SPA Modeler

Good show!

You can definitely see the progression in skills!!!

Thomas_M wrote:Man, those Monogram kits made my world back then by being a pure pleasure to build them. Still have a B-17, two B-29, among other, in my stash. Not going to build them because of our cat is a good excuse, eh?

Cats...... Great for dealing with pests... bad for model aircraft....

Thanks Fermis..... Looking at them all here and I can see where I improved, added new techniques, and got better as I did so....

Great builds there, Stik!

Great to see that you still have all your old stuff.

Thanks guys.... I still have plenty more to go thru... those are just my pre 2004 builds...

I really like that F-14

Thank you Paul. That Fujimi F-14 is not the easiest kit to build...

So then we move on to my time away from home and the kits that I built while on deployment to the Balkans. I started with only the most basic supplies, but gradually acquired more as time went on. I decided to try my and on 1/32 kits again, since I had not built any in 20 years, and knew that they were not coming home with me so display space was not going to be an issue...

Monogram re pop of the 1960s vintage AH-1G Cobra with the sprue of updated parts...


Revell Hawker Hunter FGA.9 (probably the BEST aircraft kit that I have ever built)


Revell Me-109G-6


Revell P-38J


Revell MiG-21 MF


Hobbycraft (Trumpeter) Mig-17F (this one was a serious exercise in sanding and fitting and sanding again)


Hasegawa A-4F


Hasegawa Ki-43 II


and then it was time to go home...

I also built a 1/24 Formula 1 racer while I was there....

Superb camo job on the Oscar (last picture). Looks ace!

Thank you Thomas. I love the field camo schemes used by the Japanese.

You need to post the B-26 Marauder kit stik. You know how much I love that one. )