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UH-60A 82 Airborne divisionDesert Storm-Hasegawa 1/72

by Roberto Colaianni on May 15, 2017 · in Diorama · 11 ≡

Since the whole wip has been published here: (link) , I will not add much word. Is is a work made on hurry for a friend, who chose subject. I'm not very happy of it, not a bad build, but to my opinion is missing "THE STORY" I [...]

Tribute to the Princeton and the men and Hellcats of VF 27

by david leigh-smith on May 15, 2017 · in Aviation · 25 ≡

The USS Princeton (CVL-23) was lost on October 24th, 1944 at the battle of Leyte Gulf, after a single bomb hit the aft elevator and several 'locked and loaded' Avengers. Eight F6F's from Fighting 27 were on patrol and engaged around 80 [...]

Tradicional SLOVENIJA competition SMV 2017, KRANJ, SLOVENIJA

by P.k on May 15, 2017 · in Show Reports · 13 ≡

For years, fans of plastic kit builders attend to an already traditional spring contest in city Kranj in Slovenia. It is organized by a strong association club SMV (Small in World) with headquarters in Kranj in the appropriate area of the [...]

1/48 Academy Hughes 500D…OR….Does Anyone Want Some Reese’s Pieces?

by Josh Patterson on May 14, 2017 · in Uncategorized · 24 ≡

Here is a model I've been wanting to try for a while. I have always loved the little Hughes 500. Fast, agile and very smart looking, especially when painted up like a box of Reese's Pieces! I have a hard time thinking of a better paint [...]

1/700 IJN Isokaze

by Won-hui Lee on May 13, 2017 · in Ships · 32 ≡

Idea for a new group build with Aircraft, Armor, Automobiles and what have you: “Year of the Cat”…

by Louis Gardner on May 13, 2017 · in News · 71 ≡

We have our Midway Group Build that is scheduled to finish around the 75th anniversary of the battle, which ran from June 3rd through the 7th. We have made provisions that allow for projects to be posted after the deadline, to allow for [...]

Lightning in June

by david leigh-smith on May 13, 2017 · in Aviation · 35 ≡

We have all been there. A model just fights and fights every inch of the way and sometimes just seems to say, "you aren't really much good at this hobby, why not try golf, or knitting? Something less... skillful". This was that [...]

Me-109 in 6 variants

by Giannopoulos Ioannis on May 13, 2017 · in Aviation · 8 ≡

Hi, After being lazy for one year or so, I decided to start building a part of my collection from my favorite Me-109. I have some 18 kits from various firms. The first 6 you can see below, are the most ‘’simple’’ and built them to [...]

Fw-190D-9 Tamiya

by Dionyssis Vakalas on May 13, 2017 · in Aviation · 14 ≡

Hi everyone ! This is my latest completion , the old but excellent tamiya kit . This was my first riveting effort ( about 10 years ago ) and for that i used a needle and not a riveting tool. I didn't like the way it turned out so i [...]

The unusual

by jim wasley on May 12, 2017 · in Aviation · 20 ≡

There has been some talk about something different on some of my feed backs well this fits the bill,its a 1/32 bf109,a friend gave me the kit sometime back and I I mostly build aircraft in 1/72.I saw something like this in an Aussie mag,so [...]