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1/48 Fairey Gannet AS.1/4

by John Healy on February 21, 2024 · in Aviation · 35 ≡

This is the new Airfix kit which I was fortunate to receive as a surprise for Christmas from my wonderful wife. She heard me discussing it with a friend and lamenting that it probably wouldn’t get to the US til mid 2024. She found a [...]

1/32 Lockheed P-38 Lightning Trumpeter 02227

by Erik Kok on February 21, 2024 · in Aviation · 13 ≡

At the end of last year I finished this P-38 from Trumpeter. Not a very easy kit to build. There were almost no parts that fitted together without problems. A lot of filling, sanding and repairing lost surface details. If it had not been [...]

Meng 1/35 IDF Achzarit early version

by Rafi Ben-Shahar on February 21, 2024 · in Armor · 18 ≡

The Achzarit (cruel female) is an IDF conversion of captured T-54/5s chassis to carry and protect troops in fire intense battle conditions. Meng's Achzarit is a well-designed model that captures the ungainly lines of the troop carrier. The [...]

1/72 SBD-5 Dauntless – VB-16, April 1944.

by Michael Smith on February 21, 2024 · in Aviation · 11 ≡

“White 35” was a SBD-5 assigned to VB-16 on the USS Lexington (CV-16) in April 1944. It was flown by LTJG George Blacken & RM Leo Boulanger. I used a 1996 boxing of the Hasegawa SBD-5, which came with decals for White 45 of the [...]

A Battery of cannon?

by IAN Convey on February 20, 2024 · in Armor · 14 ≡

These are model scratch built cannon that I have put together over the past 50 years using scrap brass and timber off-cuts from the workshop. They are not to scale and are not type specific, just representative of an era. Photo 1&2 is [...]

Robinson R-44 ; Kovozávody Prostějov ; 1/72

by Konrad Sołtysiak on February 20, 2024 · in Aviation · 9 ≡

Today I want to present a model of Robinson R-44 in the colors of the Czech fire department. The model +/- in the painting from the box. The left sticker with the inscription "FIRE RESCUE TEAM" is in incorrect colour in the kit - [...]

1:8 scale diecast MF Te20 farm tractor model

by Charles King on February 20, 2024 · in Automotive · 18 ≡

My very first 1:8 scale dicast model. The details are beautiful and the weathering and painting were fun to do on such a big scale model like this farm tractor. The customer was satisfied with the results. I've added 'before' photos.

Two Kits for Ron

by Robert Knaack on February 20, 2024 · in Armor · 18 ≡

My neighbor Ron passed away recently. Ron was an interesting fellow - He grew up only a mile or so from where he died in this rural Iowa community, was an engineer in the Air Force (worked on the Hound Dog AGM), collected firearms, read [...]

Albatros D.III, Oeffag (153.106), 1:48, Eduard, Lt. Franz Gräser, Flik 61J, 18 victories

by Milan Tesař on February 19, 2024 · in Aviation · 20 ≡

I present another Oeffag model, this time from the 106 series. The propeller cone started to be removed from these series, due to constant problems with it falling off very often in flight. About the Albatross of the Austro-Hungarian Air [...]

A ‘George’, by George! Hasegawa 1/72 N1K2-J

by George Schembri on February 19, 2024 · in Aviation · 14 ≡

I don’t know how long I’ve had this kit, but Scalemates shows this ‘Blue B1’ boxing being released in 1980 (original tooling from 1977 – but it might even be an older Mania kit?). Impressive kit with very nice fit and nicely [...]