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Paint preferences.

by Jim Morgan on April 3, 2020
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I am getting back into the hobby after 30 years! So much has changed. I would like to get some opinions on paints. Back in the 1980's, I only had access to the Testors enamels, which are great paints. Now I see lots of acrylic paints availab[...]

Time for some nostalgia

by Rob Anderson on April 1, 2020
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Monogram's venerable four star "plastikit" SBD Dauntless was originally released in 1960. It was until the Accurate Miniatures and Hasegawa SBDs the only game in town in 1/48. Over the years some very impressive models have been built using th[...]

Japanese T74 MBT.

by Derek Matile on April 1, 2020
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I’ve put this model on before but I‘be made a few changes to it.First a new reshaped turret,wider tracks and better guide teeth on the tracks. I copied the dimensions from the Tamiya 1/35 scale kit which I‘ve placed next to it for comparison. I [...]

40mm Bofors gun.

by Derek Matile on March 31, 2020
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It’s been a long time since I put a model on the site,so here is a scratch built model of a 40mm Bofors gun I made from wood.At full elevation it’s nine inches high.

Scale Modeling In The Time Of Corona

by Dusan Radisic on March 30, 2020
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Self isolation, social distancing, work from home...it looks like ideal time for scale modeling. Sounds like a wet dream of every modeler, but somehow it is not working for me. Maybe it is because I use this hobby as a decompression tool at „no[...]

P-40E Hasegawa 1/32 – my first post

by Colin Gomez on March 29, 2020
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Hi Guys, I've been meaning to share for awhile and am finally getting around to it during this coronavirus emergency. This is a great way to relax after a week of stress learning to work from home. I hope these pics are the right size. I shr[...]

The Last of the Many

by Stellan Schroeder Englund on March 28, 2020
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Some days ago, when stockpiling was all in fashion due to the novel corona virus, I got an idea for a simple model: a roll of toilet paper. An actual live size roll acted as an original for this 1/10 scale model of it. A piece of styrene tube [...]

My “Squadron” Stuart is done!

by Rob Anderson on March 27, 2020
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So, for those that missed the beginning of the story, I have loved this kit since I was a kid when it came out in 1974. Recently I decided to see if I could find an original release, 1974 boxing and did at Skyway Models here in Seattle. I was [...]

1/25 Scale Ford Starliner Car

by Rodney J. Williams on March 23, 2020
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1/35 Regelbau type 650 gun bunker

by Maarten on March 22, 2020
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This will be only a third of the entire bunker (complete bunker aprox 51+ cm in 1/35 scale ) Have made this R650 type before, but without the war damage. See picture . The gun is schratsbuild, Only found a hand full of drawings of the actual gu[...]