivity and skills. Mostly 1/72 Canadian aircraft; working up to 1/48 as my building improves.

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