Monogram's 1/48 'Detroit Miss' Mustang from 1977. Yellow, red, black, brown, and two silver tones all from local (Ecuador) hardware-store spraycans. I left off the invasion stripes and added the red tail. I didn't like the look of the olive-drab anti-glare panel, repainted that black. Left off all the stencils except for the one with the little Red Cross emblem. Used thin strips of black and red electrical tape in lieu of painting the canopy bits. Ancient decals mercifully went on without any drama. Bit of history here: http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/18428
Wednesday, February 10, 2021
P-51 D
Thursday, February 4, 2021
Panzerkampfwagen IV-H
Probably around Korsun, Ukraine in February 1944. The 1/35 Italeri kit and most of the figures date back to the 1970s. Completed in January 2021.
Wednesday, December 2, 2020
F-15 Eagle
1/72 Revell kit from 1975. 45 years later, it's finally built. This is the so-called 'lizard' camouflage from NATO in the 1990s (I think). As usual, craftstore acrylics, mostly airbrushed. First pic is an actual plane, followed by my color-mixing sheet.
Panzer IV/70 (V), Winter 1944-5
I finished this diorama in February 2001. Tamiya 1/35 kit, Dragon and Tamiya figures. It was demolished during the Ecuador move and rebuilt. Some shots predate the move, some after restoration.
Panzerkampfwagen III Ausf L

T-34/85 1/35
My wife bought me this tank and soldiers for my b'day. Zvezda kit with Tamiya figures. Uniforms were painted with multiple washes of craftstore acylics, from tan to olive drab. This dio is about 20 years old. Russians (well, Soviets) in the spring-summer of 1944:
Tuesday, December 1, 2020
P-12
Cuenca Ecuador, 1/32 Hasegawa Boeing P-12 from the 1970s. Craftstore acrylic Blue, Testor's Yellow enamel, airbrushed. Homemade seat belts. I expected I could find some piano wire for the bracing, but couldn't. Then considered some very thin vermicelli, but it was too thick. Wound up using stretched sprue. It was not fun.

