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On This Day…October 13th

by david leigh-smith on October 13, 2018 · in News · 12 ≡

October 13th 1944... Crew of a PBY Catalina rescue Sgt James Latta and Sgt Willis Morlan out of the Adriatic after being forced to bail from their B-24H Liberator after a raid on Vienna, Austria. Crew of the USS Wasp (originally named the [...]

Noseing closer to the goal line!

by Rob Anderson on October 13, 2018 · in Aviation · 10 ≡

Double pun! NCAA Football today, AND today's update is a lot about the hard to fit nose of the Academy Phantoms! First, GO DUCKS BEAT THE HUSKIES. For those who need reference, maybe it's like England Playing France in the world cup, or [...]

Trip down memory lane…in a Gran Torino.

by david leigh-smith on October 13, 2018 · in Automotive · 24 ≡

As part of the ongoing unboxing ceremony of moving onto a new house I was reacquainted with this beauty. She’s an old ‘scalextric’ 1/32 scale that I’ve had for some time and she always brings a smile to me. The iModeler at [...]

Video: Airfix 1:72 B-25 C/D Mitchell

by iModeler Youtube Picks on October 13, 2018 · in How-to

This is a brilliant new kit from Airfix. I never once was bored with building this kit. And it was really fun to build something in a unique scheme like this. Music: incompetech.com Kevin Macleod -Ever Mindful

Tamiya, 1/35, IDF, Tiran 5

by Allon kira on October 13, 2018 · in Armor · 12 ≡

Hy guys, this is my tired and rusty Tiran 5. An IDF tank that is based on the Russian T55. This is a Tamiya kit (very close to perfect kit!) Plus Legend detailing set and some extra Black Dog, Verlinden stowage. Colors and weathering [...]

Birds of a feather, flock together. RIP Betty Grissom

by Tom Cleaver on October 13, 2018 · in Aviation · 2 ≡

(link) It wasn't just the astronauts who were courageous.

Video: FULL VIDEO BUILD TAMIYA F-16C 52+ Fighting Falcon

by iModeler Youtube Picks on October 13, 2018 · in Aviation

1/48 F-16C Block 52+ Fighting Falcon For more details about the Tamiya kit, tools and paints from this video please visit: (link) 1:48 Lockheed Mar.F-16CJ Fighting Falcon (link) More detailed info for mixing Tamiya paints will be uploaded [...]

Tamiya 1/48 Bf-109E-7

by Tom Cleaver on October 12, 2018 · in Aviation · 13 ≡

The Bf-109E-7 was the airplane the Luftwaffe should have had at the beginning of the Battle of Britain, since it was the first Bf-109 to be plumbed to carry a 300-liter drop tank, which increased its range from 660 km (410 mi)to 1,325 km [...]

Glenn Miller band’s first radio broadcast

by Tom Cleaver on October 12, 2018 · in Uncategorized · 1 ≡

(link) On Tuesday, June 14, 1938, Glenn Miller and his Orchestra opened at the Paradise Restaurant at 1619 Broadway in New York City for two weeks. They shared the bill with Freddie Fisher’s Schnicklefritzers. Their first broadcast was [...]

Pilot’s Last Flight

by Greg Kittinger on October 12, 2018 · in Aviation · 21 ≡

For Christmas of 2003, I found a gentleman at a local airport who owned a T-28, one of the primary trainers my dad had flown earning his wings. I offered to pay him to take my dad up for a flight in his plane, but he agreed to do it and [...]