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Hasegawa 1/48 Saab J-35FS Draken in Finnish service

by Jarmo P on January 17, 2024 · in Aviation · 23 ≡

Finnish Air Force Draken (DK-271) Fighter Squadron 21 (HävLLv 21). Few pictures of Hasegawa Draken kit, build in year 2021. Drakens are in use during years 1976-2000 in Finland. All Finnish Drakens are interceptors without air-to-ground [...]

Hasegawa 1/48 Nagajima Ki84 TYPE4 FIGHTER HAYATE(FRANK) 10th Operational Flying Training Unit

by dagored on January 17, 2024 · in Aviation · 40 ≡

Hasegawa 1/48 scale kit I finished my personal favorite kit, which is one of Hasegawa's most well-made kits. We focused on the metal representation and weathering of the used fuselage to finish it. Riveted expressions are added throughout [...]

Academy 1/48 A-10C

by Mark P Hartig on January 16, 2024 · in Aviation · 34 ≡

The most trouble free aircraft model I've ever put together, I can't sing praise enough. The only AM are the seabelts, and I tossed in a few bombs I had lying about spare. Painted in Tammy Sea Grey and Dark Sea Grey with a black Flory's [...]

Revell 1/48 F-89J Scorpion

by Spiros Pendedekas on January 16, 2024 · in Aviation · 73 ≡

The origins of the F-89 (the name Scorpion came from the elevated tail and high-mounted horizontal stabilizers) can be traced back in summer 1945, when USAAF issued a specification for a twin engine night fighter to replace the P-61 Black [...]

1/32 Revell (ex Dragon) Bf 110G-2 with AIMS conversion

by Tolga ULGUR on January 16, 2024 · in Aviation · 23 ≡

Here is my 1/32 Revell (ex Dragon) Bf 110G-2 with AIMS conversion set from 5./ZG I in winter of 1943/44 based at Wels-Austria I have used Red Fox 3D interior decals, Quickboost exhausts, Master details pitot tube and Henri Dahne propeller [...]

Hasegawa TBF-1C Avenger

by Brian Powell on January 15, 2024 · in Aviation · 15 ≡

This is the 1/72-scale Hasegawa TBF/TBM 1-C Avenger from 1995. It's a quality kit: good surface detail and nice fit. My son built the Academy kit alongside me, and my impressions are that the Hasegawa has more detail in places, like [...]

Tora Tora Tora!

by Keith on January 15, 2024 · in Aviation · 47 ≡

This build took roughly a year to complete and features 3 Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft involved in the assault on Pearl Harbor. I discovered this kit from Hasegawa around the fall of 2022 and had a pretty rough time tracking it down. [...]

Academy 1/48 F-4J Phantom II

by Rafi Ben-Shahar on January 15, 2024 · in Aviation · 37 ≡

Academy's 1/48 Phantoms represent a good balance between accuracy, details and price. In addition the kit offers a wide range of armament options. The only thing the builder has to cope with are multi colored sprues.

The Class of 2023. Last year's completed builds.

by Frederick J Seitz III on January 15, 2024 · in Aviation · 13 ≡

Sorry to be late with this, but here are the completed builds from 2023. I managed seven total, and a couple other started, and hope to finish in the coming year. I was going to post the Spitfire from an earlier article, but, I did only [...]

Hasegawa, 1:48 Scale, Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Vb (Trop)

by Frederick J Seitz III on January 14, 2024 · in Aviation · 14 ≡

This is one of those kits that was removed from the infamous, "Shelf of Doom!". Those shelves are like opinions, and everybody's got one...(Among other things...;) "Shelf of Doom", "Bin of Shame", as model builders, we all [...]