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French light tank FT-17

by Geir Andersen on March 27, 2019 · in Armor · 8 ≡

When I ordered this kit, I had a completely different diorama planned but that was impossible to pull off. So, I built the included diorama for this kit just to have it as a placeholder for the tank, but it turned out better then I hoped. [...]

KP Avia B.35 (1/72)

by Phil Steele on March 27, 2019 · in Aviation · 10 ≡

Scott's article inspired me to pull this out of the case, do some repairs on the antenna mast, touch up the panel lines, and do a shoot. I built this four years ago and wasn't terribly disappointed with the results. The decals were good [...]

F4-U Corsair Meng 1:Egg

by Bogdan Ionete on March 27, 2019 · in Aviation · 8 ≡

F4-U Corsair Meng Scale 1:Egg Painted free hand with Mr.Paint laquers Little nasty(tricky) kit, had some problems fitting the half wings. Otherwise, pure joy. Recommended

On This Day…March 27th

by david leigh-smith on March 27, 2019 · in Photo Collections · 10 ≡

Beautiful colourised photo of an Me 262 A-1a photographed just off the Frankfurt autobahn on Match 27th, 1945. As you can see, the Jumo engines and cowling shave been removed and there are live 30 mil shells scattered around the area. [...]

Video: Building a Spruce Bi-plane in WWI

by Stephen W Towle on March 27, 2019 · in Aviation · 1 ≡

This is a very comprehensive movie showing the cutting of timber and grading of the lumber to seasoning it in oven. Down to the production and manufacture of aircraft. Plus, it shows the covering of the wings with Irish linen and the [...]

Kit Review: 1/32 scale P-51D-5NA Mustang, Revell of Germany, kit number 03944, Part 2

by Louis Gardner on March 27, 2019 · in Reviews · 5 ≡

This is the second part of the kit review as promised earlier. This portion will cover the plastic parts of this big 1/32 scale "early" Mustang D model. Writing up a kit review is surprisingly easy. Now that Martin and his [...]

Boeing 737 – 800, Air Explore, OM – HEX, Zvezda, 1/144

by Ivan Hajník on March 26, 2019 · in Aviation · 10 ≡

This is my latest finished model. It is Boeing 737 – 800 from Zvezda kit. Scale 1:144. Air Explore is a Slovak company. They are ACMI specialist. This means that they rent aircraft to other carriers along with the crew. Their fleet [...]

1/48 Blackburn Roc

by dale travis on March 26, 2019 · in Aviation · 20 ≡

This is the Special Hobby kit and it shares quite a few parts with their earlier Skua kit. One problem this leads to is the Skua had two fuel tanks behind the pilot, the Roc one. SH give you the same parts for the Roc as in the Skua kit. [...]

On This Day…March 26th.

by david leigh-smith on March 26, 2019 · in Photo Collections · 13 ≡

Crewmen hoisting one of USS Miami's paravanes while in the Pacific Ocean, 26th March, 1945. It was only while building my 1/350 model of the Enterprise that I even heard of ‘paravanes’ and I had to ask iModelers what the weird drone [...]

Tamiya 1/48 P-51 Mustang

by George V Guimaraes on March 26, 2019 · in Aviation · 22 ≡

Hello, This is my view of one famous "Blue Noser Bastard From Bodney". Neeedless to say the kit is superb, no need to use any putty at all. It seems, looking at the few pictures available, this particular bird was kept in good [...]