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ModelCave Hobby Shop
12/8/11 Recently Steve Nelson mentioned that he had heard there was a new hobby shop in Ypsilanti called the ModelCave and he wondered if anyone had been there yet. The silence that followed indicated that a mission had to be undertaken. It just so happened that I would be coming through Ypsilanti on my way
KM Admiral Graf Spee “Back From The Dead”
Published on 19 Oct, 2011 at 19:07 in Ships / Subs | Viewed 292 views times | 1 Comment
Steve Nelson announced the “Back From The Dead” build challenge, I got to digging into my stash of models. The Spee seemed to be my best candidate for this challenge. I think I purchased the Aurora KM Graf Spee back in 1971 before going into the USAF. I started the model in 1974 at Griffiss
Academy 1/72 Messershmitt 163 Comet – Steve Nelson
A quick bit of history from Wikipedia, for those not acquainted with this little Luftwaffe hotrod: The Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet, designed by Alexander Martin Lippisch, was a German rocket-powered fighter aircraft. It is the only rocket-powered fighter aircraft ever to have been operational. Its design was revolutionary, and the Me 163 was capable of
Romulan Bird of Prey – 1/2500 – Clare Wentzel
Romulan Bird of Prey – 1/2500 – Clare Wentzel Star Trek fans follow the various versions of the franchise with great interest and gleefully note any differences between the various versions. This model of the Romulan Bird of Prey appeared in some of the Enterprise episodes. That would make it an “early” Bird of Prey
Republic P-43A Lancer – 1/72 – Clare Wentzel
Republic P-43A Lancer Pavla Kit No. 72061 1/72 Scale Background The P-43 Lancer was developed in 1938 by Seversky Aircraft Corp. as a successor to their P-35. The new model was larger overall and featured the Pratt and Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp radial engine with an exhaust driven supercharger. While the airplane possessed good altitude
Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat – 1/48 – Tamiya by Jim Fox
Wildcat 77 was flown by James Swett of VMF-221, Marine Air Corp 12, 1st Marine Air Wing out of Guadalcanal. Swett didn’t take long to mark his place in history as an Ace. As a matter of fact, Swett became an Ace in a day on his first mission. April 7, Yamamoto orders a major
Spad VII – 1/72 – Airfix by Clarence Wentzel
Kit: Airfix SPAD VII – WW I Fighter Classics Series – 1/72 scale Decals: “Le Vieux Charles” of Capitaine Georges Guynemer The SPAD VII History: The French industrialist Armand Deperdussin started the famous S.P.A.D. company to initially design and produce a line of streamlined monoplane racers. When Deperdussin was arrested for a number of questionable
IJN Battleship Yamashiro – 1/700 – Minicraft
Laid down: November 20, 1913 Launched: November 3, 1915 Completed: March 31, 1917 The Battleship Yamashiro mainly served her time cruising her home waters doing training. She met her fate on October 25, 1944 when she was gunned and torpedoed by the US 7th Fleet at the Battle of Leyte Gulf. This is an old
IJN Heavy Cruiser Takao – 1/700 – Aoshima
Laid Down: April 28, 1927 Launched: May 12, 1930 Completed: May 31, 1932 December 1941 – provided distant cover for the Philippine invasion December 23, 1941 – covering Malaya operations January 1942 thru March 1942 – SW Pacific Operations May 1942 – Aleutian operations August 1942 – Battle of Eastern Solomons October 1942 – Battle
IJN Light Cruiser Tatsuta – 1/700 – Hasegawa
Laid Down: July 24, 1917 Launched: May 29, 1918 Completed: March 31, 1919 The Tatsuta and her sister the Tenryu were Japan’s first modern Light Cruisers. The 18th Cruiser Squadron was based at Truk at the start of World War II. The Tatsuta took part in the attack on Wake Island and the landing at
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