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Tamiya 1/48 F4U-2 Marine night fighter Saipan

by bob mack on April 7, 2019 · in Aviation · 18 ≡

F4U-2 Corsair BuNo.02624 No.212 'Midnite Cocktail' flown by Capt Howard W Bollman, VMF(N)-532, Kagman Field, Saipan, 14 April 1944...two kills these had the bullet proof glass removed for night visibility should not have had the blown [...]

Update No.2: C-47 Skytrain

by Jordyn Collier on April 7, 2019 · in Aviation · 15 ≡

Hello Imodeler! It's been a while. A few months ago you may remember me posting an article called "What is this?" You guys, with your expert knowledge of plane identification, guessed correctly. I am building a C-47! This update [...]

On This Day…April 7th.

by david leigh-smith on April 7, 2019 · in Photo Collections · 8 ≡

The date of April 7th was a day of utter desperation for the main Axis powers in WWII. In Germany the Luftwaffe launched operation ‘Sonderkommando Elbe’ while in the Pacific, the Japanese threw their last hopes behind Operation [...]

On My Bench

by A.L. Gargett on April 7, 2019 · in Photo Collections · 10 ≡

A collection of photos of my slowly shrinking workbench space. A 1:48 Grumman F-14A Tomcat, kit by Academy, aftermarket decals. A 1:48 Grumman F8F Tigercat WIP, kit by AMT/ERTL. A few various 1:24 & 1:25 car kits. A trio of 1:72 scale [...]

IPMS Dayton Wright Flyers Annual Show

by Tom Bebout on April 7, 2019 · in Show Reports · 11 ≡

Spent a great Saturday at Dayton's annual show. Lots of vendors with some great deals and a total of 623 models on display. Below are just a sample of the quality of models that were on the tables. Bonus was talking to iModelers, Rick [...]

Nakajima KI-43-I Hayabusa “Oscar” 64th Sentai

by Marcus Vinicius Teixeira Borges on April 6, 2019 · in Aviation · 6 ≡

Hasegawa 1/48 kit,with one of the non-standard camouflages in the SEA...some older brothers joined in...

Supermarine Spitfire MK I 56th Squadron,Battle of Britain

by Marcus Vinicius Teixeira Borges on April 6, 2019 · in Aviation · 5 ≡

Tamiya 1/48 kit,with Sky Blue undersides...

Jagdpanther Tamiya

by Marcus Vinicius Teixeira Borges on April 6, 2019 · in Armor · 6 ≡

A simple,fast building 1/35 kit,with a forest camo...hope you like it.

Hawker Typhoon Mk.1b (late)

by A.L. Gargett on April 6, 2019 · in Aviation · 4 ≡

Photo collection of my page’s cover photo’s sake. Took few modelling liberties with this one, such as adorning it with my wife’s name, "Jules", as well as substituting the Typhoon’s 3-bladed prop for a 5-bladed prop from [...]

Playing With Light & Shadows

by A.L. Gargett on April 6, 2019 · in Aviation · 10 ≡

Just a bunch of random shots of my Mk XIVc, trying to figure out how best to locate a light source for best photos of the subject. Just an LED lamp light and different camera angles. What methods do you use for achieving stunning model [...]