A 1/32 Spitfire IX/XVI kit by Tamiya at the poster's local hobby shop. The side illustration shows a plane from 349 Squadron with the code letters 'D (roundel) GE'. Which can be read as DOGE, that poor meme that has been dragged through the mud since 2024.
Goddamit Tamiya #modelaircraft #histscalemodels
This Weekend in The Hangar: The RCAF in Burma finally got a representative into the collection. This P-47 has an interesting look to it in SEAC livery. Check it out in further detail at: www.flypastrush.com/post/pacific... Best of luck with your builds 👋 #HistScaleModels #ModelAircraft
F-4 Phantom II kit start
T-38C Kit beginning
T-38C Kit cockpit work
The next two projects are lined up for the production team here. Getting the pits together as well as some sub-assemblies. Not much happening this weekend- T-38C Talon and F-4E to F Phantom II #ModelAircraft #HistScaleModels
A Magna Models Martin-Baker MB.2 (late 30s UK prototype fighter) in Royal Danish Air Force livery. The latter is based on what actual RDAF fighters had at the time of WWII.
A Magna Models Bristol Type 148 (a prototype built for the same specifications as the Westland Lysander) given a post-war, COIN makeover. It now belongs to the Zairean Air Force and its armament has been beefed up with cannon and rockets.
A Hawker Hurricane V by AZ Models, a variant that never saw production and looks like the missing link between the Hurricane and the Typhoon prototypes. Naturally it's in SEAC markings with RIAF codes.
A Tachikawa Ki-94-II by RS Models, a big beast of an aircraft. It's been given fictitious Indian National Army Air Force markings (the saffron/green flag near the cockpit).
Here are some old models that would fall under 'What-If Wednesday': a Martin-Baker MB.2 and a Bristol type 148 from Magna, a Hurricane V from AZ and a Tachikawa Ki-94-II from RS. Details in alt.
(I bought first and complained about kit quality later back then)
#scalemodels #modelaircraft
CF-5A Aggressor
CF-5A Aggressor beside a TA-4J Aggressor Skyhawk - Good night from The Hangar #HistScaleModels #ModelAircraft
Aggressor Skyhawk gathering …With a few party crashers now in the mix the celebration got rockin 🤘🏻 - Cheers 🍻 #HistScaleModels #ModelAircraft
A-4M; OA-4M; TA-4J; A-4E Skyhawk
We were awash in Skyhawk schemes for a while there on the weekend …Which is a pretty great place to get! Aggressor Skyhawk gathering 🤘🏻 - Cheers 🍻 #HistScaleModels #ModelAircraft
This Weekend in The Hangar: My Canadian Coast Guard O-2A Skymaster finally made the trip to the museum to have a photo set done. The Crew welcomed the first Coast Guard type into the collection, hoping to see more to come. See: www.flypastrush.com/post/on-guar... 👋 #HistScaleModels #ModelAircraft
A-4 “Mike” Skyhawk jut rolled into The Hangar
Well look what the crew from The Hangar just rolled in. Drop the Mike! 😎 Seems like an Aggressor Skyhawk party is ramping up for this weekend 🤘🏻 Hope you all have a good one planned - Cheers 🍻 #HistScaleModels #ModelAircraft
More from The Hangar visit earlier this week, with this Mitchell lineup. An early glass-nose C comparison with the later hard-nose H (with the Big Gun installation). A bit of Boom 💥 for your weekend 🤘🏻 #HistScaleModels #ModelAircraft
For the Sabre Rattlers out there… A bit of static instrumentation training going on here… got to keep the skill set sharp. Maybe he has time booked in the flight simulator later? #HistScaleModels #ModelAircraft 🤔 - Cheers all 👋🏻
Royal Canadian Navy Sea Fury F.B. Mk.II and FireFly Mk.1 in the corner of The Hangar today. Wishing you all a good weekend 👋🏻 #HistScaleModels #ModelAircraft
A 1/72 Yakovlev Yak-15 from Amodel, posed on a chair. It was one of the first jet fighters built by the USSR.
The same model seen from the side.
A head-on view of the same model.
A shot from above of the model next to a Yakovlev Yak-3 from Zvezda, posed on the Yak-15's box. The family resemblance is clear.
More old model photos! This time it's an Amodel Yak-15 I built for a Britmodeller group build in 2014. I've included a family photo too =3 #histscalemodels #modelaircraft #scalemodel
Decalling day for this A-4M Aggressor Skyhawk as well. Piecing together the various markings from my decal stash …and ditching a few old sheets that gave me issues 😜 #ModelAircraft #HistScaleModels
Always a bit of a concern doing low-vis gray markings over a gray paint section as you never know how close the tones are going to be to each other until decalling day… Luckily no problems arose on the TA-4J Skyhawk #ModelAircraft #HistScaleModels
A 1/72 Swiss Air Force EKW C-3603 by Kora Models. This was a ground attack aircraft in service during and after WWII.
A 1/72 model of the SABCA S.47, a licence-built Caproni Ca.335 intended for use as a multirole attack aircraft by the Belgian Air Force. Only this prototype flew before WWII.
A head-on view of the SABCA S.47. This was an Omega Models resin kit and was quite the experience to build.
I was sorting out some old hard drives this evening and here are some oddball models I built a long time ago when I was getting into serious scale modeling (details in reply): #histscalemodels #scalemodel #modelaircraft
My A-4M & TA-4J Skyhawk #ModelAircraft are now glossy in preparation for the decals and panel washes to come later. Hope you are having a great weekend. 👋🏻 #HistScaleModels
Spent the morning on paint touch-up and weathering details on the two Skyhawk builds under construction 🚧 here at The Hangar - Hope you are having a good weekend 👋🏻 #HistScaleModels #ModelAircraft
A top-down view of three 1/144th scale Hawker Hurricane Is, all in very different camouflage schemes.
The same three Hurricanes seen from the side and above. The rudder of the blue one closest to the camera should have been painted in the Day Fighter scheme but I was not sure about that at the time of building.
Two old photos of three 1/144 Sweet Hurricane Is from a while back: a tropicalised one based in Egypt from 271 Squadron RAF, a 2 Escadrille Belgian Air Force and a reconnaissance Hurricane from 69 Squadron based in Malta. #histscalemodels #scalemodels #modelaircraft
Got my second Skyhawk #ModelAircraft unmasked… Wait for it…. A-4M in a “What-if” USMC Adversary Splinter Scheme. It may get the “Bitchin Finish”🤘🏻 of the year award 🥇 …so far at least. 😎
A worn-out CW-19 in peeled, faded green that shows the metal underneath in hypothetical Chinese Nationalist Air Force markings seen from the side.
A more head-on view of the same model, showing the slight forward sweep of the wings, single machine gun firing through the cowling and pitot tube.
Photograph of the same model with a slightly different prespective. The fixed trousered undercarriage can be seen, as well as a telescopic gunsight.
The Curtiss-Wright CW-19 was marketed to several air forces as a liaison/reconnaissance/attack aircraft. The Chinese Nationalist Air Force received one. The model below by Kora Models shows what it might have looked like in service #histscalemodels #scalemodels #modelaircraft
A-4M Splinter paint Aggressor
This A-4M Skyhawk #ModelAircraft had a full spray layer added earlier today so it is a bit early (and risky) to reveal, however I could hardly wait to see if this vision turned out as intended… So far based on the tank and tails I would say it’s looking 👀 pretty good 😎
This one just has a bit of weathering One of my favourite stages in the #ModelAircraft making process is when you get to unmask the paint job to see the results of a multi layer paint application. This TA-4J Skyhawk seems to have gone pretty well, with only minor clean-up required #HistScaleModels
Final 🤞🏻 paint shop set completed on these two (A-4M & TA-4J) Skyhawks #ModelAircraft …Now I just have to impatiently wait for the paint to be dry enough to peel back the tape and see the results! #HistScaleModels
Another round of masking on the “M”, then back into the paint shop for the umteenth time getting the (somewhat) complicated camouflage finalized on these two A-4 Skyhawks A-4M & TA-4J (Aggressors) #ModelAircraft #HistScaleModels
Got these two A-4 Skyhawks back into the paint shop for the third camouflage paint application. I will see tomorrow if I go bak to weather this stage or not. 🤔 A-4M & TA-4J (Aggressors) #ModelAircraft #HistScaleModels
Got my two kits set now for their next colour coat. Hoping to get these two A-4 Skyhawks back into the paint shop tomorrow. A-4M & TA-4J (Aggressors) #ModelAircraft #HistScaleModels
A bit of weathering work on the second colour coat of these two A-4 Skyhawks is all that has managed to happen lately A-4M & TA-4J (Aggressors) #ModelAircraft #HistScaleModels
Did some masking work last night so I could get this second colour coat down on the A-4 Skyhawks this morning A-4M & TA-4J (Aggressors) #ModelAircraft #HistScaleModels
