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1/700 scale Trumpeter Admiral Kuznetsov

by Mee Wan on September 16, 2018 · in Ships · 12 ≡

The Overall model kit: This Trumpeter kit was overall a satisfying kit given the generic qualities of the brand. The kit comes with detail sprues and includes the hull and main deck and armaments. The air group comes in transparent sprues [...]

National Naval Aviatin Museum, Pensacola Fla, Pt 2. Hangar Bay One,plus

by Robert Royes on September 15, 2018 · in Photo Collections · 14 ≡

Basically shots of more modern aircraft, that weren't in the main section. The actual name plate off the now scrapped Forrestal, and the memorial plaque honoring those that perished in the fire off Vietnam, it used to hang in the hangar [...]

National Naval Aviation Museum,Pensacola Fla. Part one, Flightline Ramp

by Robert Royes on September 15, 2018 · in Photo Collections · 6 ≡

Checked off an item from my bucket list, last weekend. Limited photos of the outside ramp, Jaime Carreon covered the other areas recently. One note, the C-130 is supposed to be the one that flew onto and of the Forrestal in the early [...]

Italeri (MPM) 1/72 Vickers Wellington Mk.X – RAF100 GB

by Tom Cleaver on September 15, 2018 · in Aviation · 8 ≡

Designed to a specification for a heavy bomber first issued in 1932, the first Wellington prototype flew in 1934. It was the second airplane to use the revolutionary geodetic construction system first created by Barnes Wallis for the R-100 [...]

1/72 Airfix P-47D

by Brian Riedel on September 15, 2018 · in Aviation · 4 ≡

My just completed Airfix 1/72 P-47D. I spruced it up with a prop, bombs and shackles, drop tank, possibly the engine (I forget), bazookas and decals from Tamiya kits. True Details wheels and cockpit, as well as scratch built wheel wells. [...]

Junkers D.I

by Artur Domanski on September 14, 2018 · in Aviation · 19 ≡

My first model from the Grat War Additives used Master Taurus The propeller was made by hand Painted Tamiya

Review: Beemax 1/20 Brabhan BT52 Review

by iModeler Youtube Picks on September 14, 2018 · in Aviation, Reviews

Diorama “Achtung Mosquito !” , Tamiya Kit 1:32

by Heinrich Kosior on September 14, 2018 · in Aviation · 25 ≡

Hi friends, after a year of construction I finished a diorama with Tamiya Mosquito in Scale 1:32 I try to portray my dioramas historically. In this case I have 8 books with photos of WW II helped ... Have fun ...

1/48 Airfix Lightning

by Malcolm Ireson on September 14, 2018 · in Aviation · 23 ≡

Calling this one done, not 100% happy with it, but that's more down to me than the kit.

iModeler Review: AFV Club 1/35 M54A2 5-ton Truck (35300) – Part 1

by Boris Rakic on September 14, 2018 · in Reviews · 9 ≡

AFV Club seems to have a knack for the “unsung heroes” of military hardware. The very first full kit they released back in the 90s was the M730 Chaparral, an anti-air missile system based on the M548 tracked cargo carrier. Talk about [...]