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“End of the Line”

by Rob Pollock on April 19, 2018 · in Armor · 21 ≡

This is Trumpeter's 1/35 Baureihe (Br-) 52 Kriegslocomotive with Steifrahmentender, but for this project I had no interest in the tender, or the sleepers and rails that built-up into a composite display base. The base here is plaster [...]

Battle of the Atlantic

by Won-hui Lee on April 18, 2018 · in Ships · 36 ≡

1/700 Scale It was the longest sea battle in human history, and it was the largest battle in the ocean. It was a bloody battle with Hitler, who tried to block Britain into possession of Europe, and with allied force to protect Germany and [...]

U-boat VII/C

by Won-hui Lee on April 18, 2018 · in Ships · 30 ≡

U-boat Type VII/C : The magic of light 1/144 U-boat VII/C (Revell) & 1/350 U-boat VII/C (Revell)

Fujimi 1/72 RF-4B Marine Recon Phantom,VMFP-3

by Robert Royes on April 18, 2018 · in Aviation · 12 ≡

Exclusively used by the US Marines,46 built, based on the Navy's F-4B , with the thin tires and wings[the last 10 having the wider tire/wing] , in service from 1965-1990. Saw service in Vietnam and numerous detachments where needed usually [...]

76 years ago today – the Doolittle raid

by Tom Cleaver on April 18, 2018 · in Aviation · 11 ≡

Newsreel reveals raiders took off from USS Hornet (CV-8) (link)

Revell-Germany 1/48 Me-410B-2

by Tom Cleaver on April 17, 2018 · in Aviation · 11 ≡

The Messeschmitt Me-410 was essentially a redesigned Me-210, with a lengthened fuselage and DB603 engines rather than the DB605 of the earlier design. This redesign solved the problems of the Me-210, which were so difficult that it was [...]

Review: Airfix 1/48 P-51D Mustang review

by iModeler Youtube Picks on April 17, 2018 · in Aviation, Reviews

1/48 Revell Ventura Mk. II

by Eric Berg on April 17, 2018 · in Aviation · 22 ≡

Here’s a few not so great photos of Revell’s 1/48th scale Ventura Mk. II which I completed on Christmas Eve 2017, my final build of the year. It’s a great kit and fun to construct, but it does take up a lot of shelf space and looks [...]

Kasserine Pass/Tunisia Campaign Hasegawa 1:48 Free French Hurribomber

by David A. Thomas on April 17, 2018 · in Aviation · 28 ≡

This is my second contribution to the Kasserine Pass/Tunisia Campaign Group Build… The Narrative Borrowing a page from David Leigh-Smith, I have imagined the following story to accompany my presentation of the Hasegawa 1:48 Hawker [...]

A good read and a cold one….plus more RFM Panther..

by Rob Anderson on April 17, 2018 · in Armor · 8 ≡

So buying books has become more expensive as of late, I suppose specialty books always have been more spendy than a mainstream top seller, but still, ebay what the first Dual in the Mist goes for these days! The last time I spent upwards [...]