Tag: 1/48


  • 1/48 Airfix Fairey Gannet AS.1/AS.4

    Go Ugly! I plan to build mine as the AS.4 option as offered in the box using the kit decals for 815 Naval Air Squadron operating from HMS Ark Royal in 1958. I picked up a few aftermarket items for the kit. The Quickboost exhaust and air scoops (there’s lots of them!) look great, no…

  • 1/48 Monogram/Koster PB4Y-2 Privateer Part 2

    What’s crack-a-lack’n geeks! its time for another update to the Privateer build.  Now it was time to make the cuts to the fuselage and get the Koster parts attached.  I used 5 min epoxy and made tabs with eh scrap plastic from the vac form parts to reinforce the joins.  Remember the old adage, “measure…

  • Monogram/Koster 1/48 PB4Y-2 Privateer

    What’s Crack-a-Lack’N Geeks! With launch of the official Modelgeeks Podcast website, I thought I would post the progress pics of the Privateer on here and help keep Frilldo moving on getting it done! So to begin this beast, I started with the Monogram 1/48 B-24J kit and I used the long OOP (but the best…