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JAPANESE "MOSAIC" C6N1 SAIUN (MYRT) IN 1/20 SCALE	JAPANESE "MOSAIC" MITSUBISHI J2M1 RAIDEN (JACK)	JAPANESE "MOSAIC" FOCKE WULF TA-152 IN 1/20 SCALE

Contemporary Japanese "mosaic" models that are made up with individual blocks using different grains of the same wood in the shapes of the various panels on the actual aircraft. This creates a marvelous effect aesthetically and at the same time shows to a greater degree than many modeling techniques essential characteristics of the airplane itself.  Please visit their site for a tour of these fine models including a "how to do it" section.

MITSUBISHI G4M "BETTY" SURRENDER AIRCRAFT. Photo: Broken Wings of the Samurai, Robert C. Mikesh	THE ROBERT C. MIKESH MODEL	NAVY SERVICEMEN ATOP THE SURRENDER BETTY. Photo: Robert C. Mikesh

Mitsubishi G4M1-L2 in 1/72 scale with a wingspan of 13 ½ inches by Robert C. Mikesh. The clear plastic windows on this model were carved out of a piece broken from a window of the actual aircraft. About this aircraft, Mikesh says in his book Broken Wings of the Samurai, "Of the two 'Betty' bombers which carried Japan’s surrender envoys to meet with MacArthur’s staff, this is the one that completed that mission by returning to its starting point…. MacArthur’s instructions called for the two aircraft to be painted white and carry green crosses in place of the normal Japanese insignia." About the photo on the right, he says that it is "a picture of US Navy seaman sitting on the airplane at Kisarazu (on the east bank of Tokyo Bay) when soon after my Navy friend took the souvenir." This historic aircraft was destroyed in late September 1945.

HEINKEL HE 111 H-20	HENSCHEL HS 123	MESSERSCHMITT BF 109G-6	HEINKEL HE-219 UHU

Horst Rienecker in Germany makes some very nice naturally finished wood models of German WWII aircraft.  Visit his website for more models.

SPITFIRE MK VIII, 1/16 SCALE, PINE AND BEECH	LANCASTER
TIGER MOTH		SPITFIRE

The naturally finished wood models of Brett Gentz illustrate a great appreciation for the color and grain of various woods to be found in Australia.

LOCKHEED CONSTELLATION, 1/200 SCALE	NORTH AMERICAN FJ-2 FURY IN 1/72 SCALE	FUSELAGE INTERIOR OF 1/72 FJ-2 FURY

The amazing miniature work of Roger Cortani.  Working in balsa, Roger gets an unbelievable amount of detail into a model.  The Fury has a complete interior fuselage.

BOEING-STEARMAN PT-13 KAYDET	FOKKER TRIPLANE	LOCKHEED P-80 SHOOTING STAR

Models of John Bell.  The PT-13 in 1/32 scale and Triplane in 1/48 scale are solid wood models beautifully painted.  The P-80 is, even though it is difficult to believe, a stick and tissue model he designed and built. 

V.J.G. WOODASON AND HIS LARGE SCALE JUNKERS JU 88	MITSUBISHI KI-97 "SALLY" BY WOODASON	1" SECTIONAL MODEL OF THE EMPIRE FLYING BOAT BY WOODASON

V.J.G. Woodason and three of his models as found in his book, The Art of Scale Model Aircraft Building (1943). A recent viewing of the film In Which We Serve (English, 1942) revealed many realistic actions shots using this JU 88 model. Underwing lettering had been painted out and weathering added. The Mitsubishi 97 (Sally) is particularly accurate for a model done that early in the war.  Below are more Woodason models.

WOODASON SPITFIRE Vb MODEL IN 1/24 SCALE.	ANOTHER VIEW OF THE SPITFIRE Vb.	BOTTOM VIEW OF SPITFIRE Vb.

WOODASON GERMAN HE 100 (ALSO KNOWN AS THE HE 113) IN 1/24 SCALE.	TOP VIEW OF HE 100.	BOTTOM OF HE 100 ILLUSTRATING THE WOODASON COMPANY DECAL.

These Woodason models were built for a Lockheed employee working in Liverpool, England during WWII.  They were found in their original model shop shipping container in Los Angeles in 2004.  These 1/24 scale wood models have interior cockpit detail and retracting landing gear.  The quality of the work is exceptional. (Photographs, Steve Remington)

 

BEECH D-17 IN 1/24 SCALE BY JERRY HALL	HEINKLE HE-115B IN 1/32 SCALE BY JERRY HALL	SPARTAN 7-W IN 1/24 SCALE BY JERRY HALL	FULL SIZE TURBO ENGINE MOCK-UP BY JERRYHALL

Jerry Hall builds most of his models in basswood and does some of the finest paintwork to be seen. The aircraft models have complete interior detail and a lacquer finish and were made in the 1990’s.  The engine mock-up was done as a courtroom exhibit.  Jerry also makes tractors and heavy earth moving equipment.

DE HAVILLAND MOSQUITO BY MICHAEL HANKINSON	RAF VULCAN BY MICHAEL HANKINSON