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Tempest Mk. V, ‘JN 862’, 3rd RAF Squadron, 150th Wing

by Yann Bertholet on June 6, 2021 · in Aviation · 18 ≡

Hi folks, Again, I enjoyed our ‘Belgian Sun’ (which is not shining so often those last days) and decided to take few shots of my Tempest, built last years. I chose this famous day of the 6th of June to post this article. 77 years ago [...]

77 Years Ago…

by Tom Cleaver on June 6, 2021 · in Uncategorized · 14 ≡

Dawn comes early in England during the summer. At 0200, June 6, 1944, the rumble of 48 Pratt and Whitney R-2800s reverberated over the quiet English countryside surrounding the former RAF base of Beaulieau Roads between Southampton and [...]

Special Hobby 1/48 AJS-37 Viggen

by Ruben A. Torres Borrego on June 6, 2021 · in Aviation · 35 ≡

This was a long project, it began on March 2020 and finished on May 2021, I have always liked the Viggen with its splinter camouflage, therefore I wanted to do this one with all possible improvements. All of the surface received lines of [...]

Fokker EV 1/32

by Riccardo Fortina on June 5, 2021 · in Aviation · 13 ≡

Micro Mir, Aviattic and Pheon decals, Gaspatch Spandau, Tamiya, and me...

Monogram 1/48 TBD-1 Devastator – USS Enterprise

by David Mills on June 5, 2021 · in Aviation · 42 ≡

This build has been a long time in coming! A few years ago now Louis Gardner @lgardner organised a Group Build to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Midway. This build was to be my main contribution to that group build, [...]

Mig 17F Angola (1;48 Smer/ Airfix)

by Brian Kirwan on June 5, 2021 · in Aviation · 15 ≡

Gents and Ladies, Here is an older kit I did a while back its the 1:48 Smer/ Airifix kit of the Mig 17F. I used Tom Coopers African Migs as reference for the background info and photos. I drew up the decals for bort numbers and printed [...]

Video: Arado E.555 Full video build REVELL (1/72)

by iModeler Youtube Picks on June 4, 2021 · in Aviation · 1 ≡

1/72 scale REVELL Arado Ar(E)555 was a fun and unusual kit for a relaxing build. The Arado E.555 was a project intended to meet the RLM requirement as a long range strategic bomber. In it's early and basic design the E.555 was a first [...]

North American F6-D

by Greg Fabian on June 4, 2021 · in Aviation · 27 ≡

Presented for your consideration is my build of Tamiya’s P-51 D/K Mustang in 1/32 scale. This is the first model that I’ve built in this scale since I was a teenager. Back then, to teenager me, the bigger the model, the better. Of [...]

Tamiya 1/48 P-38 Lightning – Miss Virgina

by Chris Wallace on June 4, 2021 · in Aviation · 11 ≡

Wow - what a fantastic model. It went together like butter and it was such a fun build. I was looking forward to a decent Lightning in this scale and I had to do it as Rex Barber's Miss Virgina. There were no build issues and this was [...]

1/48 Hasegawa F-15E Dual Role Fighter

by David Kopielski on June 4, 2021 · in Aviation · 8 ≡

This build of this 1/48 Hasegawa F-15E Dual Role Fighter that was supplied by the client was built mostly out of the box. I added some photo etch accessories, resin bombs, and Afterburner Decals to replace the kit decals which did not age [...]