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50 years ago

by Tom Cleaver on July 20, 2019 · in Uncategorized · 11 ≡

I wasn't a kid when Apollo landed on the moon. I was 25 years old. When I was a kid, I used to spend summers in Albuquerque with my aunt and uncle David and Marge Carrick (they weren't "blood" aunt and uncle, my parents didn't [...]

I-19 Japanese submarine,Monogram

by Robert Royes on July 19, 2019 · in Ships · 12 ≡

This is Monograms issue of Aurora's I-19, It's considered one of the better detailed of the Aurora submarines, it went together well. the scale is supposed to be 1/275. I added Das Boot 505,another Mon/Aurora box scale, an older build. [...]

Video: Apollo 11 50th anniversary – 1/72 Nasa Model Diorama

by iModeler Youtube Picks on July 19, 2019 · in Uncategorized

1/48 Tamiya Crusader MkII

by Darren Dickerson on July 19, 2019 · in Armor · 5 ≡

Hi Everyone This kit is a cracker, enjoyed it as much as any kit I have ever built. OOB bar the antenna (RB Models) Happy Modelling Darren

On This Day–Apollo 11 Day 4

by Chuck A. Villanueva on July 19, 2019 · in Photo Collections · 17 ≡

19 July 1969, it is day 4, it has been 62 hours since launch, Columbia is now only 32,000 nautical miles from the Moon. They are traveling at a speed of 3782 feet per second. Houston has noted that the velocity has picked up in the [...]

Airfix 1/48 Spitfire F XIVe

by Tom Cleaver on July 19, 2019 · in Aviation · 23 ≡

It's a strange but interesting fact that the only "built for that specific powerplant" Spitfire to achieve a large production run was the Mk.I; while there were several other Marks specifically designed to make maximum benefit of [...]

1/35 scale mystery machine

by Brian Hathaway on July 18, 2019 · in Armor · 3 ≡

This started life out as an m88 armored recovery vehicle. I'm on the hunt for more pieces to add on.

1/35 scale Stryker

by Brian Hathaway on July 18, 2019 · in Armor · 2 ≡

My Stryker in Israeli markings.

1/700 U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln CVN-72

by Brian Hathaway on July 18, 2019 · in Ships · 2 ≡

This is my 1 /700 scale U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln CVN-72. Ok, as I mentioned before in an earlier article the main reason for getting this carrier was for major donor parts for the U.S.S. Theodore Roosevelt CVN-71. I have to tip my hat off to [...]

U.S.S. Theodore Roosevelt CVN-71

by Brian Hathaway on July 18, 2019 · in Ships · 3 ≡

Here's my 1/700 scale super carrier U.S.S. Theodore Roosevelt CVN-71. The one on the simulated water is completed with a clear strip to see down in the hanger deck. The one on wood is of her in the middle or major repairs. Again my [...]