Scale Model Wings
Scale model builds, step by step
Really fun, and really happy with how this turned out! Some of the decals were way past shot and just wouldn’t sit down no matter how much Micro Sol I put...
Despite an initial downer feeling from the broken pitot tube, I’m having a lot of fun with this one just feeling free and going totally by the book. I should be...
I’m kind of groovin’ on the X-Filesy feel to this concept fighter, and having fun since the nightmare of those F-15 intakes. I’m thinking of the whole Groom Lake / Aera...
It’s the early 80s. You’ve read articles about a mysterious aircraft that’s invisible. INVISIBLE. It can’t be seen by radar, can’t be shot down. There’s a secret government program running it....
I was excited to see in the extra kit I bought to get a replacement canopy, it had the old decal set I remembered from the kit when I did it...
With the cockpit assembly finished and the nightmare of fuselage and intakes complete, the really fun stuff comes to complete. Getting the wings, missiles, tail, engines and decals on so we...
Success! Seams cleaned up, pieces levered and reset, triangle piece added to get more sticking power. I also made a new foil jig to hold the opening wide for the fuselage...
You might remember the last time that I’d put together the arrow piece with the foil jigs and Tamiya tape to pull things together into shape. Man, did it set well,...
You’ll remember from last time, I got a piece of narrow gauge railroad rail that I can balance right to push down the arrow shapes into place. I was hoping that would...
Oh boy, talk about bringing back memories! I remember now how very poorly the jet intakes fit on this old Monogram mold. Yikes ahootie. It’s a serious balancing act to make...
Scale Model Wings 