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by George Williams on December 11, 2017 · in Photo Collections · 14 ≡

Hi everybody, I’ve come across these pictures recently and wanted to share them with you as I know iModelers like looking at photographs, purely for research reasons of course. My nephew is currently at military college here and says he [...]

Revell 1:48 F-8E MiG Killer

by George Henderson on December 11, 2017 · in Aviation · 20 ≡

Known as the Fighting Checkmates and as the MiG Killers, with seven confirmed kills and one probable, including both the first and the last F-8 kill. VF-211 was second in MiG kills only to VF-96's F-4 Phantoms. Not a bad kit over all. I [...]

1/32 Revell (Hasegawa) Spitfire Mk.1A K9962

by Tolga ULGUR on December 11, 2017 · in Aviation · 19 ≡

Here is my 1/32 Revell-Hasegawa Spitfire Mk.1a finished with the markings of Farquhar's Mk.1a K9962. In fact this is re–issue of old Hasegawa’s hybrid release (ST14 in 2001) with Revell brand years ago. In this kit, Hasegawa produced [...]

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 [...]