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Year of the Cat

by Frank Cronin on March 10, 2018 · in Uncategorized · 9 ≡

OK... They are sharks teeth... but the AVG was also known as the "Flying Tigers" so I agree it may be a stretch. But so it goes... This is the superb Airfix P-40B. What can I say about all of the new Airfix kits that has not been [...]

Video: Aligning the Airframe ... Building the Revell A-26 Invader

by iModeler Youtube Picks on March 10, 2018 · in Aviation

The fuselage of the Revell Monogram A-26 Invader suffers from a few issues that make aligning the wings and tail surfaces difficult. This video presents a solution for dealing with alignment issues when shapes are less than ideal.

Good afternoon First I apologize because I can…

by Carmelo Rodrigo on March 10, 2018 · in Aviation · 17 ≡

Good afternoon. First, I apologize because I can not comment or upload jobs as much as I would like since my work has me very tied. I hope to retire soon and be able to dedicate more time to my hobbies. This is the second biplanis I build [...]

F4U-1 Corsair

by S. Cubas on March 10, 2018 · in Aviation · 23 ≡

Another Tamiya kit at 1/48 scale (all my aircraft models are at the same scale...) It belongs to US Navy VF-17 Jolly Rogers at Pacific Theatre of Operations in 1944.

P-80 Shooting Star

by Frank Cronin on March 9, 2018 · in Aviation · 18 ≡

I was commissioned to build this and was given a colored plate showing the exact A/C he wanted. The plate described the P-80 as being with the 26th Fighter Interceptor Squadron at Kimpo Airfield, Korea in November of 1950. the kit is the [...]

Year of the Cat

by Frank Cronin on March 9, 2018 · in Uncategorized · 12 ≡

This is an out of the box Eduard kit of the F6F-3. This is a very nice kit with the exceptions of the decals. I had a problem with some of them wandering and warping all over the place. I managed to save the significant decals for this [...]

Year of the Cat

by Frank Cronin on March 9, 2018 · in Uncategorized · 12 ≡

this is the Hobby Boss F8F-1 straight from the box. A great build and I think the Hobby Boss kit is a wonderful kit of their aircraft. I used the kit decals and they represent an A/C of VF-3 flown by Lt A.M.Granat in 1946.

AMP 1/48 Sikorsky HO3S-1 “Horse”

by Tom Cleaver on March 9, 2018 · in Aviation · 15 ≡

The “Horse”: The H-5 was originally built by Sikorsky as its model S-48, designated as the R-5 by the United States Army Air Forces. It was designed to provide a helicopter having greater useful load, endurance, speed, and service [...]

Curtiss Helldiver SBC-4,1/72 Heller

by Robert Royes on March 9, 2018 · in Aviation · 16 ≡

I was reluctant in building this, knowing that I wouldn't be able to rig it, my manual dexterity not what it used to be. but It's been in my stash for so long. It's done up as in the overall light grey of 1941, of a craft from Scouting [...]

The doctor is in…

by david leigh-smith on March 8, 2018 · in Uncategorized · 153 ≡

The doctor is in. In many of the threads I've have contributed to recently I have picked up on several quirks, oddities, complaints, philosophical questions, and existential wrestling, plus the occasional rant from this wonderful [...]