The finished model: The scene: On Kanzaki’s last flight before becoming a full-fledged Yamato Airlines pilot, he’s forced to fly without the use of an auto-pilot. When the B747-200 he’s piloting strays slightly off course, he learns the need to…
The finished model: The scene: During the invasion of Tanduria, Project 4 ground forces “Trapper” call in “Hawkeye” a MiG-21 to swat down a pesky fly… a RA-5C Vigilante recon plane from Area 88 that is getting intel on the…
The finished model: In the manga: In the skies over Asran, Mickey encounters a MiG-21 flown by none other than his old friend and rival, Gary MacBurn. The two land and Gary recounts the story of his life – how…
THE FINISHED MODEL: In the Manga: Originally published in Weekly Shonen Sunday, issue number 51 in 1974, the “Black Knight of Berlin” (ベルリンの黒騎士 ) is one of the more popular chapters of what is now known as Leiji Matsumoto’s The…
The finished model: In the comics: The Enemy Ace… in WWII?! Okay, I’ve long been a fan of Hans von Hammer, aka “The Hammer of Hell”, aka “The Enemy Ace”, but I’ll save some of those ramblings for my project…
The finished model: The scene: Shin’s F-20 Tigershark vs. Kanzaki’s F-18… in the final fight… to the death. That’s it. Check out the original manga scene from the FINAL Chapter 172 “Battlefield of Sand” here: The story: Really… what is…
The finished model: The scene: In a flashback scene, Mickey recalls his time in Vietnam. After a crash landing closes the flight deck of his aircraft carrier, Mickey’s squadron of F-14A Tomcats is diverted to a Marine airbase in Da…
The finished model: The scene: The mercenaries are on a mission to destroy an enemy supply base. As they fly in for a low-altitude bombing run, they are shocked by a deadly surprise – The Fang. The defensive perimeter barrier…
The finished model: The scene: After her father instructs her to return to Japan, Ryoko and Taeko book a flight on MacGregor airlines after all the Yamato Airlines flights are sold out. At the Charles De Gaulle Airport in Paris,…
The finished model: The scene: Shortly after the destruction of the Desert Carrier, the remains of the Area 88 pack up and head off to the base in Greece to regroup. While training in a loaner F-5A Freedom Fighter, Shin…