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Video: Smooth Surface Finish for Scale Models

by iModeler Youtube Picks on November 22, 2018 · in Aviation

This short video ties together several concepts and issues around achieving the smoothest possible painted surfaces on our scale models. I originally published it on the Outside the Box channel but I think it is belongs with the new [...]

Video: Spray Gun Fan Pattern Facts

by iModeler Youtube Picks on November 22, 2018 · in Aviation

This video adds some additional information and should be viewed as a companion to the previous video on “Painting With a Miniature Spray Gun,” and it explains why a fan pattern can be useful for achieving a superior smooth paint [...]

The Airport Fuel Truck

by G. Ley on November 22, 2018 · in Automotive · 8 ≡

All the airports I worked at had the ubiquitous fuel truck roaming the ramp areas. In fact I drove a fuel truck at the very beginning of my aviation career and at various later times in pursuit of airborne happiness. This particular fuel [...]

1/700 scale KM Pekan (Maritime Patrol Vessel)

by Mee Wan on November 22, 2018 · in Ships · 3 ≡

Good day to all , This is a model of the Malaysian Maritime Patrol Vessel named KM Pekan that was given by the Japanese goverment as an MOU deal regarding naval military assets where the ships was formerly known as the Erimo class patrol [...]

Challenger 1 First Gulf War.

by Derek Matile on November 22, 2018 · in Armor · 21 ≡

Scratch built from pine and ply.The top part of the hull is made up of separate plates and sanded down to get the correct shape.The tracks are made from rubber matting you find in offices and factories.Took four weeks to make and is 1/18 [...]

Panther D

by Nathan Kalinyak on November 22, 2018 · in Armor · 4 ≡

So, I know that the panther never came in Panzer Grey, but I decided to play around with a Grey panther tank with some primer red bits on it. I would appreciate criticism on what i have done rather than what it is supposed to be. Many [...]

On This Day...November 22nd.

by david leigh-smith on November 22, 2018 · in News · 15 ≡

The incomparable Colonel Lewis 'Chesty' Puller, Commanding Officer, 1st Marines. Taken 22 November 1950 at Chigyong. Some quotes from 'Chesty'; "Great. Now we can shoot at those bastards from every direction." (On being [...]

Fokker Dr. I, Revell 1/72

by Łukasz Matuszczak on November 22, 2018 · in Aviation · 4 ≡

From Author: The model of Fokker Dr. I was made by me in 2017. The kit was manufactured by Revell in 2003. If you got Fokker Dr.I for the first time, you instantly want to make it in red to commemorate Manfred von Richthofen (so did I). [...]