Always enjoy your work in the Gallery, Jean. Beautiful.

Thanks so much for the feedback. Based on your input, I've made several revisions. First, I added the upper wing fasces; I don't see them in the top photo, but followed the illustration at the bottom. Second, I repainted the prop and spinner flat black; in the second photo they're obviously darker t...

It’s been a while since I was here, I thought you’d be interested in the project I just finished. This the Italeri 1/48 C.R. 42 LW (#2640). From the instructions, it appears the only difference between this and the Regia version is the Luftwaffe didn’t use wheel spats. The kit portrays two Luftwaffe...

This project started back in July/August from a photo of my dad sitting in the cockpit of a North American T-6G Texan as a flight instructor at Bartow AFB, Lakeland, FL. 20241016_081152.jpg Vince Tassone graciously offered to make me a set of decals replicating the aircraft number and identifiers of...

s00ntir, a beautiful job. 1//32nd scale should show off detail beautifully.

Hi, Kensar. I'm sorry I missed your post back in July; I've been off the forum for several months, dealing with frustrations in my own project. So, your family was in Lakeland after mine left. I had the "yearbooks" of my dad's graduating classes, and the last one showed him standing before a T-28 Tr...

I was researching something else and discovered there are several articles related to Italian aviation. Thought they might be of interest:
https://www.maltaaviationmuseum.com/news/

I spent a lot of time on Scalemates comparing paints to my memory and the postcard I have from the era from Bartow AFB. I finally settled on Mr. Color 58 Orange Yellow. I'm really pleased with decision; I believe it is a very close approximation. Thanks for the note re: the revision; I found it. For...

It's taken a couple of months to move along this far (initial painting disaster required stripping it all down and starting over again!). And I've still got a long way to go. But I want to show the decals Vince so generously provided for this project.

Wow, we're almost at the same point. Here's my 1/48th Ocidental build. Mine will represent a USAF advanced trainer of the 50's.

BTW, I'm REALLY curious how you obtained your print copy of the Federal Standard 595C Colors?

beautiful work. very impressive.

Kriss, you might consider this detail set:
https://store.themodelbunker.com/en/air ... r-kit.html

I used it for my last build, found it much better to work with that the Eduard "Big Ed" set, produced very nice results.

beautiful detail

Also gorgeous! My experience with my 1 PCM model was a mixed bag - great having the added detail, but getting everything to fit together was a bit of a challenge.

Absolutely gorgeous! Thank you for posting. I look forward to more of your work.