NASA Archival Flight Footage – Now Released
I saw this posted in one of my blog feeds yesterday, and thought I'd pass it along. NASA has basically posted up (or is in the process of completing the postings) of over 500 new videos of archival historical flight footage. Here's a [...]
1/35 Tamiya KV-1 Russian tank with Bolt on Armor
This KV-1 was a monster of a tank for it's time... and it caught the Germans by nasty surprise when they first encountered them in combat on the Eastern Front. In fact this tank is probably one of the reasons (along with the smaller / [...]
Video: GWH 1/48 T-33A Shooting Star
Better late than never, eh?
iModeler about to hit 2000!
I just noticed that our amazing band of brothers is about to hit 2000 strong. Only five more members to go (could we send a model to number 2000?).
Anyway, after noting this, I really just wanted to send out a huge thanks to Martin for [...]
TAMIYA 1/6 scale KAWASAKI KZ1300 B TOURING
The model of the Kawasaki KZ1300 B Touring motorcycle finally arrived. Needless to say I wasted almost no time in opening the package. I did a visual inventory before opening the plastic bags. The, one by one, I opened them to make [...]
1/48 Pro Modeler P-47N “Too Big – Too Heavy, Short Snorter” 333rd FS / 318st FG, Ie Shima
Having been inspired by Neil Foster's recent P-47 build (which is excellent), and as a follow up on my last two P-47 postings, as promised, here's my rendition of the "Pro Modeler" kit.
I built this kit when it was first [...]
SU-2 ,Scale not sure, maker ....no Idea
Some of you may remember my request recently for help with this kit,just to quickly recap I bought a PR Spitfire kit (Fujimi) at a club day and found the box also contained this little oddball kit ,it appeared to be moulded from recycled [...]
P-47N “Chautaugua” Revell 1/48
Here is the second of my Revell P47n Thunderbolts,it was a fun little build though not particularly inspiring ,I improved the kit by adding True details gun barrels and wheels and an aftermarket decal set from Warbirds.Chautaugua was based [...]
