Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.
There has probably been more misinformation published on 64-0829 than almost any other Phantom. I have tried to build this jet as it may have looked on the 30th March 1967 when the then Col. Robin Olds led a low level strike against the [...]
This video describes several methods for closing the gear doors of the Tamiya P-38 Lightning for in-flight display.
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Tamiya P-38 Web Page:
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Tamiya P-38 Photo Recon Web Page:
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Trumpeter's big Bf 109G-6 is a mixed bag. It boasts with accurate outlines and a detailed surface texture. Yet, there are many inaccuracies concerning the position of hatches and panel lines. Nonetheless, these can be located and fixed [...]
Bert Stiles is the most famous author to graduate from South Denver High School, having written “Serenade to the Big Bird,” one of the true classics of Second World War literature. I’m the only other writer who graduated from that [...]
The Mi-6 "Hook" from Amodel is a real challenge in many respects. The fact that I have built two of them in parallel is directly related to this: solutions that have been found in one model should be given the chance to prove [...]
This is my build of the Hobby Boss North American FJ-4B Fury in 1/48 scale. I started this kit earlier this year prior to knowing about the “Sabre and FJ Fury” group build here in IModeler. Therefore, I initially started a build thread [...]
MiniArt's first fixed-wing aircraft kit, the P-47D, was produced.
The reproduction of this kit was excellent, and even the basic version was wonderfully complete.
This time, the parts where we were concerned about the strength were [...]
The latest addition to my collection of obscure Navy dive bombers is this 1/72 scale kit from A&A Models, the Martin AM-1 Mauler. Like the Douglas Destroyer in my previous article, this was another aircraft that was intended to [...]
Today is a very good day because i did and completed what every scale modeller should do at some point: Build a Spitfire.
This is the Airfix Supermarine Spitfire Mk.1a in 48th scale. It is in the markings of 611th squadron in [...]
GWH's Shooting Star is a very nice kit. It featured finely recessed panel lines and is relatively simple to build. Some shape anomality was attributed to the tail unit. The front nose cover part requires sanding to fit with the rest of the [...]
