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HMB Endeavour Diorama Project

by Rob Pollock on February 18, 2018 · in Ships · 24 ≡

This is a project I've been working on a couple of months now. It's Mantua's 1/60 model of the Bark Endeavour, which I'm developing into a diorama. I bought the kit in an online auction for £30; it still retails for £160+ so it may seem [...]

Witold Lanowski’s P-47M of the 56th fighter Group

by Tom Cleaver on February 18, 2018 · in Aviation · 6 ≡

Writing in the "Flight Journal," P-47 special issue, famed Grumman test pilot Corky Meyer - the last actual "airplane guy" to head a major airplane company - named the P-47 Thunderbolt the "best fighter of World [...]

Video: Custom Blade for Creating Recessed Detail

by iModeler Youtube Picks on February 17, 2018 · in Aviation

This video explains how to make a custom blade for creating a recessed edge for scale modeling.

Video: Creating Engraved and Raised Surface Detail

by iModeler Youtube Picks on February 17, 2018 · in Aviation

This video presents several methods for engraving and adding on raised panel detail on scale modelsE

Video: Creating Raised Panel Surface Detail

by iModeler Youtube Picks on February 17, 2018 · in Aviation

This video explains two methods for creating raised panel surface detail on scale models.

The First Time

by G. Ley on February 17, 2018 · in Aviation · 31 ≡

How many remember their first time? No, not that first time, but the first time you sat down with a model kit. Well here is my first time. I was about the age of my avatar when my mother purchased this Aurora kit for me. It was the late [...]

Year of the Cat Group Build: BF 109 E4/7 Trop, Tamiya 1/48, ‘Yellow 6’ – Hans Joachim Marseille – in ‘Leopard Camo’

by Paul Barber on February 17, 2018 · in Aviation · 36 ≡

The mentality of those whose families fought and suffered on the ‘right side of history’ is often, understandably, to automatically consign those fighting on the other side, to a pigeon hole that does not allow for admiration. During [...]

Video: Mini Spray Guns for Scale Modeling

by iModeler Youtube Picks on February 17, 2018 · in Aviation

This video presents three different types of miniature spray guns that are useful in painting scale models. Mini spray guns can be an airbrush, conventional spray gun, or HVLP type. This video explains the differences and uses of each. [...]

SAAF Saab JAS 39 Gripen C -- 48th scale kit by Kitty Hawk (kit no. KH80117)

by Ray Theron on February 16, 2018 · in Aviation · 14 ≡

This was the third of my South African Air Force jet builds. The kit gave me virtually no issues, apart from the dive brakes not fitting too well in the closed position. Finish is good and the surface detail is fine. Paints used were Mr [...]

Year of the Cat Group Build. 1/48 scale Tamiya F4F-4 Wildcat

by Terry Schuler on February 16, 2018 · in Aviation · 22 ≡

When Louis announced this group project I had already been eyeballing my trusty old Tamiya kit that had been sitting on shelf for some time. This was just the excuse I needed to get it going. I choose to go with the classic pre-war/early [...]