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On This Day…February 5th

by david leigh-smith on February 5, 2019 · in Photo Collections · 6 ≡

On February 5th, 1944, the crew of the 'Star Valley' B-24 Liberator were on their way home (Shipdham, East Anglia, England) from their eighth of 25 scheduled missions, bombing a Renault works manufacturing plant near Tours, in the Loire et [...]

1/24 VW Bus

by gary sausmikat on February 5, 2019 · in Automotive · 14 ≡

Hi All, Here’s my first 2019 post. I recently completed this VW Bus as a birthday present for my wife. In +/- 50 years of modeling this is my first non military vehicle I’ve modeled, so it’s a bit rough around the edges, so please [...]

Random Award

by Djordje Colovic on February 4, 2019 · in News · 12 ≡

I was chosen as a random award winner for november for my entry with Caproni Ca.310 Libeccio, I'm grateful for the lovely model which I've chosen as a award; It is Airfix's Ju87B-1 STUKA in 1/48 scale which would be somehow strange to [...]

Sturmtiger Tamiya 1/35

by Jirka Kuchynka on February 4, 2019 · in Armor · 7 ≡

I have a friend who does not have the time and possibilities to build models so I always have the opportunity to build a tank model for his birthday and Christmas. He likes tanks. I always make the model with a mat for the model and a [...]

F-86D 1/48 Revell

by Jirka Kuchynka on February 4, 2019 · in Aviation · 15 ≡

A year ago I said I was not going to deal with resin and photographed parts for the models or the rivet counting. I'm just glueing myself. Just to explain why this is so. I take this activity as a relaxation. The Revell model is very cool [...]

On This Day…February 4th

by david leigh-smith on February 4, 2019 · in Photo Collections · 8 ≡

FT-17, Panzer I Ausf. A, T-26, and Vickers 6-ton Type B tanks, captured in China, on display at the Hanshin Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Japan, Feb 1939. The XF-12, in my opinion, is a lovely aircraft that looked especially sleek [...]

Saturn V Mobile Launch Tower – swing arms

by Michael Smith on February 3, 2019 · in Space · 4 ≡

I got back to work on the LUT yesterday, intending to complete some piping, continue work on the launch pad support stands, and start figuring out how to model the swing arms. The first two were straightforward, but the third involved what [...]

Tamiya 1/35th Jagdpanzer IV Lang L/70 Hungary 1945

by Chuck A. Villanueva on February 3, 2019 · in Armor · 12 ≡

It was the summer of 1978 the last time I built a tracked vehicle. At the time it was the new Italeri Sherman tank. Don't recall the version, but the type with the bathtub style upper hull. While perusing Ebay one day looking for a [...]

1/700 U.S.S. Fletcher (Matchbox) – weekend rebuild

by Michael Smith on February 3, 2019 · in Ships · 4 ≡

I've had this old Matchbox 1/700 Fletcher destroyer model for at least 25 years. I had built it partway down to the detail parts and left it, as shown in the picture to the right (no U.S. flag). Last weekend I decided that I wanted to [...]