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Hasegawa 1/72 SBD-2 Dauntless @ Midway

by Greg Kittinger on June 3, 2017 · in Aviation · 14 ≡

What began as an OOB build turned into something a bit more complex. I had 2 SDB's in the stash to pick from for the Midway group build, and selected the Hasegawa SDB-3. The Midway decal set I was able to secure for it was for a Marine [...]

1/32nd MiG-29G 'Polish Air Froce'

by Thomas Probert on June 3, 2017 · in Aviation · 6 ≡

I picked up this long out of production single-seat Revell 1/32nd MiG-29A cheap recently, and fancied doing a Polish version so also ordered a set of Decals from Techmod. I built this more or less out of the box, but did close the upper [...]

Midway Group Build 1/48 AMT P-40E Aleutian Tiger

by Tom Bebout on June 3, 2017 · in Aviation · 11 ≡

Hand salute to Louis Gardner for organizing this build and to Chuck Villanueva for the fine introduction to the Midway reveal. And to Martin and staff for maintaining this excellent modeling web site. Well done gentleman. My subject is one [...]

Review: EDUARD 1/48 MESSERSCHMITT Bf 109F ROYAL CLASS video preview

by iModeler Youtube Picks on June 3, 2017 · in Reviews

A short video preview... Excellent Eduard Royal class Bf 109F dual combo in 48nd scale. Thanks for watching! All the best! Dusan.

i Modeler presents Battle of Midway Group Build 75th Anniversary 2017

by Chuck A. Villanueva on June 3, 2017 · in News · 19 ≡

First I want to thank Martin and his team for this amazing site to share our love of creating miniatures of armor, aviation, ships, figures, automobiles, sci fi and other subjects of interest. Also Louis Gardner, the moderator of the [...]

Friendship 7 MA-6. Atomic City Mercury Spacecraft in 1/12 Scale

by Wayne Landis on June 2, 2017 · in Space · 7 ≡

This is a build of the Atomic City Mercury Spacecraft in 1/12 scale. The escape tower is also included but I wanted to do an in-orbit configuration. The model represents MA-6, Friendship 7 and the first orbital Mercury flight. John [...]

Coral Sea, Part Three: Douglas SBD-3, Dauntless

by Frederick J Seitz III on June 2, 2017 · in Aviation · 7 ≡

Part Three, is Accurate Miniatures, AWESOME 1:48 scale kit of this famous dive bomber. It is in the markings of the aircraft flown from USS Lexington, by Ens John A Leppla, and John Liska, for attacks against IJN Shoho on 7 May, and IJN [...]

Coral Sea; Part Two... Aichi D3A1, Type 99, Carrier Bomber

by Frederick J Seitz III on June 2, 2017 · in Aviation · 5 ≡

Part Two, is the 1:48 scale Hasegawa kit, and it is in the markings of an aircraft flown from IJN Zuikaku, by Lt. Tomatsu Ema, (Pilot) with W/O Azuma, (Gunner).

Coral Sea, Part One: Mitsubishi A5M4, Type 96, Carrier Fighter...

by Frederick J Seitz III on June 2, 2017 · in Aviation · 9 ≡

With the Battle of Midway Group Build being close to it's reveal, I thought it would be proper to also include the "Other" carrier battle that took place, only a month earlier, in the Coral Sea. Much of what occurred during [...]