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Two photos I found of builds I did years ago [the models did not survive] The F-4H I converted using the airfix kit, cutting down the nose of their 'E' option. The other ThIng is supposed to be some kind space fighter, Its part Hasegawa [...]

Arboga missile museum

At Arboga missile museum you will find most things associated with missile technology in the Swedish armed forces. Included in the collection are also cockpits, simulators, engines, library, models and equipment for testing and firing [...]

iModeler Awards – February

It's high time for another monthly iModeler retrospective - this time looking back at our February contributions. 90 new headline articles were posted during the month, prompting 1128 readers' comments. It is our ambition to ensure that [...]

Marking the beast!

Man third times a charm tried posting this twice before! Ok so I started decaling my COD. The first challenge was to get the walkway decals to fit since I had re-scribed the aft escape hatches in the correct positions. I cut the walkway [...]

Reconnaissance squadron F 11 museum

This Saturday I went to the F 11 museum right outside the town of Nyköping, Sweden. F 11 stands for Flygflottilj no 11, the former recce squadron of the Swedish Air force. A number of propeller and jet aircraft have been based here [...]

Pictures of Americans in England in WWII

I thought some of you guys would be interested in this opening of a new Amerian section of the Imperial War Museum at Duxford, it includes some fascinating pictures as part of the exhibition: (link)

We get by with a little help from our friends.........

Hi Everyone, This is Jess, one of our two cats, and yes, curiosity may well kill her one day... Whenever I am man caving she joins in, either trying to "help' as she is in the picture ("what about pink for this one Dad?" or [...]

The British are coming.

This is another way back. The Ark Royal's Air wing was being hosted at NAS Oceana Virginia in 1975.

Paint, and more paint and some brass…….

Finally am painting the COD, the thing is huge! Not too much smaller than a 1/48 B-17, bigger than a 1/48 B-25 for sure! The last picture is how I handled the heat shields on the inboard flaps. Kinetic has some raised texture I sanded [...]

Technikmuseum Speyer

In Speyer, not far from Mannheim and Heidelberg in the south western part of Germany, there is a great museum of technology, that I was unaware of until just recently. (link) I got the tip from my German ship modeling pals and we took the [...]