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Flying artillery! The Mosquito XVIII TseTse in 1/48

by Colin Latta on February 24, 2018 · in Aviation · 14 ≡

Airfix's 1/48 kit of the Mosquito FB VI converted to a Mk XVIII 'Molins' 57mm sub hunter. The main gun was a standard British Army 6 pounder anti-tank gun, fitted with an auto loader and could fire 25 rounds in 20 seconds! The .303 [...]

Year of the Cat Build – 1/48 Tamiya P47D Bubbletop 404th FG “Black Panther”

by Darren Dickerson on February 24, 2018 · in Aviation · 8 ≡

1/48 Tamiya P47D Bubbletop 404th FG “Black Panther” – Finished a few weeks ago and just hadn’t taken any pics! Thanks to everyone for their models during this group build, I have enjoyed looking at all of the gallery and WIP [...]

Battle of Kasserine Pass G.B. – 1/48 North American F-6A Mustang.

by John Healy on February 24, 2018 · in Aviation · 24 ≡

This is the Accurate Miniatures 1/48 scale kit. I picked up a Model Alliance decal set for RAF and Commonwealth fighters in the Med several years ago and wanted to build this particular aircraft first. The Kasserine Group Build gave me [...]

1/350th Trumpeter USS Massachusetts: A Childhood Memory

by paul teixeira on February 24, 2018 · in Ships · 12 ≡

The battleship USS Massachusetts is currently moored as a museum ship in Fall River, MA. It has been there since the 1960s. I grew up about 20mins away so as a young child this was my first look at a real WW2 battle-wagon and fed my [...]

1/48 Hasegawa P-47D Mike Gladych

by Brian Riedel on February 24, 2018 · in Aviation · 7 ≡

Finished this one in October last year. 56th Fighter Group, Mike Gladych. 1/48 Hasegawa P-47D with decals by Techmod. Bazooka tubes are from the Tamiya kit, wheels from True Details. I used Tamiya rattlecan British Dark Green and Medium [...]

Battle of Kasserine pass G.B. .Valentine tank ,Tamiya 1/35

by neil foster on February 24, 2018 · in Armor · 34 ≡

Here is my first of two contributions to this G.B. , let me start by thanking my (our) friend Dave for putting this together ,it's been fun I'm sure we'll all agree. The kit is Tamiya's new 1/35 Valentine tank and what a great kit it is, [...]

1/48 Tamiya P-47D “Nut Cracker” 405th FG

by Darren Dickerson on February 24, 2018 · in Aviation · 11 ≡

I am going back and revisiting some of my older P-47s and giving them additional weathering and tidy ups where possible. As we all know trying to work on finished models has it share of risk...I managed to snap the UC leg on this one [...]

Heller P-51D

by Eduardo Augusto Rodrigues Conci on February 23, 2018 · in Aviation · 5 ≡

Another simple kit, but great for training metal finish. This old 1/72 heller kit, given to me by a friend, is a classic Mustang P-51D "miss jackie". A little bit of putty in the joints, and let's go. This time I tried some [...]

Revell Mig 21F-13

by Eduardo Augusto Rodrigues Conci on February 23, 2018 · in Aviation · 9 ≡

Hello modeling friends, another classic jet of the cold war era. A Mig 21 F-13 from eastern Germany. A simple, yet pleasant Revell German kit on 1/72 scale. This time, a good workout for the difficult finishing in natural metal. I used [...]

Rest Models 1/48 Polikarpov I-5

by Tom Cleaver on February 23, 2018 · in Aviation · 11 ≡

A nice resin kit no longer in production but worth picking up if you run across it. From March 2005: Following the success of the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, and the consolidation of power in the Soviet Union in the early 1920s, the [...]