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Hellenic Air Force Museum – A quick visit

by Spiros Pendedekas on May 15, 2020 · in Photo Collections · 27 ≡

Hi everyone, Had the chance to pay a quick visit to The Hellenic Air Force Museum, located at Tatoi AFB, near Athens! I could see a lot of, and in cases rare, great Aviation stuff there, mainly regarding the Hellenic Air Force History, but [...]

Video: Ju 87 B-1 Stuka- Scratch Built Metal Model- Part 1

by iModeler Youtube Picks on May 15, 2020 · in Aviation

1:16 Scale. Model Engineering. One-Off Aluminum Model. Truly scratch-built. The custom metal models built by Guillermo Rojas Bazán are considered the best in the world in their category by several institutions of wide international [...]

Tackhikawa Ki-9, Type 95-1 Japanese Army, 1945 Korea, Empire of Japan. 1/48 Nichimo.

by Robert Royes on May 14, 2020 · in Aviation · 15 ≡

This is Nichimo's 1/48 Ki-9 Spruce training aircraft. I tried to replicate the aircraft in photos that my father took while with the occupation forces in Korea at the end of WW 2. The aircraft had their rear cockpit covered over, [...]

The tale of two kits, Revell P-40E and P-40K, 1/72

by Robert Royes on May 14, 2020 · in Aviation · 10 ≡

The vintage P-40E dates back to 1964[my example is actually1971], The P-40K kit was produced in the mid 1990's. When I looked over the K it looked very similar to the old E kit, It looks like some where along the way some one updated the [...]

Vintage Revell Sikorsky H-19

by Roberto Lúcio - Bob on May 14, 2020 · in Aviation · 20 ≡

This is about the iconic Sikorsky H-19, a multi-propose helicopter used by USA and several other countries. In my project to built or restore some old models that could bring me some memories, I restored the Revell H-19 1/48 scale, which I [...]

!/48 Hasegawa KI-43-II Hayabusa (Oscar)

by David Kopielski on May 14, 2020 · in Aviation · 11 ≡

Here is an older build I did on the 1/48 Hasegawa KI-43-II. The instrument panel was part of the Eduard photo etch set. The kit engine I added the push rods to the engine. The camouflage was done by thinning the paint in an aluminum dish [...]

1/48 Civil Ki-15 Babs – Empire of Japan Group Build.

by John Healy on May 14, 2020 · in Aviation · 22 ≡

This is the new Fine Molds kit. Fine Molds has marketed three different versions of this model and mine is the third one finished here on imodeler in the last couple of months. We now have an example of each kit posted. No complaints [...]

1/48 Tamiya JS-2 Finished

by Darren Dickerson on May 14, 2020 · in Armor · 6 ≡

Finished the Tamiya JS-2 (started October 2019) and sat stagnant for a few months as it was missng a sprue ( which was re-ordered and arrived March 2020) - 100% OOB nothing added. A great kit and I painted it in conjunction with the T-55 [...]

Airfix 1/72 Boulton Paul Defiant Mk1

by Alistair Gauld on May 14, 2020 · in Aviation · 18 ≡

Hi There, This was purchased in a well-known Edinburgh model shop over a year ago and Innis picked it, so while I was off work awaiting a Covid-19 test result I thought it was about time it was built. Innis decided it would be wheels [...]