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Eduard 1/48 Tempest V Srs ii – Donald “Foob” Fairbanks, top-scoring Tempest pilot

by Tom Cleaver on April 12, 2019 · in Aviation · 11 ≡

When Sydney Camm first designed what became the Typhoon in the late 1930s, not that much was known about high speed flight and heavy weaponry, with the result that the Typhoon’s wing turned out to be too thick. The result was that Camm [...]

Fokker Spin Type III – Scratchbuilt 1/45

by Nikos Kosmadakis on April 12, 2019 · in Aviation · 18 ≡

Hello everyone This is my first fully scratch built model and my first airplane. The Spin (spider in dutch) caught my attention while browsing the web and I fell in love. Normally I build ships, but this I just HAD to build. Needless to [...]

On This Day…April 12th

by david leigh-smith on April 12, 2019 · in Photo Collections · 7 ≡

FM-2 Wildcat of VC-36 just coming off the catapult while launching from USS Core (CVE-13) during anti-submarine operations in the North Atlantic on April 12th, 1944. When production of the new ‘Hellcat’ was to begin in mid-late 1942, [...]

Review: Kitty Hawk 1/32 RF-5E Tigereye review

by iModeler Youtube Picks on April 12, 2019 · in Aviation, Reviews

Heavily Weathered KI-43-I Hayabusa

by Marcus Vinicius Teixeira Borges on April 11, 2019 · in Aviation · 21 ≡

This 1/48 kit has been around for quite some time,and,after getting an old one,I knew it was time to build it and test some techniques...

Kfir C.7 AMK 1/48

by Leoš Penčák on April 11, 2019 · in Aviation · 8 ≡

Almost finished just AA rockets missing. One of the best models i ever have in hands. Salut to AMK. I need more of their Models ( waiting for F-14 ? )

World War II Dive Bombers

by Robert Knaack on April 11, 2019 · in Aviation · 19 ≡

For several years I had a goal of building 1/48 scale models of all the Navy dive-bombers that saw action in WWII. I'd been fascinated with dive-bombing ever since I read Walter Lord's book "Incredible Victory", and saw the [...]

2001 Corvette Z06

by A.L. Gargett on April 11, 2019 · in Automotive · 5 ≡

My most recent Automotive Build was the 2001 Corvette Z06. This kit was almost tossed away in the trash bin, as when I first bought it, I attempted to brush paint it in Metallic Blue Sapphire, which was a disaster to say the least. Then I [...]

New Sherman from Meng in the Pipeline

by Boris Rakic on April 11, 2019 · in News · 5 ≡

Oh boy... after last year's Panther frenzy, it looks like Meng is going Allied. They just announced their upcoming M4A3(76)w - a Sherman with the 76mm gun in T23 turret that is. Looking at the 3D renderings and reading Meng's description, [...]