martin_sam_2000

nice. I am still sitting on the ancient testors kit. I had planned to do some scratch building, fold it up and then tuck as far back on the shelf as I can. I may upgrade to this if it can be folded. Sean

B-25 Georgie's Gal added. we now have 3 B-25's confirmed! Sean

The announcements have started for the 2021 airshow. This show will be a drive in format and while be split into a morning and evening show. Tickets are good for either the morning or the evening. The theme will be "Mitchell Madness' and , not surprisingly, the theme aircraft will be the B-25 Mitchell. They are hoping for one of the largest gatherings ever. I will update this list as I get more updates. All B-25's will be labeled in Green New additions are in Red Performers Airbus A-400 - Luftwaffe ( Both Shows) Boeing B-17 "Yankee Lady

Don't really like to toot my own horn, but I have started a Youtube channel that has some basic "how to" videos as well as some time lapse of my builds. Slowly adding more content as I have the time. Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChXN05Si3lMMG13HwAKSCBw my "Tips & Tricks" playlist: Sean

Now that is interesting. I have never seen a Balsa kit with a solid fuselage like that!! I have never heard of that company so i can't comment on rarity or value, but it is neat! Sean

Looks like a typo. The picture is of a WWI type truck and if you search that product number you get many mentions of a WWI pigeon truck. Sean

The F-16 "VENOM" http://www.martinsammodels.com/Webpage/Pages/Real Aviation/aircraft/aircraft/General Dynamics/F-16/USAF/94-0047/Pictures/003.jpg Sean

Thanks for all the kind words guys..very happy with how my pictures turned out. They are still a little dark.. but overall turned out great. me too!! I have a 48 kit im saving just for this if decals every come out. Im putting my money on Caracal!! sean

Here is my album from the airshow if anyone is interested. It was an absolute blast!!! http://www.martinsammodels.com/Webpage/Pages/Real Aviation/Airshows/2020/London/London.htm Sean

why not just make a little masking tape cone "party hat" or just a cylinder and then stick it to the top of the bomb. if you plan your measurements out right you will get it close to the diameter you need and it should stick enough that with just a slight bit of pressure stay in place while painting. Sean

you can always get the Guillows balsa kit. It was a pretty large model! Sean

Does the -111 have a kit with it or is it just aftermarket? sean

WHAAAAA!!!! 12 years of working an FBO ramp and countless Hawkers and I have never noticed that! Typical British design. I do like the way you can never install the towbar wrong or forget to disconnect the steering...but why do the nose gear doors have to be so complicated!!! great work on the model BTW.. I have always wanted to build some corporate jets..but haven't gotten around to it yet. Sean

RCAF Cf-18's, CC-150 refueling demo and a sunday only C-130 SAR demo added Godlen Knights cancelled. Sean

Between that and the leading edge extensions, the wing-fuselage joint is my biggest worry. I am also planning an Alclad finish so I need to get it perfect. Sean

This is one of the kits I am currently working on. It is the monogram Pro-modeller F-15E. I plan on using the kit decals and finishing it as the tiger meet bird. I am not sue on weapons right now but think I may go with som Mk.82's to compliment the GBU-10's that are in the kit. I will make a final decision closer to the end of the build. right now the cockpit is painted gray, as well as the black areas around the cockpit and the wheels. I also painted the landing gears bits white...but those pictures will be in my next update.

This is one of the current builds I am working. It is Eduard's P-39Q weekdn edition and includes PE and masks. So far it is going together nicely. I have pained the cockpit and interior parts green as well as the wheels and props black. I am focusing on a commission build so work on this as well as the others is a little slow right now. Sean

This is one of the current builds I am working on. It is Tamiya's A6M5c Zero. It is an older tooling, but with a bit of work should look great. So far I managed to get the cockpit panted as well as the tires and forward cowling black. I plan on tying to do some interesting weathering on this to make it look used an abused. Thanks for looking, Sean

This is one of the next models I have started to build. It is the Revell C-45 (ICM moulds) that I will be building as a 1950's RCAF bird using the Belcher Bits extended leading edge parts. work will be a little slow on this for a while as I focus on a side commission project that I have a timeline for. The leading edge part was glue on, and then promptly fell off. I will have to re-install it once I have the wings assembled. I still need to do a bit of cleanup and sa

E-3 Sentry confirmed. Not too often you see these flying at airshows!!

Thanks!! It's actually a little shallower than it should have been, but the bomb cradle got in the way (I didn't really think of that when I modified it) so I was limited to that angle. Sean

major rumour release.... All th USAF Demo teams shoul be present. F-22, F-35, A-10 and F-16 demos all scheduled to be there as per the USAF website!! Sean

And i did find it here. Seems to be in stock. Not a bad price either... https://www.shopofphantoms.com/rhino/Pulsar/en_US.Shop.displayShop.8077./adm-48001_-32001 sean

Dug it out. Looks like I gave away the green/gray nm bird but seem to have the main parts left for the gray/gray bird. It is missing some, like the new mexico title for the tail and some of the smaller details the decals between the gray/green and gray/gray share a bunch. i can give you the roundels, the tail code and the tail logo, but thats about it. Sorry..thought it was more complete than this Sean

I will dig out the sheet later tonight when i get home and let you know what i have left for those scheme. sean