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    Build: Modelart F117 American Flag 1/72 scale

    All 3 landing gear bays are constructed and glued to the unprinted side of the fuselage's bottom. The front edges of parts 1 and 2, which are black in color, are folded over and glued to the unprinted side of the bottom. The front portion of the fold over lays flat and the back portion is raised...
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    Greetings from Florida, USA

    Rhaven Blaack, thanks for explaining the Viper's launch system. Very nice photos.
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    Build: Modelart F117 American Flag 1/72 scale

    Actual construction of the model starts with scoring, cutting out and gluing together parts 1-6, which is the bottom (underside) part of the model. The next step is to build and glue the 3 landing gear bays to inside of the bottom.
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    Build: Modelart F117 American Flag 1/72 scale

    ModelArt offers 2 versions of their 1/72 scale F117: the Desert Storm version, which is mostly gray, and the American Flag version. This 1/72 scale model has 4 1/2 pages of parts, 5 diagrams, and 1 page of assembly instructions (in English). I don't think this model will require any great...
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    Greetings from Florida, USA

    I built and added the launch sled (designed by Rhaven Blaack & Revell-Fan) to my Viper display stand. I think it looks good. Thank you Rhaven Blaack & Revell-Fan for sharing your sled model.
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    Greetings from Florida, USA

    The printed pages for my Pulse Rifle model also sat for many years. That many pages is a bit intimidating, but it isn't especially difficult to build. Jan provided several diagrams and labeled the glue tabs with the number of the part it will mate with.
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    Greetings from Florida, USA

    Ok. My favorite fighter spacecraft is the BSG Viper. Below is a photo of the Viper Mk 2 (1/36 scale by Ninjatoes) I built. It is sitting on a launch rail designed by Murph. I just found the launch rail and sled designed by Rhaven Blaack & Revell-Fan. I will probably add the sled to this model. I...
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    Greetings from Florida, USA

    Which forum should I post photos of some paper models I have done?
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    Greetings from Florida, USA

    Greetings all, I started building paper models about 20 years ago, but had to set it aside due to a heavy work schedule. I started building again after I retired about a year ago. My interests are aircraft, sci-fi spacecraft and real spacecraft.