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On This Day…May 27th.

by david leigh-smith on May 27, 2019 · in Photo Collections · 26 ≡

Phorever a legend. May 27th 1958, the McDonnell Aircraft (later McDonnell Douglas) F-4 Phantom II naval interceptor made its first flight. Designed as a carrier aircraft to defend the fleet against Soviet supersonic bombers, the design [...]

Lockheed AP-3C Orion, 10SQN RAAF 2018

by Ray Seppala on May 26, 2019 · in Aviation · 8 ≡

This is another Hasegawa P-C kit converted to AP-3C configuration. It is portrayed immediately before to retirement in late 2018. I used various parts of an AP-3C conversion set and added other scratch built parts to get this result. The [...]

The base for crashed Airbus A 300 DHL is done.

by Ivan Hajník on May 26, 2019 · in Diorama · 1 ≡

This is my first diorama of crashed Airbus A 300 DHL. This aiplane crashed 7 years ago at M. R. Štefánik Airport in Bratislava, Slovakia. I've got to finish some details.

"HUNS" over Europe

by Peter Doll on May 26, 2019 · in Aviation · 26 ≡

My special field of interest are cold war jets in their colorfull unit markings. Today I want to show you one of those birds, Trumpeter's F-100 D "Super Sabre" in 1:32 scale. With a couple of corrections a nice "Hun" [...]

HobbyBoss 1/48 A-1A Ground Attack fighter- Brazilian Air Force

by George V Guimaraes on May 26, 2019 · in Aviation · 15 ≡

Hello, This is the HobbyBoss 1/48 AMX (A1-1 in the Brazilian Air Force). It is a subsonic attack aircraft, powered by a single non-afterburning turbofan produced by the Italian-Brazilian consortium AMX International, with Embraer as the [...]

On This Day…May 26th.

by david leigh-smith on May 26, 2019 · in Photo Collections · 9 ≡

Two A6M2 Type 0 Model 11 ‘Zero’ fighters pictured in flight from Yichang, Hubei Province en route to attack targets in Nanzheng, in China, 26 May, 1941. British Cruiser Mk IV tank at Huppy, France, 26-29 May 1940. Below is George [...]

Video: FULL VIDEO BUILD TAMIYA SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE Mk.I

by iModeler Youtube Picks on May 26, 2019 · in Aviation

1/48th scale Tamiya Supermarine Spitfire Mk.I (61119). Highly recommended! For more details about this Tamiya kit, tools and paints from this video please visit: (link) Airbrush used in this video: TAMIYA 74537 Spray-Work HG Airbrush 0.3mm [...]

Another Airfix 1/72 Ju 87B-1 Stuka (Condor Legion)

by Dennis Meyers on May 26, 2019 · in Aviation · 10 ≡

My friend Marty Sanford and I were inadvertently building Airfix Stukas in tandem (see Marty's May 19 post for his excellent finished product). I choose a nearly OOB approach, only adding seat belts made out of Tamiya tape. This is [...]

Review: Revell’s 1/48th de Havilland Mosquito – Actually not a bad kit

by Chuck A. Villanueva on May 26, 2019 · in Reviews · 17 ≡

A quick summary of a review I did on the Revell Mosquito last in comparison to the Tamiya Mosquito. Both kits very detailed. The idea was bandied about among friends and not so friendly ones as well. Anyone remember the response when [...]

Death star trench line and other galactic funk

by Carlo Farina on May 25, 2019 · in Sci-fi · 14 ≡

these are some Bandai models, an x wing, a wing and lord Fener's tie fighter in 1/72 scale But the highlight is the trench line death star with luke, protected by the Millennium falcon, launches the torpedo that will destroy the [...]