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Tamiya P-51B – Don Gentile’s “Shangri-La”

by Tom Cleaver on December 18, 2017 · in Aviation · 13 ≡

Don Gentile - The Most Controversial Ace When I sat down 30 years ago to write “the definitive fighter pilot screenplay” and chose as my subject the 4th Fighter Group in the Spring of 1944 during “The Great Ace Race,” with Don [...]

Seasons greatings to all!

by Robert Royes on December 18, 2017 · in Uncategorized · 13 ≡

Not a review but ,a little cheer here!

Year In Review 2017

by Greg Kittinger on December 18, 2017 · in Aviation · 21 ≡

Well, I started off the year with an experiment: a 2017 build plan (see here if interested: (link) ). I ended up completing 4 of the 11 proposed builds, and 7 total. I got distracted by group build opportunities and other surges of [...]

Dornier Do X, “Landing on Hudson River”, 1/144 Otaki

by Hongseob CHOI on December 18, 2017 · in Aviation · 21 ≡

The largest, heaviest, and most powerful flying boat in the world (1929) This is my only made diorama, still, that I've finished just a year ago. Dornier Do X in 1/144 scale. built by old Otaki's kit that I found from german collector. I [...]

1/48th Trumpeter Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23ML Iraqi Air Force January 1991, The Great Escape

by Chuck A. Villanueva on December 18, 2017 · in Aviation · 25 ≡

It's 5:00 Am in late January, Capt Ahmad Al-Saladi is still contemplating what he and his brothers are about to partake. 2 days prior the Iraqi Air force had launched a rather ambitious attack against coalition ground forces that had [...]

Review: Airfix 1/48 North American P-51D Mustang

by Stellan Schroeder Englund on December 17, 2017 · in Reviews · 33 ≡

This is a review of the new (2017) Airfix model kit of the ever popular P-51D Mustang in 1/48 scale. Box number is A05131. I suspect we don´t need to waste any time and space on the P-51 history so we go straight to the review. The kit is [...]

2017 A Year in review

by Marc Barris on December 17, 2017 · in Aviation · 34 ≡

I was looking at Rob's Post, and I actually thought that I built a few models, I actually only built 2...Quite shabby if I must say so. I was a great year, I tried scratch building, and I really enjoyed making something from [...]

Spitfire Mk.IXc

by Carmelo Rodrigo on December 17, 2017 · in Aviation · 12 ≡

The 1/48 Spitfire from Eduard A good model without problems, the only problem for me is the scale, I usually work with 1:32 and this is my first 1:48 is a gift for a colleague. He asked me at this scale for size issues. But for my eyes it [...]

1/48 F-8E Crusader VF-162

by Brian Scott on December 17, 2017 · in Aviation · 10 ≡

I give to you the 1/48 Hasegawa F-8E VF-162 . Painted with Tamiya and MRP paints. Decals was off the Afterburner Yankee Station Mig Killers . Nice to have another shelf of doom project finished [...]

Seasons greetings, a year in review and more!

by Rob Anderson on December 17, 2017 · in Uncategorized · 16 ≡

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and all that to all in iModeler land! I like doing year in review, so maybe you guys could post your years out put as well. Also I have made progress on my Devastator, scratch building interior parts. The [...]