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I have finished the Mohawk. This was a difficult kit to build. The fit requires a lot of work especially the canopy sections. The decals were also difficult to get them to sit down. They did not soften easily with decal set/solvents. Even with a base coat of Future they did not adhere or conform well to the surface details. The photo etch and resin accessories worked and fit well. If you build one of these the instructions state to use 19 grams, you need closer to 24 grams to keep it from sitting on the tails. Aside from the difficult issues it is a good representation of a unique aircraft. Thanks for following along. You can see all the photos and details from the start to finish in my build log at https://davidsscalemodels.com/build-log/1-48-ov-1c-mohawk/

Hi All, Here is another recent build. The old faithful P-51D! This build is done in real aluminum skin. Took about 200 hours due to the real metal, that always adds about 100 hours onto the build time lol! Hope you like her. Rick

Dave, A great job, on a very rough kit. You hit this one out of the park. I built this one a few years ago. Very disappointed with the quality of the kit. I’ll probably never build another Roden again. Congrats Chris

You will not believe how my luck has held out on this project! I posted earlier today that my final quest was for a folding tail and folding main rotor blades for the SH-60B. Tonight I was searching on Bing for images of the SH-60B and any detailing kits. I happened upon an image of the Sea King SH-3 #66 that extracted the capsule on Apollo 13. Clicking on that, I found an article from 2016 by Tommy Thomason (Brit, I think) about converting this model to a US Sea King. The model comes with both folding tail and folding main rotor blades. He added some tips on making this more accurate. I found the model on e-bay and bought it. It will provide the same appearance that I had planned for the SH-60B. I now have my complete collection of US military helicopters in hand or on order! I now need to proceed at full speed to build all these models. Thanks for all your help, and I hope my experience may help some of you doing similar models.

Thanks for the comments Gil! Much appreciated! I'm really just doing it for fun. I build cars planes and whatever I feel like, I just enjoy building! Here is the F-104 I just built using real aluminum hand cut panels. I just enjoy challenging myself.

And here's how it looks when done.....seems the site is limiting how many I can post now... This model represents an A-18 Shrike II of the 13th Attack Squadron @1937.... Question, comments, and critiques welcome! Gil

Yeah, another completed aircraft build. I've said this before but I'll say it again so that everyone knows my abilities. I'm primarily a car builder. Been around cars/race cars my entire life so I know where everything goes. So, when it comes to building and detailing it pretty much comes natural. Aircraft, however, a whole different scenario. I have to do research for every build and hope that I get it right, or relatively close to right. The technical aspects of building aircraft are totally different than car/truck subjects. I am in total awe of so many aircraft builders and their abilities to get the finishes/weathering just right. So, with the disclaimer out of the way here is my latest build. F-18 VFA-146 Blue Diamonds using a Revell kit along with Twobobs decals. I'm trying to add the appropriate paint details and still trying to get the whole weathering techniques down. Still a ways off on that. All that aside I am happy with the results and think it looks good on the shelf.