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1/72 Avro Lancaster B.III

by John Healy on March 25, 2019 · in Aviation · 25 ≡

This is the Hasegawa kit that was released around 2005-06. The RAF group build inspired me to refresh my 1/72 bomber collection a bit. This one was too late for the party. I chose this kit over the new Airfix kit simply because it was on [...]

Wunderwaffe V-4

by Matija Skobe on March 25, 2019 · in Diorama · 1 ≡

So we go to alternate history again, and this would be V-4 cruise missile with RATO and ram jets. Story is long with this one where flying part was done years ago with intention to be racing biplane, then abandoned. Then the wiesel 2 hull [...]

On This Day…March 25th.

by david leigh-smith on March 25, 2019 · in Photo Collections · 7 ≡

Dramatic photo of the USS New Jersey (BB-62) bombarding enemy positions near Tuyho, off South Vietnam, March 25th, 1969. Officially decommissioned on 21st August, 1957, ten years later, the Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara green [...]

A-1H Skyraider US Navy

by Julian Shawyer on March 25, 2019 · in Aviation · 24 ≡

This is the 1/48th Tamiya Douglas A-1H Skyraider. US Navy. VA25 squadron. The only additions to the kit, apart from the decals, were etched seat belts. I used Aeromaster Acrylic Matt Light Gull Grey, and Tamiya Matt White to paint [...]

Fw 190A-8/R11 Neptune of Ofw. Günther Migge

by Jeff Groves on March 25, 2019 · in Aviation · 15 ≡

This is the Fw 190A-8/R11 Neptune of Ofw. Günther Migge, 1./NJGr. 10, Werneuchen Germany 1944. Migge ended the war with eight victories, all at night. The kit is Eduard's Fw 190A-8 in 1/72 scale, with the Eduard resin engine and gun [...]

Portuguese SIKORSKY UH-19A (Italeri +Scratchbuild) 1/72

by Manuel Magrinho on March 24, 2019 · in Aviation · 20 ≡

In the early 1950's, the Portuguese Air Force received one Uh-19A to join three Grumman SA-16 “Albatross” and five B-17G. Togheter they will perform SAR missions on Azores Islands. For some time she formed a 'trio' with one pilot (Cap. [...]

F-105F Thunderchief ,1/72 Monogram

by Robert Royes on March 24, 2019 · in Aviation · 16 ≡

Inspired by Greg Kittinger's father's photos, I decided to build an F-105F, using Monograms 1/72 kit. I tried to replicate the markings in Mr. Kittinger's images the best that I could, including the buzz number on the wing tanks, of which [...]

Kit Review: 1/32 scale P-51D-5NA Mustang, Revell of Germany, kit number 03944, Part 1

by Louis Gardner on March 24, 2019 · in Reviews · 18 ≡

This kit review will be in two parts. Sadly this one is no longer being produced at the moment. All of the molds have been purchased by a new company when the parent company of Revell went bankrupt a little while ago, so hopefully it [...]

Gotha P60 flying wing in 1/72

by Michael Gosse on March 24, 2019 · in Aviation · 18 ≡

Dear iModelers! This article belongs to category 'what if': it is based on Horten brothers‘ flying wing aircraft concepts. At Gothaer Waggonfabrik they also worked on realizing this futurist concept at the end of WWII. In contrast to the [...]

Hungary, Water Canal Sio, 12 March 1945, 1/35

by Roman Fittl on March 24, 2019 · in Diorama · 18 ≡

I finished my next piece, this time a reconnaissance patrol of the 12th SS Hitlerjugend in Hungary in March 1945, on the bank of the Sio. The figures are from different manufacturers, the mat is mainly made of natural materials, I used the [...]