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2017……………. A modeling Year in Review.

by Louis Gardner on December 25, 2017 · in Uncategorized · 43 ≡

This year was a great building year for me...better than most, and quite possibly the best ever... This was thanks mostly to several Group Builds that were part of this year. I want to take this time to thank everyone involved here. [...]

A year in Review 2017-

by Chuck A. Villanueva on December 25, 2017 · in News · 24 ≡

This year by far was the most satisfying when it came to actually building and completing projects. Not only getting close to building what I had planned but a few more as well unplanned builds when GB's were announced. Such as the Midway [...]

Sd.Kfz 173 Jagdpanther – X-mas gift

by Martin Dytrych on December 25, 2017 · in Armor · 10 ≡

I was pure airplanes kits builder. But I want to make my son happy so I build him some tanks who he can put into his display and collect - maybe even play with them. So, I bought some really cheap kits from Revell. This is the second one - [...]

Mr Ugly, a mail delivery van with a sting

by Stellan Schroeder Englund on December 25, 2017 · in Automotive · 23 ≡

Had an AMT Ford ´40 Delivery van in 1/25 scale lying in my cellar since 2005. The quality wasn´t great and I had lost my heart finishing it right after opening the box more than a decade ago. The good side of this I had a fresh start [...]

2017, a look in the rear view mirror...

by Frederick J Seitz III on December 25, 2017 · in Uncategorized · 11 ≡

Hello fellow plastic-hedz! Merry Christmas to everyone! 2017 has been a better year than I thought it was going to be. Six completions, and one at about 95%. I hope to have her done too, bringing the total up to seven. However, [...]

Xmas Greetings.

by Simon Whitney on December 24, 2017 · in Uncategorized · 22 ≡

Well , just to wish all you out there a wonderful holiday period. My build rate this year has been non existent, due to all types of things happening. But there are 4 on the go now, so hope to post some pics over the Xmas break. Take care [...]

Mitsubishi A6M2b, Model 21, Type 0, Reisen or “Zero”

by Frederick J Seitz III on December 24, 2017 · in Aviation · 11 ≡

Finally finished this Hasegawa 1:48 scale A6M2b, Type 21, Model 0. I found the overall build to be decent. Great in some spots and a somewhat, pain in the arse in others. While detail in the cockpit, engine and wheel bay are very [...]

Albatros D.III OEF

by Matija Lisec on December 24, 2017 · in Aviation · 12 ≡

Ola As promised, the last one to leave the hangar for this year, an Eduard Albatros D.III in 1:48 My first stringbag to date, had some struggles but not too bad as such. The pics are...bad 🙂 But I CBA to do them better at this point, so [...]

Part 1. Pilatus PC Mk 21, 1/32 scale, Scratch Build

by Marc Barris on December 24, 2017 · in Aviation · 16 ≡

Here are the first build pictures of the PC Mk 21, What I did first was trace all the rib sections and fuselage halves onto tracing paper and transfer them to a sheet of plastic card. Once I completed that I started to cut everything out [...]

History gets saved at the last minute

by Tom Cleaver on December 24, 2017 · in News · 27 ≡

Was up at the LHS this afternoon reading "airplane porn mags" and found out that last year the second-oldest C-119 "flying boxcar" was up for sale as aluminum scrap, when the AF Museum discovered it was the [...]