A personal blogsite of Wayne Hui for the art form of scale modelling.
Build Date: Start Jan 24, 2018. Col. Robin Olds, 433 FS, Satan's Angels, Ubon, Thailand, 1967. This is a kit my best friend, Ricky, gave me. Thank you, Ricky! I'd try my best to do this kit justice. For this model, I will be replicating Col. Robin Olds' personal aircraft as shown above. This Tamiya 1:32... Continue Reading →
Devastator 5-T-7 (Section Leader) from VT-5 assigned to the USS Yorktown (CV-5). Build Date: May 2005. This is one of my favourite amongst my models. This model along with my Monogram A-10 marked the period when my scale modelling techniques improved to a point where I felt I was able to compete with the best... Continue Reading →
Build Date: Start Sept 10, 2018, Finish January 8, 2019. S-3 Viking The Lockheed S-3 Viking was the most versatile aircraft in the US NAVY. The S-3A was initially designed for anti-submarine warfare (ASW). It entered service in 1975 to replace the ageing piston engine powered Grumman S-2 Tracker. (Italeri and Kinetics produced several 1:48 S-2... Continue Reading →
Location: No. 60號, Nanning Road, Wanhua District, Taipei City I am in Taipei on the last leg of my trek through this area of Asia. This is my first time here and I like Taipei very much. The people here are polite and welcoming. It is much like Hong Kong where this modern city has... Continue Reading →
French Air Force (Armee de l'Air), 201 Fighter Squadron (Ramat David) Build Date: 2004 French F-84F in Suez Canal Crisis - Historical Background The Suez Canal was opened in 1869, having been financed by France and the Egyptian government. Later, the Egyptian government's share was bought by the British; British banks and business held a... Continue Reading →
Build Date: June 11, 2018, Finished August 13, 2018. On this post, I am building the old Academy 1:48 Su-27 Flanker B, Kit# 2131, issued around 1995. This kit was used by Eduard as the bases for their Limited Edition multi-media high tech Kit Number 1167. Since then Hobby Boss had issued a brand... Continue Reading →
Build Date: Start Feb 13, 2018, Finished June 5, 2018. The Chinese military confirmed that it took first delivery of four Su-35 in late 2017. In anticipation of this, Kitty Hawk issued an update to their Su-35E kit in October which has decals specifically for the PLA's Su-35. The kit comes in nine part trees... Continue Reading →
Builder: Ricky Wong. Build Date: April 2018. Academy released this 1:35 MH-60S Knighthawk kit back around 2014. It was the first and, still at the time of writing, the only available kit of this Navy helicopter in this scale. Refer to Cybermodeler for a detailed review of this kit. Ricky has been building this kit... Continue Reading →
Build Date: September 10, 2017, Finished Jan 22, 2018. A-6E of VA-115 (Eagles), Atsugi Naval Air Station, 1996. I saw the movie, Flight of the Intruder, in 1991 and I was immediately hooked on the A-6. Yeah, it was a cheesy movie with over the top lines but the real history underlining the movie is... Continue Reading →
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