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National WW II Aviation Museum

by Russ King on September 25, 2023 · in Aviation · 9 ≡

Visiting my son at Fort Carson for a few days and got a chance to visit the WW II aviation museum. What a great museum. Saw the ongoing restorations as well. If you're ever in Colorado Springs, make sure to check it out. Photos from the [...]

Group discussions today:

Today		58 ≡ · Revell 1/32 F-14A
4h		57 ≡ · Ripped silk - Bugatti Type 35B
6h		30 ≡ · MiG-23MLA 'Flogger-G' (Clearprop, 1:72)
		14 ≡ · Too late...1/48 Mitsubishi A7M2 Type 11 "Reppu", IJN
		61 ≡ · Nocturnal Predator...1/48 Grumman F6F-5N Hellcat, VMF(N)-533 "Black Mac's Killers", USMC
		56 ≡ · Nocturnal Predator...1/48 Grumman F6F-5N Hellcat, VMF(N)-533 "Black Mac's Killers", USMC
		30 ≡ · Eduard 1/48 Messerschmitt Bf109K-4, II./JG52
		31 ≡ · Kamikaze Killer...1/48 General Motors FM-2 Wildcat, VC-93, USN
		39 ≡ · Kamikaze Killer...1/48 General Motors FM-2 Wildcat, VC-93, USN
		75 ≡ · AZ 1/72 Yokosuka D4Y Suisei (彗星)
9h		321 ≡ · 80 th Anniversary of Dambuster Raid - group build!
10h		36 ≡ · Italeri Macchi Mc. 200 Saetta 1/48
		146 ≡ · USS San Jacinto Air Group 51 project
		246 ≡ · Vought F4U-1A Corsair (Tamiya 1/48)
		12 ≡ · Halberd Piper Enforcer Model 1971
12h		52 ≡ · Hasegawa 1/48th Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat, USN
23h		61 ≡ · Kawasaki KZ1300 B Touring
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Quick! What was the most produced Allied fighter...

by Bill Koppos on September 25, 2023 · in Aviation · 9 ≡

Quick! What was the most produced Allied fighter of WW2? Since this is an article on Yaks, I guess I gave the answer away already. Yep, Aleksandr Yakovlev's Yak series, about 35,700 being put together by 6 factories. Now 2000 or so were [...]

1/32 Revell Junkers Ju-88 A11

by Tolga ULGUR on September 24, 2023 · in Aviation · 11 ≡

This is 1/32 Revell’s Junkers Ju-88 A11 with the markings of “L1-OK” I./LG1 in North Africa 1942 Cockpit modified with some parts of CMK cockpit set, Eduard’s PE instrument panel and CMK resin seats I have used Aerocraft’s [...]

YAMATO "Before and After" diorama

by Michael Mathioudakis on September 24, 2023 · in Diorama · 12 ≡

I made a battleship YAMATO "Before and After" diorama and I am posting some pictures. The small scale (1/1250) made it somewhat difficult for me, but in general everything went well and in the end I think it turned out to be a [...]

Video: TAMIYA “Easy Eight” M4A3E8 Sherman 1/35 (Quick build)

by iModeler Youtube Picks on September 24, 2023 · in Aviation

FOCKE-WULF FW 190 F-8 1/48 – 1./SG 5, "Black 10"

by Jarmo P on September 24, 2023 · in Aviation · 8 ≡

Detachment Kuhlmey's (Schlachtgeschwader 1./SG 5) "Black 10" In Immola Finland during summer 1944. Pilot was Feldwebel Hartmut Gettwart. If you have some interest about the history of detachment Kuhlmey, please see more: [...]

Video: REVELL 1/32 Messerschmitt Bf110 C-2/C-7 (video preview)

by iModeler Youtube Picks on September 24, 2023 · in Aviation

Two Dragon 1/48 Messerschmitt 262b-1a

by Rafi Ben-Shahar on September 24, 2023 · in Aviation · 26 ≡

Red 10 and 6 were captured by the Allied and photographed while evaluated before being scrapped. Some data suggest that Red 6 had RLM 75 painted on upper wing surfaces instead of the RLM 82 presented here. Dragon's kit is a challenge to [...]

Fifth Wheel Weathering

by Charles King on September 23, 2023 · in How-to · 14 ≡

Fifth Wheel Weathering MIG's oil & grease solution Vaseline MIG's black, rust & dust pigments

1/48 Tamiya P-38J (Robin Old's Scat II)

by Dan Lee on September 23, 2023 · in Aviation · 16 ≡

The P-38 Lightning was originally planned to be a high altitude twin engined bomber interceptor. It was designed by Clarence Kelly Johnson's team with its now famous and unique twin boom configuration around the turbo-supercharged engines [...]