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Looking for a copy of Jack Melampy's : The Modern Phantom Guide F-4 Let me know if you have a copy you are willing to let go . Thank you . Christian.

No worries . We have been training for years for this situation . Cheers, Christian B)

For reasons I cannot really explain , a couple of kits sitting in the closet have been annoying me , so I'll just get them out of there. This nearly prehistoric appearing German bomber is the 1934 Junker ju 86 By Testor?Italeri . Not something you are likely to see on someone's workbench ...

Hi folks . Sorry to report that I failed to document the building of this bird until now. In the story of Japanese aircraft , there is usually a translation of the meaning in English . In this case , I have never seen one, so a bit of Googling pulled up several meanings . I took the one that...

No not quite this one . From this box anyway. But still more like this one. Will post more soon. Cheers, Christian B)

A build and some reminiscing ( from my part ) :popcorn Where it all began for me. Bierset AB. Belgium or now as it is know Bierset-Liege international airport :idonno This is a very old place . The field was first used by Germany to replaire their biplanes during WW I and again...

Just a little Widgeon between us :coolio A Grumman Widgeon that is... While sitting here at idle and trying to solve the JU 88 issue, I discovered this kit and fell head over head over heals for it :love The build started here . After some basic scribbing I realized the the vac...

Has anyone here have the opportunity to use SKY decals ? Cheers, Christian B)

Nothing done yet, besides cutting some sprues while waiting on the KI-61 canopy :soldier Cheers, Christian B)

Tried to post this earlier but things went awry :blush: Will try to figure this out tomorrow Ok, I'm back . I pulled this out from Wikepedia for those of you that do not have any back ground on the subject matter . The Ki-61 was the last of the fighters powered by the DB-601 or its...

Although I claim to be a very patient person when doing something , I confess that waiting on thing to happen are not my strong point, so I started working on this to keep busy It had been screaming at me for years now . Well, no more ! In case some of you don't know, the KI-51 was an Army...

After two weeks of this respiratory crud :facepalm and a week of no desk top... :soldier ...I am back :salute A big wind just landed a project on my desk . NOT THIS ONE ! but this one... Sort of a long hopped for . Need to replace an old Airfix version...

Got to tell you, I have been a little bored on this site lately But as I was doing nothing on the yak while I was waiting on material to arrive I just had to keep my fingers busy, so I pulled out this Fujimi Junker and started playing with it. Anyhow, my time frame shot and the pictures...

This might be of interest to airplane buffs :pilot https://www.flickr.c...27548881/page1/

From Russia with extreme prejudice :bat Comes the YAK-3 The Yakovlev Yak-3 was a World War II Soviet fighter aircraft. Robust and easy to maintain, it was much liked by pilots and ground crew alike. It was one of the smallest and lightest major combat fighters fielded by any combatant...

I finally got to meet the owner of Rareplane detective . Real nice but terribly chatty :) While looking through his stash , I ran across this item ( $ 6:00 ) Although there may not be any interest here, I want to replace something I built back in 1972 while living out of bags in Texas...

In case anyone here cares about Heller product . Read and weep. Just read this at another site. Heller/Joustra's gone into receivership a few weeks ago, and then they have been bought by MAPED, a French manufacturer of school/office stuff. However, 15 out of the 45 employees have been...

Coolest video of how a radial engine works . In case you wonder :idonno If you want to see how a Radial engine works, take a look. His is the best explanation on how a 9-cylinder Radial engine works and functions I've ever seen. Part 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjnQKXNPsk4 Part 2...

A junk of another mother . I'll try to get it finished but it's not much time :coolio When this one is done, I will look up the German word for BANANA and put it on the side. Since my F8F project is having a major paint problem I decided to keep my hands busy with this new arrival. Next...

For quite some time, I have thought about replacing my old Monogram Bearcat with an improved kit. I picked up a Sword kit long ago but it just sat in the pile. Recently, I found a set of Berna decals that stirred my imagination, so I started working on the kit. I have never used their...