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Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 III from Italeri – Anzio Beachhead Attacker
The Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 was a mono-plane design from the early 1930s and in its heyday, broke many speed records. One might not be able to guess this by the ungainly…
Light and Mighty Tanks of WW2 -Airfix JagdPanzer 38(T) Hetzer & The Russians Who Saved Prague
4th in the series of Light and Mighty Tanks of WW2. There was a time when a Russian division, not a Soviet one, came to the rescue of the Czechs…
Israeli Mirage IIICJ – Defender of the Galilee 1981
The Israeli version of the Mirage III, also known as the Shahak was the single most iconic aircraft of the 1967 Six-Day War. These graceful and sleek fighters of the…
About the Author
Paul Ooi Modelworks was as model building service in the Twin Cities from 2011 to 2018. I have since relocated to Northern Colorado and now only build for my own recreation. I have been building plastic model kits on and off since 1972, my first kit being an Airfix 1/72 scale P47 Thunderbolt (still a favorite after all these years).
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La diplomatie du Jaguar (Jaguar Diplomacy) – SEPECAT Jaguar A from Kitty Hawk
The SEPECAT (Société Européenne de Production de l’avion Ecole de Combat et d’Appui Tactique) Jaguar A fighter-bomber was the result of a joint development in the 1960s between the UK and…
Bandai’s High Grade ZGMF-X10A Freedom Gundam – “Fighting Freedom”
Some of Bandai’s most popular model kits are the 1/144 scale mobile suits from the long-running sci-fi Gundam series. These kits are very well designed for good articulation, and they…
Trumpeter’s MiG-31B Foxhound – Moscow’s Aerial Defender
When Viktor Belenko defected with his MiG-25 Foxbat in 1976, he told his US debriefing team that the Soviets were developing a “Super Foxbat”. This turned out to be the…
Superdetailing the HobbyBoss F-15C Eagle – Aggressor in the Sky
The F-15 series air superiority fighter has been the symbol of American air dominance in the world for the last quarter of the 20th century extending into the first decade…
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