Completed : Trumpeter 1/72 North American F-100F Super Sabre ‘Wild Weasel I’
Number 10 of 2021...
WIP : Hobbyboss 1/72 F-100F Super Sabre Pt.2 – Painting & Finishing
I decided to order a spare canopy direct from Trumpeter and received it after about 1.5 months. It still has the same fitting issues as the old one but at least it’s not cracked. In any case, I can finally start painting the kit. I began with a base of black. Then I added a …...
Completed : Academy 1/72 Boeing AH-64E Apache Guardian ‘TNI-AD’
Kit InfoBrand: Academy 12514Scale: 1/72Media: StyreneMarkings: CJM AH-64E Apache Guardian + Kit stencils The SubjectThe Boeing AH-64 Apache is an American twin-turboshaft attack helicopter for a crew of two. It is armed with a 30mm M230 chain gun carried under the forward fuselage and has four hadpoints on stub-wing pylons for more...
WIP : Academy 1/72 AH-64E ‘TNI-AD’ Pt.3 – Painting & Finishing
Time to paint and finish this build. I started with my usual black base and white marble coating. As we shall see later, it wasn’t that effective. The AH-64E fielded by the TNI-AD comes in a 2-tone camouflage of olive drab and green. The CJM decal sheet states that the olive drab is FS34031. I …...
WIP : Academy 1/72 AH-64E ‘TNI-AD’ Pt.2 – Construction
The rotor is next. The base kit is an AH-64D so I need to modify it to the one that equips the AH-64E. My reference for this comes from the Hasegawa AH-64D and E instruction sheets. I made sure they were the same size and then superimposed them together to get a better idea of …...
WIP : Academy 1/72 AH-64E ‘TNI-AD’ Pt.1 – Construction
For this year’s annual TNI aircraft build, I decided to combine it with my annual helicopter build and decided on getting the TNI-AD’s AH-64E Apache Guardian done. What was originally thought to be a straightforward build wasn’t to be. Unsurprisingly really… In any case, this is the base kit… As usual I...
Completed : Hobbyboss 1/72 Northrop F-5E Tiger II ‘Area 88’ Shin Kazama Custom
Kit InfoBrand: Hobbyboss 80207Scale: 1/72Media: StyreneMarkings: Hasegawa 64762 F-8E Crusader “Shin Kazama” The SubjectThe F-5E Tiger II is an upgrade of the F-5A Tiger. Introduced in 1970, it has more powerful engines, a lengthened and enlarged fuselage, larger fuel capacity, better avionics,...
Completed : Hasegawa 1/72 McDonnell Douglas F-4J Phantom II
Kit InfoBrand: Hasegawa 04101Scale: 1/72Media: StyreneMarkings: Yellowhammer YHD72-02 and Kit The SubjectThe McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II is a tandem two-seat, twin-engine, all-weather long-range multirole aircraft developed by McDonnell Douglas for the United States Navy. It first entered service with the Navy in 1961 and would...
WIP : Hobbyboss 1/72 F-5E Tiger II ‘Area 88’ Pt.2 – Painting & Finishing
The construction phase went quite smoothly but as we shall see, I had a few problems after that… First up is a base coat of black. The engine area was painted in Vallejo Metal Color Pale Burnt Metal and the nozzles with Vallejo Metal Color Exhaust Manifold. These were then masked off with the nozzles …...
WIP : Hasegawa 1/72 F-4J Phantom II Pt.3 – Finishing
BuNo 155800 NG-100, an F-4J, callsign Showtime 100, from VF-96 Fighting Falcons, was the aircraft flown by Pilot Lt. Randall ‘Duke’ Cunningham and RIO Lt. (jg) William ‘Willy Irish’ Driscoll when they scored their third, fourth and fifth kills to be the Navy’s only two ‘Aces’ of the Vietnam War....
