What's New:

8/5/2008: The website face lift is still ongoing, but the Eduard's bf110E build page is now uploaded. This is an expanded version (more pictures) of the version that appeared in the Jan 2008 issue of Scaled Aircraft Modelling.

7/16/2008: The website is getting a facelift, so it will be a mixture of old and new for a bit. For those of you interested, I'm switching from Adobe Golive 6 to Microsoft Expression Web 2 as my tool for website creation. As such, I'm revamping the underlying technology by eliminating frames, tables, and layers as much as possible. Instead I'm switching over to CSS and templates. So please bear with me as I migrate the different sections thoughout the summer.

7/7/2008:  Horten Ho229A Flying Wing page is up. This model was featured in the Dec 2007 Issue of Scaled Aircraft Modeler

6/20/2008: Yes, still WAY behind in updating the website. However, I've actually finished an Eduard 110-E for and was published in the Jan issue of Scaled Aircraft Modeling (SAM). Likewise, the HO2209 was published in the Dec 2007 issue of SAM. I've since finished the Accurate Miniature Vindicator, Roden Gladiator, and am currently working on Classic Airframes Hawk II. They are all going to appear in article form for SAM. The Shindenkai aircraft is going to be in a future issue Finescale Modeler.

4/8/2008: Yes, I'm WAY behind in updating the website - been too busy building instead. But I do have one update, pictures from NJIPMS 2008 Mosquitocon show. Hey, I even won 3rd place for 1/48th Jets for the Ho 229 Flying Wing. I actually completed 5 models since the last update and had 2 of them featured in the UK magazine Scaled Aircraft Modeller - including the Ho 229. I will publish pictures soon.

4/11/2007: Hasegawas's Kawanishi N1K2-J Shiden Kai 'Skeleton' edition built as a cutaway. The Dragon kit Horten Ho229A Flying Wing is also finished.

1/09/2007: Added photos from Dallas Frontiers of Flight Museum. Click Here

11/14/2006: Intrepid Air & Space Musuem (the weekend before it closed for a 2 yeaer long renovation) in NYC added - 76 images. Click Here

4/22/2006: Cavanuagh Museum of Flight in Dallas added - 156 images. Click Here

4/08/2006: Check out the new links on the left for Musuems - Planes of Fame, Udvar Hazy, Cradle of Aviation

12/01/2005: Finished Tamiya's 1/48 Stug III Ausf B, my return to Armor building after 25 years

9/21/05: Finished Nakajima Ki-27, code named "Nate" by the US, this one is in Manchukuo markings

7/11/05: The Amtech's P-40E - Tex Hill Special Edition is finished

2/12/05: The F-7Eb is finished and pages updated.

8/16/04: Added new build articles for Bf109 and A6M5 Clear edition

11/24/2003: Finally, FINALLY! updated the home Home Projects with something, not much but its a start. ,

9/28/2003: This one took a while, as its my first 'limited run' kit with lots of resin details. Its the A5M2K, the trainer version of the Japanese fighter that preceded its famous offspring, the A6M2 Zeke - more popularly known as the Zero in the West. Code named "Claude", it saw extensive action in China before the the outbreak of war with the US.

7/1/2003: Managed to finish another model within 2 months. This time its the Hawk75 . I've also created a July Calender from a Ta183 if you deem my model actually good enough to grace your computer screen for a whole month. Just click on the link and then right click to "set as background", make sure 'center' is picked instead of tile in your settings.

5/13/2003: Finished the Ta183 a WWII jet that was designed (plans and model wind tunnel testing) but never built when the war ended. Revamped the site completely (built with Adobe Golive now).

1/12/2003: Happy new year! Completed Testor's all metal F-18 Chippy Ho. Once again, I decided to build an all metal plane as a display for my office. While the metal kits don't have the crisps details of a plastic kit, they can still be detailed and build into a very presentable and 'busy-hands survivable' presentation.

11/12/2002:  Finished the Promodeler WWII ground equipment. Also finished a US WWII carrier deck base to pose some Navy & Marine planes on. So I added pictures to the Dauntless and F3F with the decking and some 'creative' background (color pictures from a book).

The WWII ground kit got my interest up in 1/48th armor to complement by 1/48th aircraft. Or more accurately, the lack of 1/48th armor. Seems only Zendefu from China are building any, and mainly modern tanks. Resin kits are also available but also quite expensive - $20-$35 for a jeep. Good kits from Bandai were available in the late 70's but has been discontinued and they command a hefty price as 'collector items' on Ebay. Turns on Frog/Fuman (French imported Chinese manufacturing) has taken over the Bandai molds and are reissuing them. Unfortunately, turns out they are discontinuing them too and very hard and expensive in the US. Luckily I located a small place (www.parabelum.co.uk) that had them in stock and on sale. Even with shipping, they were 1/2 the price of Ebay! Ah, the power of the Internet.

9/30/2002:  Finished the Accurate Miniature SBD-1 Dauntless

7/8/2002:  Finally got one picture of my reworked diecast toy  P-47

6/6/2002:  New plane on the workbench - see picture in progress for SBD-1 Dauntless

5/3/2002:  Hasegawa 'Skeleton' see-thru Zero A6M5 Zeke

2/13/2002: German Tiger diorama from the late 1970's!

2/5/2002: Added Guestbook feature and Links