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Airfix 1/48 Sea Fury

by Tom Cleaver on April 19, 2018 · in Aviation · 23 ≡

Since there is some kind of "glitch" at Modeling Madness (under repair I am told) I am posting this earlier than usual. The Airplane: Had the Hawker Sea Fury arrived on the scene one year earlier than it did, its place in history [...]

J-22 Orao wooden desk top models 1/35

by Zoran Sivcev on April 19, 2018 · in Aviation · 4 ≡

here are just finished two models of ex Yugoslav J-22 Orao

Tulsa Modeler’s Forum Contest and Show

by Greg Kittinger on April 19, 2018 · in Show Reports · 8 ≡

We had our annual contest last weekend, and it was a great success. 47 modelers from OK, TX, AR, MO, and TN entered 213 models. Not a huge show by international standards, but for "flyover country" in the USA, very nice! I [...]

Review: Rye Field Models 1/35 Panther G review

by iModeler Youtube Picks on April 19, 2018 · in Aviation, Reviews

“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 [...]