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My “Model of the Month” award kit just arrived!

by Ulf Lundberg on December 15, 2018 · in Uncategorized · 11 ≡

I'm very proud and happy to have won the iModeler October award. Today, the price, Trumpeters Richelieu arrived. When I've finished her, I'll have a nice little french collection. It's a typical Trumpeter ship model kit, that is, it's [...]

Airfix 1/48 Scale Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-4/B

by Paul Nash on December 15, 2018 · in Aviation · 13 ≡

My first Airfix build for many years was a far cry from experiences with this manufacturer’s kits from years gone by. I’ve had this kit for several years now, one of two bought together in a rash of enthusiasm to produce models of all [...]

Alvin Saracen

by Derek Matile on December 15, 2018 · in Armor · 10 ≡

This is a scratch built model of a Alvin Saracen I made earlier this year. I copied the dimensions from a1/72 kit and made it four times bigger so 1/18 scale. This is the advantage of scratch building you can make it any size that takes [...]

RAF 100 Group Build: Westland Lysander. No 4 Sqn, Eduard (Gavia) 1/48. Where was the RAF at Dunkirk? (Part One).

by Paul Barber on December 15, 2018 · in Aviation · 22 ≡

When war was declared on September the 3rd 1939, No. 4 Sqn was ordered to prepare to move to France under the umbrella of 50 (Army Co-operation) Wing as part of the Air Component of the British Expeditionary Force. The order was given to [...]

On This Day…December 15th

by david leigh-smith on December 15, 2018 · in News · 5 ≡

The Norseman C64 (44-70285) was the aircraft in which Glenn Miller boarded en route to France on the 15th December 1944. That aircraft disappeared somewhere over the English Channel with the loss of Major Glenn Miller, Pilot Flight Officer [...]

Year in Review

by Rob Pollock on December 15, 2018 · in Photo Collections · 11 ≡

I was looking back at the past year’s work, and see I ‘lost’ three months at the beginning of the year on my HMB Endeavour project, but was glad I did it. The middle part of the year was dominated by biplane projects, and in the [...]

A Monogram Holiday portrait, my latest Blue Box find, and a Phantom update

by Rob Anderson on December 15, 2018 · in Uncategorized · 11 ≡

Happy Holidays iModelers! Here is the family portrait of my Monogram kits, many of the originals were added this year, including the DO-335, B-29, B-25H, P-39 and Typhoon, the Typhoon I just added today, still in the cello wrap! On to [...]

100 Years of the RAF, 541 Squadron late 1944, Spitfire PR MK XIX, 1/48 Airfix

by Louis Gardner on December 15, 2018 · in Aviation · 15 ≡

Here's tonight's entry for the 1940's decade of the RAF. Hopefully tomorrow I can post up a few more from this era. This model is the fantastic new tool Airfix kit. It was released back in 2015 if memory serves me. I saw it in the [...]

100 Years of the RAF, 56 Squadron mid 1939, Hawker Hurricane Mk I, 1/48 Airfix new tool

by Louis Gardner on December 15, 2018 · in Aviation · 18 ≡

This one should have been posted last night as a part of the 1930's decade... but I didn't get around to posting it. I had a lot of fun building this one. It's the new tool Airfix Hurricane, and it is a really sweet kit to build. The [...]

News update on Tamiya Spitfire I

by Tom Cleaver on December 15, 2018 · in News · 7 ≡

For those interested: Kitlinx has the Tamiya Spitfire I next Wednesday - $36 ($34 if you join and sign up) Sprue says next week. LHS says local hobby shops will have it the week after Christmas. (If you have a LHS, the standard price will [...]