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Skoda RSO 1/35

by Juan Ravizzoli on March 16, 2019 · in Armor · 4 ≡

The vehicle was designed by Ferdinand Porsche as an artillery tractor to be used on the eastern front and construction was entrusted to Skoda. It was a poor performance vehicle, with low speed and power and high fuel consumption, so they [...]

Wildcat – The unsung hero of the Pacific Theater of Operations

by Fernando Chiavenato Jr on March 16, 2019 · in Aviation · 13 ≡

Those aircraft and crew changed the history in Midway! Outperformed by the Japanese Zero, this aircraft with it ruggedness ally with bravery and tactics achieved the air combat kill-to-loss ratio of about 6:1! This is an Hobby Boss model [...]

100 Years of the RAF… Alan Deere’s Spitfire Mk I “Kiwi”, No. 54 Squadron Tamiya 1/48

by Louis Gardner on March 16, 2019 · in Aviation · 21 ≡

This is an article that I have been meaning to post for quite some time now... My apologies for being so late with getting it done. I built this model as part of a series of numerous Spitfire models for the 100 Years of the RAF Group [...]

Spitfire MK XIV e...S.E.A. Theatre...

by Valter vaudagna on March 16, 2019 · in Aviation · 6 ≡

Kit 1/48 scale Academy,box assembly,paint: gunze,sangyo ACRILIC colour.

IDF Armor and Infantry

by Kelly Thrasher on March 16, 2019 · in Diorama · 2 ≡

I decided to go ahead and create a simple diorama using the Magach 7C and some figures depicting the Infantry and armor working together. This is my first diorama in over a decade and I'm still working out the photos.

On This Day...March 16th

by david leigh-smith on March 16, 2019 · in Photo Collections · 14 ≡

On 16th March, 1944, the 332nd Fighter Group (The Tuskegee Airmen) took delivery of three P47s in their base in Sicily to start their transition training from P40s. It was with the Thunderbolts that the air group had orders to paint the [...]

Sad news: RIP Burl Burlingame

by Tom Cleaver on March 15, 2019 · in News · 4 ≡

I'm sure many here have met Burl Burlingame over the years. A talented modeler, superb writer and journalist, overall witty presence. Burl contracted both strains of the flu over the past two weeks and died last night in his sleep. I had [...]

RB 51 ‘Red Baron’ Fisher Model and Pattern, 1/32 scale COMPLETED

by Marc Barris on March 15, 2019 · in Aviation · 16 ≡

As I said in the previous post, this was one of those builds that will go down as one of the toughest builds that I have ever done, although I must say that I am pretty pleased with the end result. I hope you guy's approve... We have our [...]

Tamiya 1/48 Spitfire I

by Tom Cleaver on March 15, 2019 · in Aviation · 12 ≡

No one needs an introduction to the legendary Spitfire. The first prototype flew March 6, 1936. Upon landing, Vickers Chief Test Pilot “Mutt” Summers famously declared, “Don’t change a thing!” At that point, 310 Spitfire I [...]