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Pilatus PC 6 1/32 Scale Scratch build

by Marc Barris on October 23, 2017 · in Aviation · 15 ≡

The end is getting closer... I have started to paint the aircraft, It will be a model of a PC 6 that does geophysical surveying, the company, called NRG has its HO here in Cape Town, and they were kind enough to send me some walk around [...]

BAE Hawk Red Arrows 50th Anniversary, 1/72 Airfix

by Hongseob CHOI on October 23, 2017 · in Aviation · 13 ≡

This is my new finished work; the Red Arrows with splendid 50th anniversary Union jack marking on the tail! truely beautiful design. Well, It's hard to tell this is airfix's new tool. It's around 2012's and well fits overall but still need [...]

Aero L-26 Delfin – Mark 1 1/144

by Björn Leichsenring on October 23, 2017 · in Aviation · 7 ≡

My last finish. An Aero L-29 of the GDR. I used etchparts and the canopy from Mark 1, self made cockpit decals and wires to Detail the cockpit and seats. Painted with vallejo (metal).

Scale Model Challenge 2017

by Rob Pollock on October 23, 2017 · in Show Reports · 5 ≡

A few reposts from SMC 2017 in Eindhoven this past weekend.

Paper Models

by G. Ley on October 22, 2017 · in Diorama · 6 ≡

I cannot resist free paper models. Here are a few dioramas from my micro museum, featuring free, online offerings. The Japanese model is the carrier Akagi's island with deck. The cost of a 1/144 Aichi type 99 "Val" and B5N [...]

Hasegawa 1/48 P-39Q 100th Fighter Squadron

by Tom Bebout on October 22, 2017 · in Aviation · 19 ≡

I'm been wanting to do the various planes flown by the Tuskegee Airman and this is the second one I've completed. The first was a P-40L "Ace of Pearls" which I posted here several years ago. Like most Tuskegee aircraft this one [...]

Nord 2501 Noratlas 1/72 Heller

by neil foster on October 22, 2017 · in Aviation · 37 ≡

Well as always I am good to my word, I said I'd build the kit my peers picked and so here it is and it has not been easy. Because of the way the kit is constructed it is possible to build the fuselage completely before moving on to the [...]

Stalingrad Revisited

by Rob Pollock on October 22, 2017 · in Figures · 14 ≡

In Headlines three years ago, nearly to the week, I posted this Jeff Shiu Miniatures 120mm resin figure of a German Grenadier at Stalingrad; I was never happy with the painting. Since then, my figure painting skills have improved somewhat, [...]

Scale Model Challenge 2017 Veldhoven The Netherlands

by Ferry Dierckxsens on October 22, 2017 · in Show Reports · 14 ≡

Hello everyone, I like to share some pictures I've made during my visit at the Scale Model Challenge 2017 in Veldhoven, near Eindhoven in the Netherlands. With just one hour driving away from where I live it was easy to visit this show, [...]

Year of the cat: tiger on the tail

by George Williams on October 21, 2017 · in Aviation · 27 ≡

Here's my second contribution to this great group build, it's Great Wall's 1/48 Mig-29 limited edition kit Slovak Air Force 2014 Special Painting "digital camouflage with Tiger on Tail" 2014/2016. Jack Mugan posted a similar [...]