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ESCI Mirage F1AZ 1:48

by Brian Kirwan on April 14, 2021 · in Aviation · 16 ≡

This is my second contribution, and it ties in with my first ; it’s the Mirage F1 AZ in 1:48 of the South Africa Air Force (SAAF) during the early eighties. This a/c was crucial in lending tactical air-ground support to the various SADF [...]

Video: Matchbox 1:72 Spitfire Mk IXe -Vintage Build-

by iModeler Youtube Picks on April 14, 2021 · in How-to

A HUGE thanks goes to GYRUSS who sent me this kit to build. Please do yourself a favour and check out his fantastic channel, you won't be disappointed: (link) This build covers several areas in my 1:72 Spitfire collection. I wanted to [...]

CF-104 CAF Starfighter ‘1971 Tiger Bird’ – Academy 1/72

by George Schembri on April 14, 2021 · in Aviation · 17 ≡

This build was a testing stage for painting this Tiger Meet scheme after seeing a similar paint scheme at the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum. The biggest concern was being able to completely separate the Yellow from any Black overspray [...]

Bf 109E-4 (SpecialHobby 1/72)

by Dmitry Stropalov on April 13, 2021 · in Aviation · 31 ≡

Bf 109E-4, new kit by Special Hobby in 1/72 scale. Kit goes really well, the fit is good, but check the canopy/fuselage parts before gluing. Detail level is impressive. The only aftermarket I've used was metal barrels (Master) and exhausts [...]

Hobby Boss, Me262 a-1b in 1/48

by Allon kira on April 13, 2021 · in Aviation · 29 ≡

Hi guys, Hobby Boss Me262 a-1b in 1/48. built out of the box with very minor scratch build additions.

End of War…1/48 Focke-Wulf Fw190F-8, III./SG3

by Reinhard Spreitzhofer on April 13, 2021 · in Aviation · 16 ≡

Built over 6 years ago. Dragon kit painted with Gunze and Tamiya acrylics, decals from Kagero, EZ Line for the antenna wire, bomb cart from Tamiya. This aircraft was an FW 190 F-8 from III./SG3, a ground-attack unit that served alongside [...]

Lightning

by Amari Luu on April 13, 2021 · in Diorama · 9 ≡

Since it’s been a while since my last Lightning, I decided to build another Tamiya one. To make it more interesting, I bought the Eduard base for it, some resin figures and built a table. I put resin ammo boxes and a .50 caliber machine [...]

1/72 Academy F/A-18A RAAF Hornet

by Darren Dickerson on April 13, 2021 · in Uncategorized · 9 ≡

Hi Everyone Finished this one that has been sitting around for sometime... It is OOB bar the decals which are from Ronin Decals and features a 77 Squadron RAAF Hornet from Operation Okra 2017. Loadout not 100% accurate as only had kit [...]

Classic Airframes 1/48 Westland Wyvern S.4

by Eric Berg on April 13, 2021 · in Aviation · 17 ≡

One thing for sure, Westland’s Wyvern won’t win any beauty contests. It’s a real ungainly beast. Nor does it have the graceful curves of the mythological, two legged dragon for which it was named. But it does have a forked tail of [...]

F-8E Crusader – Academy 1/72

by Christopher Berg-Jones on April 12, 2021 · in Aviation · 9 ≡

Hi everybody! Here is another older build from around 2007 or 2008. It was built straight out of the box and painted with either Tamiya or Gunze-Sangyo acrylics. I believe I used a watercolor wash for the panel lines. I don't remember [...]