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LTD 1/48 CAC Boomerang

by Spiros Pendedekas on March 11, 2024 · in Aviation · 52 ≡

The origins of the Boomerang can be traced in late 1941, when Lawrence Wackett, manager and chief designer of Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation (CAC) examined the possibility of designing and building a new fighter aircraft, a first for [...]

Hep Cat

by Michael Turner on March 11, 2024 · in Aviation · 24 ≡

This the seventh P-40 that I started last year, but did not complete, in time for a club display for the Australian Model Expo. I built them as one group of three and a second group of four. Top P-40 Ace P-40 in Defence of Port [...]

1/48 Tamiya Il-2 Shturmovik

by Scott Lyle on March 11, 2024 · in Uncategorized · 25 ≡

Finished the 1/48 Tamiya Il-2 Shturmovik. It's a great kit - Tamiya's excellent kit engineering makes it very fun to build. I added riveting to the airframe with a rivet wheel, used Eduard's photo etch for the seatbelts, and also [...]

Video: EDUARD MIG-21RF Fishbed 1:48 Build

by iModeler Youtube Picks on March 10, 2024 · in Aviation

Focke-Wulf FW190A8, Airfix (A01020A) 1/72

by John vd Biggelaar on March 10, 2024 · in Aviation · 54 ≡

This kit was sent to me by Bernard @lis, it was a great and wonderful surprise. Besides the kit, other surprises were the included masking sheet for the upper surface camouflage scheme and a decal sheet with lots of various marking [...]

Frosty winter morning. January 1999, Chechnya.

by Serg S on March 10, 2024 · in Diorama · 6 ≡

I have long wanted to put together a diorama about the war in Chechnya. There is something frightening, repulsive and at the same time fascinating about her. The main character in the diorama is the Russian BMD-1 from Panda [...]

HMAS Warramunga, I.44 RAN, Korea 1951.

by Allan J Withers on March 10, 2024 · in Ships · 14 ≡

1/350 Trumpeter, Tribal class destroyer, built 2020 - 2023 for the Korea GB, more pic's and details there.

Italeri 1/48 Sioux (Luftwaffe)

by Kevin Rowbotham on March 9, 2024 · in Aviation · 18 ≡

A very straightforward build that I treated as a mojo restorer...I sometimes find myself going down a rabbit hole with an excessive amount of detailing (most of which can't been seen anyway) when I'm building some kits which sometimes [...]

Heinkel He 177 "Greif": Now and then

by Rafi Ben-Shahar on March 9, 2024 · in Aviation · 28 ≡

The revolutionary German heavy bomber that had two engines driving one propeller shaft received the attention of model makers over the years. In 1967, Airfix came out with an impressive 1/72nd scale that was highly detailed by comparison [...]

A ha'porth of tar

by Christopher Amano-Langtree on March 9, 2024 · in Aviation · 20 ≡

The title comes from the saying 'spoiling the ship for a ha'porth of tar' which sums this kit up very well. Some magnificent detail and high quality molding let down by poor attention to accuracy and what can only be described as general [...]