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IPMS Race City May Meeting

by Bruce Lewerenz on May 22, 2017 · in News · 3 ≡

Another great club meeting yesterday. 13 members attended with some outstanding show and tell models on display. We reviewed the excellent IPMS Region 12 contest held in Denver, NC several week ago which by the way the Race City club won [...]

Video: Porsche 917 Gulf 24 Hours of Le Mans Fuijimi 1/24 - car model

by iModeler Youtube Picks on May 21, 2017 · in Uncategorized

Vought F4U-4 Corsair, Hasegawa 1/48

by Jaime Carreon on May 21, 2017 · in Aviation · 16 ≡

First completed build of the year. It wasn't supposed to take this long! Having pulled this one out of the stash last November thinking it would be a quick build, I wasn't expecting life to intervene as much as it did. This is the old [...]

Louisville Show

by Tom Bebout on May 20, 2017 · in Show Reports · 10 ≡

Traveled down the Ohio River from Cincinnati with some modeling buddies and spent some time at the Military Modelers Club of Louisville annual show. Two hundred plus models on the tables in just about any category you can imagine.Below is [...]

1/35 Valentine Tank

by jim wasley on May 20, 2017 · in Armor · 17 ≡

Hot off the spray booth this morning,burnt my fingers on the exhaust still that hot.It`s a Bronco model kit,I saw this kit in a mag sometime back,and I like anything with a fuel tank on the outside,it went together quite well,nice interior [...]

Bell X 1, 46062, USAF Muroc Air Base California 1947.

by Allan J Withers on May 19, 2017 · in Aviation · 18 ≡

1/72 Hobbycraft, almost OOB, I replaced the pitots with brass wire, finished in Floquil F110030 and MM enamels with Tamiya X22 over kit and other decals, built 2007. This aircraft named "Glamorous Glennis" flown by Captain [...]

1/72 scale ESCI F-5

by Bruce Lewerenz on May 19, 2017 · in Aviation · 16 ≡

Sometimes you just have to...

1/72 Airfix Fairey Swordfish Mk.1

by Phil Steele on May 18, 2017 · in Aviation · 31 ≡

Despite being busy (like a long tailed cat in a rocking chair factory) I got another one finished ! It's OOB with some scratch built items and general repairs, mostly the result of brittle plastic. Rigged with pre-blackened 2 lb test [...]

F-100D Super Sabre 'Pahodee Tiger'

by IAN JACKSON on May 18, 2017 · in Aviation · 27 ≡

Hello all. So here's my just completed Trumpeter 1:48 'Hun'. What a kit !, simply fell together with almost no input from me. Only additions are a Quickboost seat and Eduard pre-painted etch set for the pit - neither of which are actually [...]

Kitty Hawk F9F-8P Photo Cougar

by Marvin Reyes on May 18, 2017 · in Aviation · 38 ≡

Here's my take on the Kitty Hawk F9F-8P Cougar (1/48th). I originally was going to do the VF-61 fighter version, however, I messed-up by adding the intake spltter plate, before I realized that this version did not have the splitter. I [...]