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New Kit News: 1/48 Ilyushin Il-28 Beagle from Bobcat

by Editor on March 7, 2019 · in News · 6 ≡

After the success of their first kit (1/48 scale Yakovlev Yak-28P Firebar), the second kit release from Bobcat of China is another interesting Cold War subject, the 1/48 Ilyushin Il-28 Beagle. The Il-28 was Soviet Union's first [...]

On This Day...March 7th

by david leigh-smith on March 7, 2019 · in Photo Collections · 10 ≡

F4U-1A (Bu.17799) at The Air Museum in Ontario, CA on March 7th, 1970. This aircraft was bought by MGM studios after the Second World War for filming as a prop. She was eventually used in the filming of the TV show, ‘Ba Ba Black [...]

Vought F4U-4 Corsair... Korean War

by Valter vaudagna on March 7, 2019 · in Aviation · 7 ≡

Academy kit...true detail resin cockpit,Superscale+ academy decals,AMT F7F p& w R 2800 engine,xtracolor enamels paint

Polar Lights Starship Enterprise 1/350th scale

by Robert Knaack on March 7, 2019 · in Sci-fi · 8 ≡

Last October or so, I casually mentioned to my son that I had an interest in building an Enterprise model, thinking someday I would build one of the AMT 18" models. My son, however, went right out and bought me the gigantic Polar [...]

U.S M9 ACE (Armored Combat Earthmover) Takom 1/35

by Jorge Garcia on March 7, 2019 · in Armor · 2 ≡

My latest kit, the Takom U.S M9 ACE (Armored Combat Earthmover) 1/35, amazing kit, really enjoyed it, a lot of parts (tracks perhaps the most difficult part of the construction, at least for me), the heavy weathering works perfect in this [...]

A Door.

by Derek Matile on March 6, 2019 · in Diorama · 22 ≡

My granddaughter asked me to make her a door.She just wanted a door. I asked her why,but she wouldn’t tell me.So I scratch made this one.A friend saw it and wanted one too.Something different I suppose.Stands 5 inches high.

X-15-1 1/144 (Dragon)

by Leszek Golubinski on March 6, 2019 · in Aviation · 6 ≡

This is my debut on iModeler: the North American X-15-1, by Dragon and me. This is also the first time I strayed form 1/72 scale. Not the last one. The model represents first produced (second flying) X-15 in its earliest stage of life. [...]

Big Wing, 1/48 big build!

by John Sheehan on March 6, 2019 · in Aviation · 10 ≡

Hello all this is my first post, well sort of, I've already posted it in the Jet Age forum, so excuse the repeat. This is based on the 1/48 Airfix B-57 kit with quite a lot of scratch building, You can find my build log here, [...]

" La curiosité est un vilain défaut"

by Daniel Johansson on March 6, 2019 · in Diorama · 13 ≡

Been working on this the last couple of months, got the idea while thinking about what I could do with the Meng FT-17 kit that I had in my stash, wanted a "reason" to display it with all hatches open. The title roughly translates [...]

MIG 21 BIS. Hungarian Air Force. Eduard 1/48 Weekend edition.

by S. Cubas on March 6, 2019 · in Aviation · 12 ≡

Hi all. This is my second modell finished this year. Is a Hungarian Mig 21 Bis from Eduard, at his Weekend Edition with no PE. Totally OOB but the seatbelt, that are made from adhesive film. Hope you like. Sifredo Cubas