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Devastation continues in the cockpit…and apparently Kate will be here for Christmas….

by Rob Anderson on November 26, 2017 · in Aviation · 6 ≡

Ok, maybe that was a stretch...nah...As I continued on my Monogram Devastator my Hasegawa Kate kept calling me from my stash, so I decided to do a dual build with both being Coral Sea birds. I will need to modify a 1/48 torp I have for [...]

Moebius Cylon Centurion 1/6 scale

by David Eaves on November 26, 2017 · in Sci-fi · 12 ≡

Started this one as part of a buddy build with 4 other guys, all building the same kit (either Moebius or Revell issue). Straight away, I wanted to change the OOB pose because I've always thought it looks weird! Took a fair amount of [...]

Video: Albatros D.III Oeffag - Josef Novak - Eduard 1:48 – ww1 aircraft model

by iModeler Youtube Picks on November 26, 2017 · in Uncategorized

Euro Scale Modelling 25 november 2017 IPMS The Netherlands

by Ferry Dierckxsens on November 26, 2017 · in Show Reports · 8 ≡

Yesterday 25th of november was our anual big event organised by IPMS the Netherlands. Euro Scale Modelling as it is called moved this year to a new and larger location. The Houten Expo near Utrecht has 3 large exhibition halls which where [...]

Airfix 1/48 Hawker Hurricane Mk.1

by Michael Booth on November 26, 2017 · in Aviation · 8 ≡

The newly tooled Hurricane is totally perfect and hardly no problems at all. Only issue I found is that the fiddly gun barrels that locate into their compartments go together with a touch of force and a snap. Decals are from cartograph and [...]

OKB Chelomey 16X Priboy, The first Soviet Cruise missile (1/48, Brengun)

by IT Lahtinen on November 26, 2017 · in Aviation · 12 ≡

The first Soviet cruise missile: Soviet pulse jet research got a big push in 1944 when they got a present from England - parts from V-1 missiles. Engineer Vladimir Chelomey was appointed the Director and Chief Designer of Plant N51 to [...]

F/A-18A “Blue Angels”, 1/72 Academy

by Hongseob CHOI on November 26, 2017 · in Aviation · 9 ≡

These shiny acrobatic team aircraft suddenly took my attention after I finished Red Arrows Hawk. and This is my recent build, US Navy's Blue Angels Hornet. I brushed all with Tamiya's acrylic blue. just because I wanted to try brushpaint [...]

Tamiya P-51Ds of the 357th FG

by Tom Cleaver on November 25, 2017 · in Aviation · 15 ≡

Here's Old Crow in the later scheme after the camouflage paint was removed. Also John B. England's "Missouri Armada" (with individual ID letter wrong - never trust decal instructions!) and Clarence Weaver's well-known [...]

Tamiya P-51Ds of the 354th Fighter Group

by Tom Cleaver on November 25, 2017 · in Aviation · 10 ≡

These were done around 2002-03. True Details cockpits and Falcon canopies. "Eagle" Glenn Eagleston was one of the original pilots in the "Pioneer Mustang" 354th Fighter Group and the group's top-scoring ace. [...]

Tamiya P-51Ds of the 361st Fighter Group

by Tom Cleaver on November 25, 2017 · in Aviation · 17 ≡

Two P-51Ds done around 15 years ago. "Lou IV," flown by group commander Thomas Christian, and "E2-S" flown by Urban Drew. Both kits done with the True Details resin cockpit and Falcon vacuform canopies. "E2-S" [...]