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PANDA 1/35 Husky Mk III (VMMD)

by PHILLIP EVANS on April 20, 2019 · in Armor · 4 ≡

My recently completed PANDA 1/35 Husky Mk III kit. This vehicle was developed in South Africa in the 1970's and was called the 'Meerkat' or 'Chubby'. Now it is use by the US Forces, Canadian army, Australian army, Kenyan army and the [...]

Random thoughts on Japanese colors. The Japanese A6M Zero…Part 1

by Louis Gardner on April 20, 2019 · in Aviation · 34 ≡

Japanese A6M Zero Colors... Part 1 I recently posted a similar article to this one about WW2 Japanese Aviation colors. It was not completely prepared so I removed the original posting. This is along the same line as my original [...]

BB-64 USS Wisconsin Visit

by gary sausmikat on April 19, 2019 · in Photo Collections · 9 ≡

Hi Fellow iModelers: Today my daughter, Rebekah, and I had the pleasure and honor to visit BB-64, USS Wisconsin, berthed as a floating museum in Norfolk, Virginia at the Nauticus facility. (link) This post somewhat fits in with David's [...]

1/35th JGSDF Type 90 “Polka Dot”

by Jason Vukovich on April 19, 2019 · in Armor · 9 ≡

My final winter build of the year since it's spring (even if we got a foot of snow here in Alaska today) -Tamiya's 1/35 Type 90. I think this is a pretty well known subject from a few years ago, a Type 90 on winter maneuvers in Japan with [...]

08-open in stockholm 13-14 march.

by Ulf Lundberg on April 19, 2019 · in Show Reports · 15 ≡

It’s a bit strange, that there has been no article about the 08-OPEN here on imodeler, considering the fact that the founder of the site and some of the editors come from the club that arranges it, IPMS-Stockholm. So, I think it’s [...]

On This Day…April 19th

by david leigh-smith on April 19, 2019 · in Photo Collections · 9 ≡

The USS Iowa ( BB-61) was decommissioned in Mar 1949, but the war in Korea brought her back into service in Aug 1951 where she was the flagship of the Seventh Fleet under Vice Admiral Robert Briscoe. Her 16 inch guns regularly bombarded [...]

Tamiya 1/48 Fw 190D-9

by Eduardo Augusto Rodrigues Conci on April 19, 2019 · in Aviation · 8 ≡

Hello friends, this time one of my favorite WWII German fighters, FW 190 "dora 9". With camouflage and markings from "defense of the reich" units, some wear and weathering, the final result pleased me a lot ... always [...]

HobbyBoss 1/72 P-40 B/C – finished

by Andrey Rybushkin on April 19, 2019 · in Aviation · 13 ≡

Good day! Model series is easy kit. Very weak detailing, so many homemade parts. Cockards and alphabetic codes infused with paint through a stencil. The model depicts the aircraft No. 250 Sgn., 262 Wing, Desert Air Force, RAF, 1942 Flown [...]

1/48 JA-37 Saab Viggen

by Kelly Cottle on April 18, 2019 · in Aviation · 20 ≡

Just finished my Viggen This is a Tarangus Kit . Very nice, Only added A resin seat from CMK. Painted with Modelmaster paints and did some highlights and and fade also used pencil on panel lines. Please enjoy the photos.