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On This Day…February 10th

by david leigh-smith on February 10, 2019 · in Photo Collections · 8 ≡

10th February 1943. No. 139 Squadron, RAF, was formed in July of 1918 in Italy and was originally outfitted with Bristol F2b fighter aircraft. It was disbanded on 7 March 1919, regrouping in September of ‘36 flying Hawker Hinds and then [...]

1/35th Leopard Line Up

by Ian Foulkes on February 10, 2019 · in Armor · 4 ≡

Here is a line up of 1/35th Leopards from various manufacturers. The 1 A1 is the old Tamiya kit. I'm going to replace it soon with the new mould Revell kit. The 1 A4 again is Tamiya. Revell (old mould) provides the Leopard 1 A5A5. This [...]

F-27 Maritime patrol Aircraft (MPA)

by Dirk Derks on February 10, 2019 · in Aviation · 14 ≡

The Spanish Air Force (Fuerza Aérea Española) acquired three F-27 MPA's in 1979. Registration and Construction numbers: 2-01 (10581) / 2-02 (10585) / 2-03 (10587) Were operational at Gando Air Base, Las Palmas Gran Canaria. I have heard, [...]

Tamiya 1/35 Panther G and Miniart Base

by Ian Foulkes on February 10, 2019 · in Armor · 2 ≡

This is the Tamiya 1/35th Panther G on the Miniart base. It's an attempt to recreate the latter stages of the Battle of the Bulge, when the Germans had to retreat, abandoning much of their equipment due to lack of fuel. I went for the [...]

Tamiya 1/48th PR Spitfire

by Ian Foulkes on February 10, 2019 · in Aviation · 8 ≡

This is a combination of the Tamiya Spitfire MkV and the Pavla PR conversion kit. Both are great in their own right. This was an easy and very pleasant build indeed. The aircraft was painted in overall RAF Sky. The PR Spitfires were kept [...]

1/35 Chieftain Mk 10 Converted From Tamiya

by Ian Foulkes on February 10, 2019 · in Armor · 2 ≡

This was a trial run at making a "Stillbrew" Chieftain. I started on this before Takom's great series was announced. I used a set of old plans that had been published in MAFVA (Miniature Armoured Fighting Vehicles Association) [...]

1/48 Special Hobby Fokker D.XXI

by dale travis on February 10, 2019 · in Aviation · 9 ≡

Additional parts made to enhance the model: cockpit door with locking pins and hinges, clear vac formed opening hatch, improved cockpit detail, added a Townend ring for inside front of the engine cowling and separated the elevators with [...]

Phoney War Emil

by Pedro L. Rocha on February 9, 2019 · in Aviation · 8 ≡

Airfix 109 E-1, made some 2 years ago. Thought I'd share with you. Kit has some AM stuff (Pavla resin, but that rudder is poorly shaped) and Lifelike decals (awesome)

Bf-109F-4 Royal Hungarian Air Force, 1943 (AZModel, 1:72)

by Csaba on February 9, 2019 · in Aviation · 9 ≡

This project was a “sanity keeper” - I needed a project to help me through some difficult times. I grabbed a random box from the stash and started a build. It was finished in two weeks. In 1942 the main fighter type of the Royal [...]

“Black Friday”

by Peter Vill on February 9, 2019 · in Aviation · 19 ≡

These photos show my Airfix 1/72 Beaufighter which represents one of the aircraft that took part in the attack on Z-33 on the 9th of February 1945, if I recall correctly this one made it back. As for the kit, well what can I say apart from [...]