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Wing Nut Wings (WNW): 1/32 Bristol F.2B Fighter

by paul teixeira on April 14, 2018 · in Aviation · 23 ≡

Despite being in awe of the WW1 fighters I had stayed away from building them for many years due to the lack of decent kits in my preferred scale of 1/32, as well as, the inherent challenges of the breed. Then I heard of this fantastic, [...]

1:48 Scale, ICM kit of Dornier’s Do-17Z-2, “Flying Pencil”

by Frederick J Seitz III on April 13, 2018 · in Aviation · 22 ≡

Up until recently, the only kit of the Do-17 in this scale, was the old Hobby Craft kit, which really was not a good representation of this famous German bomber. Then came Classic Airframes, which although MUCH better, was a really tough [...]

1:48 Scale Hasegawa, Mitsubishi A6M3, Model 32, Type 0, Navy Fighter, (Hamp)

by Frederick J Seitz III on April 13, 2018 · in Aviation · 11 ≡

This is Hasegawa's 1:48 scale kit of one of the variant's of Mitsubishi's famous fighter aircraft. Because of the squared off wing tips, allied pilots thought they were facing a new Japanese fighter, and gave her a different recognition [...]

Review: Dora Models 1/48 P-63C King Cobra

by Tom Cleaver on April 13, 2018 · in Reviews · 14 ≡

When it was decided that the P-39 would lose the turbocharger it was originally equipped with, high-altitude performance suffered,and Bell Aircraft proposed an experimental series to solve the problem. The result was the XP-39E, which [...]

Supermarine Walrus MK I (1/48 Special Hobby)

by Christian WERY on April 13, 2018 · in Aviation · 47 ≡

This is an old kit, the Special Hobby 1/48 that I started to build in 2017 before seeing the first pictures of the future Airfix in the same scale. I chose to continue my model by trying to raise it to the level of the future Airfix. There [...]

Eduard 1/48 Spitfire Mk. IXc

by Ramon R. Lomeli on April 13, 2018 · in Aviation · 31 ≡

Hello again! This is Eduard's magnificent Spitfire Mk. IXc Profipack edition. I have never built a more satisfying and well engineered kit! Built OOB and photographed at the same time as my Hurricane. I also played with the pics a bit [...]

Airfix 1/48 Hurricane Mk.I

by Ramon R. Lomeli on April 13, 2018 · in Aviation · 26 ≡

Hellol iModeler! Here is my Airfix 1/48 Hurricane, built almost out of the box except for a Quickboost resin seat. Paints were Vallejo Model Air shot through my Sotar 20/20. Photos were shot outside at a local municipal airport. [...]

Work in Progress: 1/48 Airfix English Electric Lightning F1

by paul teixeira on April 12, 2018 · in Aviation · 9 ≡

Recently Airfix has released several new mold model kits which I was told demonstrated significant improvements in every aspect over the older Airfix kits. It had been a while since I had built any Airfix kit due to my dissatisfaction [...]

Perfect Chrome

by Nikolajs Negeriss on April 12, 2018 · in How-to · 35 ≡

After I have done couple of motorcycle models I learned something about chrome. I tried a lot of paints and combinations, including Molotow, Gunze SM06 and SM08, Testors, Tamiya enamel, Vallejo Metal Color, Alclad and AK Extreme Metal [...]

Tu-22M3 “Backfire” (Tupolev-22M3) 1/72 Trumpeter

by Dmitry Ryzhenkov on April 12, 2018 · in Aviation · 31 ≡

Hello, dear colleagues. I want to show you another one of my works. This is supersonic a strategic Russian long-range missile carrier Tu-22M3. The process of assembling the model did not cause any difficulties. The connection of the parts [...]