Italeri 1982 kit #234. Built straight from the box with scratch built wood slat seats, additional MG 42 with mount, scratch built tarp and miscellaneous stowage. Figure is from the Tamiya Panther G kit finished with Vallejo paints. [...]
I am proud to show off my completed Operation Overlord Maintenance Diorama. From start to finish, this entire project was completed in roughly 40 days.
This diaroma is a mirror image of the Luftwaffe diorama I finished a little over a [...]
I’ve wanted to build a P-38 for a while and have had the Tamiya P-38 F/G kit in my stash for about a year. I chose Lt. John G. O’Neill’s “Beautiful Lass” as the subject. I’ve always thought P-38s looked much better in flight [...]
A high altitude interceptor designed by Kurt Tank's that saw operational service in the final months of WWII.
The kit is probably the best design in Dragon/Trimaster late Luftwaffe model boasting with accurate outlines, good fit of parts [...]
Been a while since I have been on the site. Picked up this kit at a consignment shop, $20. Old kit gave me FITS. Very poorly molded. HUGE fit issues. Calling her DONE! Someone told me it is a first or second issue from the early [...]
This is the first of four segments that explain what I learned while working through the review of the Tamiya P-38J kit. As it turned out, it was an extremely enlightening experience.
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Revell's 1/48 F-15E Strike Eagle in the markings of the 494th EFS (Black Panthers) as of October 2023 that was committed to Operations against ISIS in Syria and Iraq known and Operation Inherent Resolve.
During their service in the IDF, the two seater aircraft were exposed to varying degrees of exposure to the elements. As a result, weathering patterns changed dramatically between the aircraft.
Hasegawa's Falcon kits are simple to build, [...]
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I apologize for the delays in writing the article, but I had a lot of work and wanted to sit down to it calmly. So here we go: The Special Purpose Squadron 1586 originated from the disbanded 301 Bomber Squadron, which lost its [...]
The battle against the kamikazes in World War II demonstrated the need for the earliest possible early warning of attack. The solution was to raise the search radars high enough to expand the “horizon” around the task force, which was [...]