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I thought I'd share a few photos of my completed Joan of Arc miniature. This is one of Zio Prudenzio's beautifully rendered figure models. It was an easy, frustration free build. My model has a couple of small modifications: I thought that the stock face looked cartoonish, so I Photoshopped in...

A while back I completed my build of designer Whammy's Atlas battlemech which can be downloaded over at the Mechwarrior3 site. My mech models are all a common 1/80 scale, so I resized the Atlas accordingly. I decided to make this a unique model so I used Photoshop to recolor the face with Evil...

One of my favorite battlemechs has to be the Raven, based solely on its good looks. It's a light mech weighing in at 35 tons, but it has an important job - disruption of enemy communication and cohesion through electronic warfare, while simultaneously shielding friendly units from similar...

Here we have my build of Zio Prudenzio's G50, scaled to 1/72. The artwork is beautiful, but I think he made a mistake with the placement of the fuselage markings on the starboard side. I didn't realize there was a problem until I put the tailplanes on, and by then I was so far along in the build...

I made some enhancements to the free Ki-115 kit by Paper Tiger Armaments, and came up with a pretty successful model. The original file was very low res, so I redrew all the lines with Photoshop to get rid of the chopiness. I added new roundels, and modified the fully enclosed canopy, to come up...

Recently I resized the free 1/100 Bf109E Tropical (designed by Nobi from Thaipaperworks and available at eCardmodels) to my favorite scale of 1/72. The fit of the parts was absolutely perfect, even in the larger scale. The kit didn't have any fairings, but the wings fit so tightly to the...

I was poking around in my Fiddlers Green files, and I noticed that their Yak-3 has only 1 model in the "versions" folder - the black and white drawing. I was looking for something to recolor, so this model fit the bill perfectly. From the Wings Palette site, I chose the Yak-3 flown by General...

I was surfing for images of WWI armored cars last week, and I came across a black and white jpeg of an E-V/4. It was a partially completed, simple card model! For a couple of days I attempted to find out who designed the model, but came up empty. I decided to carry it forward myself using...

I thought I'd share a few photos of my recent build of Schloss (castle) Wildegg located in Switzerland. The one page model was published in the '40s, along with 2 other Swiss castles. I downloaded it from one of the sites that specialize in vintage models. I began by laminating a couple of...

I offered to do a beta build of Dragos' Brown B-1 racer, and was very happy when he took me up on it (love those classic racers). Initial observations: The file is A4 size, but Dragos left enough kerf on top and bottom so that it can be printed at 100% on letter size paper too - smart. Its...

This model is a freebie from Nobi (Thaipaperworks), and was my first Nobi build. It won't be my last if this one is any indication of the quality of his models. Construction is typical skin, glue strip and former. The formers run large though, so I cut on the inside of the black lines, and even...

Here are a few photos of my Modelik SAI.403 Dardo which I scanned, and reduced to 1/72 scale. The model has a very basic cockpit Fuselage center section. I colored the fasces insignia with Photoshop Completed Fuselage Closeup of canopy Tail planes. The Savoy crest, MM518...

I thought I'd share some photos of my build of the Nakajima Kikka (ornage blossom) which is available for free over at the Etsutan site. The Kikka was Japan's first jet fighter. The prototype was lost on it's second test flight, and the war was over before the 2nd prototype was finished. The...

I'm sure most of you are aware of this free model that has been available for years here: http://waspcv7.republika.pl/warsztat.htm. There are a few versions available. I chose the weathered one. The model includes a basic cockpit in case the modeler wants to make a plastic canopy. Fuselage...

I recently finished building a couple of the 1/43 scale armored cars from the allfrompaper.ru site. These are all free downloads, and there are many others available that I've yet to build. If you like armored cars, you must visit this site. The models are excellent. The kits are intended to be...

I thought I'd share a few photos of my recent build of the Crosby Cr-4 racing airplane by Fiddler's Green. To make it more accurate, I added a bubble canopy made of card painted with acrylics, and brushed on a few thick coats of clear gloss to give it a glassy look. It also received a tail skid...

Hi all. Dragos was kind enough to send me the file for his newly designed Miles M.52 after I had expressed interest in the model, so I decided to document my build. I don't know if Dragos (or anyone else) has built the model, so I'm not sure if this is an alpha or a beta build. My favorite scale...

Greetings all! I thought I'd share a few photos of one of my recent builds with the forum - the PZL P.50 Jastrzab (Hawk) by Maly Modelarz. This is a vintage model that I scanned, shrunk down, and made a few simple Photoshop improvements to. The onset of war halted development of the P.50...

This model of the Russian high altitude fighter prototype was designed by Kancho Iliev, and can be downloaded for free at his site http://paperwings.phobby.com/index.php?CMD=9 There are two pages of parts, but no instructions. He offers a bit of a challenge. "This kit is like a puzzle - You got...

I've built a couple of Mr Trotskiy's fine models over the past few months in the hopes of luring him back (sort of like those Pacific Islanders who made up wicker airplanes to curry the favor of the big metal birds who had visited them in the past). Doesn't appear to be working so far. I hope...