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Tamiya 1/16 WWII German Machine Gunner.

by Robert Collins on December 11, 2017 · in Figures · 12 ≡

These Tamiya 1/16 plastic figures are really well made with good definition and assembly and all at a good price. All my figures up to now have been brush painted with Tamiya acrylics because theyre my paint of choice for the airbrush, but [...]

Charles M. McCorkindale’s P-51B

by Tom Cleaver on December 10, 2017 · in Aviation · 13 ≡

Tamiya P-51B to do the P-51B "Betty Jane" flown by Charles M. McCorkindale, CO of the 31st Fighter Group in Italy, around June 1944 at the end of the Battle of Ploesti. McCorkindale joined the USAAC in 1936 and flew P-26s with [...]

The Golden Age of Modeling

by David A. Thomas on December 10, 2017 · in Uncategorized · 19 ≡

This is about a model I want to build. As my profile indicates, I am a college professor. This past semester I was chatting with one of my students, one Andrew Schaffner, himself a veteran of Afghanistan. He mentioned that his grandfather [...]

Azerbaijani Su-17M3 'Fitter-H'

by Sebastijan Videc on December 10, 2017 · in Aviation · 33 ≡

Hi everyone! Here's my latest finished project, the Modelsvit 1:72 Su-17M3 built in the interesting splinter camo of Azerbaijani Air Force. ukhoi Su-17 series developed from the fixed wing Su-7 – the latter having poor low speed [...]

1/32 Silver Wings Boeing Stearman.

by Steve Cook on December 10, 2017 · in Aviation · 41 ≡

Hi everyone, I'm a newbie here and hope to post some nice builds for you, hope you like this one. This was a great kit for me to build. This 1/32 Silver-wings kit comes with very nice photo-etched parts and reinforced struts. The kit is [...]

Spitfire PR Mk.XI (Attack Squadron 1/72)

by Dmitry Stropalov on December 10, 2017 · in Aviation · 10 ≡

And here is another one Spitfire from my side! This time, it's a late and rare PR version, Mk.XI from Attack Squadron in 1/72 scale. This is a full resin kit with PE parts and vacuform canopy. Kit itself is great, decals are not so great, [...]

1/48 Mauve P-40M RNZAF

by Tom Bebout on December 10, 2017 · in Aviation · 21 ≡

Finished this kit couple of months ago and don't know why I hadn't posted it. Spent some time looking for a P-40M kit, Mauve is belly up, and the Eduard and Hasegawa versions seem to be out of production right now. Pretty sure both Eduard [...]

1/48 Nakajima “Shoki” Ki-44 II Hei (Tojo) 47th Sentai

by Louis Gardner on December 9, 2017 · in Aviation · 31 ≡

It's been a while since I have posted anything... I have been rather busy building several projects in the "Year of the Cat" GB, as well as the "Kasserine Pass" GB too. So here is one that I built way back in the late [...]

iModeler Awards – November

by Boris Rakic on December 9, 2017 · in News · 20 ≡

Once again it's time for the editorial review of the last month's highlights. 202 new entries were posted to the Headlines in November, prompting no less than 2,684 comments and a record-breaking 122,674 individual article views. All [...]

A visit to the National Museum of Naval Aviation, Part 4

by Jaime Carreon on December 9, 2017 · in Aviation · 14 ≡

This is the last batch of photos from my November visit. Two pleasant surprises occurred on this one. The first was happening to be there on the day the Blue Angels were doing their practice session for their final show of the year at [...]