The finished model: The video: The scene: The ESCAPE KILLERS! What a name. In the original Viz Area 88 comics there were known as the “Enforcers”, which is a fair translation… but it somehow lacks the punch. There is no…
The finished model: The video The scene: It’s time for the great escape! After spending weeks undercover in occupied neighbouring Brasia, Sera and Kim, with the help of the Brasian resistance movement, is finally ready to attempt a daring move…
The finished model: The video The scene: In a touching sidebar story, we meet Area 88’s luckiest pilot, Carlyle Benditz on his last day at the base. Despite having survived his 3-year mercenary contract – quite literally without a scratch…
The finished model: The video 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…
The finished model: The video 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…
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 video 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……
The finished model: The video 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…