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1/32 Hasegawa –Montex Focke Wulf Fw 190Aa3 TuAF

by Tolga ULGUR on December 8, 2020 · in Aviation · 20 ≡

This is 1/32 Hasegawa –Montex Fw 190Aa3 with the markings of TuAF. Fw 190Aa3 was the export version of Fw 190 A3 and have not wing root guns. Turkey was received 72 Fw 190Aa3 and the first flight was made on July 1943. They remained in [...]

Chuck Yeager died today

by Tom Cleaver on December 8, 2020 · in News · 19 ≡

Just saw the news that Chuck Yeager died today at age 97. Given how deep he was in Alzheimers over the past several years, my personal take is it was a release. He was my childhood hero, and then the first movie job I had (junior assistant [...]

SBD-3 Dauntless – Hasegawa 1/48

by Christopher Berg-Jones on December 7, 2020 · in Aviation · 3 ≡

Hello everyone, this is another of my old builds, completed sometime around 2007. I wanted to show the plane in the dive-bombing position, so I cut off the dive brakes and drilled out all the holes with a pin-vise. I also cut off the [...]

F4U-4 Corsair – Hasegawa 1/48

by Christopher Berg-Jones on December 7, 2020 · in Aviation · 5 ≡

Hello! This is a kit I finished around 2006. I remember I used a Verlinden resin and photo-etch detail set for the first time to show one wing folded and the inside of the gun bay on the other wing. I remember doing a lot of cutting and [...]

The Badercane

by Kyle Koppos on December 7, 2020 · in Aviation · 11 ≡

‘The RAF needs men, not schoolboys.’ Douglas Bader's Commandant had admonished him after he crashed at Woodley Aerodrome in 1931, having tried to roll his Bristol Bulldog at "naught feet." Needless to say, the biplane became [...]

Piaggio P 166 Scratch Build 1/32 Scale ” The Start”

by Marc Barris on December 7, 2020 · in Aviation · 24 ≡

Well here we go again, I finished the Spitfire about 2 weeks ago, a very enjoyable build, I tell you those Tamiya Kits are really good, so good in fact that I started to get Board with the build, no offense to Mr Tamiya, it was so well [...]

Tamiya Bf-109E-4

by Walt on December 7, 2020 · in Aviation · 12 ≡

I am in the middle of building an old Monogram 1/48 B-17 and got frustrated by some paint issues. I decided to take a break, and do a quick uncomplicated build. I have an old Cutting Edge Bf 109E sheet (CED48189). There was one bird in [...]

Forgotten War Group Build – night-fighting F4U-5N Corsairs

by Tom Cleaver on December 7, 2020 · in Aviation · 5 ≡

The F4U-5 was the ultimate Navy development of the Corsair series as a fleet defense fighter. The first prototype took to the skies December 21, 1945. It differed from previous Corsairs by having an even longer nose, a raised cockpit, and [...]

“The Stars Look Down” 354th Fighter Group P-51B Tamiya 1/48th Conversion

by Jim Harley on December 6, 2020 · in Aviation · 9 ≡

The resin madness continues. I want thank everyone that followed along with the build, I really appreciate the kind words. This conversion was pretty straight forward. The 354th Fighter Group website was an invaluable resource as was the [...]

Video: MAVERICK'S Super Hornet F/A-18E "Top Gun" by REVELL

by iModeler Youtube Picks on December 6, 2020 · in Aviation

Maverick's F/A-18E Super Hornet ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ 03864 Modellbausatz von Mavericks F/A-18E Super Hornet aus dem Film „Top Gun: Maverick“, in dem der inzwischen zur Legende gewordene Pete „Maverick“ Mitchell seine [...]