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New Airfix Releases 2019

by Boris Rakic on January 8, 2019 · in News · 13 ≡

Airfix just released their 2019 catalogue, and amidst the usual re-releases of all sorts of stuff, there are are some new kits - and what looks like to be new cooperations between Airfix and other manufacturers. So let's take a look at [...]

More work on the 1 32 Zoukei Mura…

by George Johnson on January 8, 2019 · in Aviation · 5 ≡

More work on the 1/32 Zoukei-Mura Do-335. I haven't counted how many part make up the engines, but it's a lot. So far, I've probably assembled a little over half the total parts. There are tons of hoses, pipes, ignition stuff, exhausts and [...]

On This Day…January 8th

by david leigh-smith on January 8, 2019 · in Uncategorized · 13 ≡

On January 7, 1945, Thomas Buchanan McGuire took off from Leyte and led a group of four P-38 Lightnings – Tommy himself, Major Jack Rittmayer, Captain Edwin Weaver, and Lieutenant Douglas Thropp – on a fighter sweep over northern [...]

Review: Zvezda 1/48 YAK-130 review

by iModeler Youtube Picks on January 7, 2019 · in Aviation, Reviews

Thank you for all your comments on my first article!

by Michael Gosse on January 7, 2019 · in Aviation · 22 ≡

Honestly, I was more than surprised about all your reactions; can't believe it. Thank you so much. David has asked me what my next project would be. So, I chose this one for my second article: WIP! From the pictures you see that I am [...]

On This Day…January 7th

by david leigh-smith on January 7, 2019 · in News · 3 ≡

Almost a year before the infamous attack on Pearl, this is an aerial view of Ford Island, Hawaii, 7 Jan 1941. Pearl Harbor Naval Operating Base is seen in the foreground and the carrier USS Lexington (CV-2) on the farthest side of Ford [...]

1:32 ‘Wespe’

by IAN JACKSON on January 7, 2019 · in Aviation · 20 ≡

So each Christmas I try to do a 'clear the bench project' - nothing too taxing, so I can pretty much get done in about two to three weeks. This year, Trumpeter's 1/32 109 E-7 got the nod. Not sure why folks seem to shy away from the Trumpy [...]

Video: Tamiya 1:35 Male Mk IV Tank - Part 1

by iModeler Youtube Picks on January 7, 2019 · in How-to

Part one focuses on the assembly of the kit and painting and weathering the tracks. I bought this kit as soon as it was released in my local hobby store. I think this is just a fantastic model. The engineering was top notch, I can't think [...]

1/72 Vickers Wellington Mk. Ia

by John Healy on January 7, 2019 · in Aviation · 28 ≡

This is the brand new Airfix Mk. Ia/Ic kit. What a treat this one is! Packed into this 1/72 scale Wellington is a complete interior. I built the Mk. Ia version because the extensive fuselage glazing isn’t painted over. I wanted to see [...]