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2016, some thoughts

by Robert Royes on December 27, 2016 · in Uncategorized · 9 ≡

I was contemplating reviewing my builds I've shared with you this past year but I've realized between the old builds, rebuilds and strictly new builds that I've posted a lot, maybe to much, and I've only been on the site for one year. Any [...]

A Year In Builds – 2016

by Greg Kittinger on December 27, 2016 · in Aviation · 10 ≡

I knew I would finish at least one of the 3 in-progress builds during the Christmas break, so wanted to wait until I got that done to add to the "year in the life of a modelaholic" mania sweeping iModeler this December! With my [...]

Well 2016 is almost gone so....the 2016 output.

by Bill Koppos on December 27, 2016 · in Uncategorized · 12 ≡

Wait a minute! 2016 just freakin got here! It's gone already? Sheesh. I hear that the explanation is at 10 years old, a year is only 1/10 of your life BUT at 61 a year is only a lousy 1/61th of it, therefore they Whoosh by. I do buy that [...]

RAF P-47s

by George Henderson on December 27, 2016 · in Aviation · 8 ≡

Not totally oddball but 2 1/48 P-47s that served with the 73OTU in Fayid, Egypt,1945. The razorback was a Monogram kit and the bubbletop was Academy. Decals by LPS Decals "British Thunderbolts" and Iliad Decals "RAF [...]

AviationUSK 1/72 VL Myrsky II

by Greg Kittinger on December 27, 2016 · in Aviation · 11 ≡

I enjoy old kits and unusual subjects, and this one fit both bills! This was an old AviationUSK bagged kit. Soft plastic, not a lot of parts, vac-formed canopy (which I'm not a real fan of), and butt joints. It also had engraved panel [...]

1/48 Airfix B.P Defiant Mk.I

by Michal Walusz on December 27, 2016 · in Aviation · 11 ≡

Hello Folks My latest and last in 2016 completed build. This time Defiant Mk.I from Airfix in 1/48 scale. Pretty nice kit maybe the panel lines a little bit soft and out of scale, but goes together no problem it all. Decals I used for this [...]

Water Wings GB – Be-200ChS Altair

by Sebastijan Videc on December 27, 2016 · in Aviation · 20 ≡

Beriev Design Bureau was established in 1934 and is the synonym for the amphibian aircraft not only in Russia but on the world level as well. While most of the amphibians were propeller driven like WW2 era MBR-2 and Cold War Be-6 [...]

1/48 Tamiya F4U-1 Birdcage Corsair “Daphne C” Bureau number 03829, VMF-213, Captain James Cupp

by Louis Gardner on December 26, 2016 · in Aviation · 32 ≡

Tonight's article is about the second F4U from my very first article here on Imodeller. This one is hot off the work bench. It's one of 3 early Corsair builds that I had going on at the same time. Two were by Tamiya and one was from [...]

DH Vampire T.55

by IAN JACKSON on December 26, 2016 · in Aviation · 12 ≡

Well here's a thing, I finished an Airfix Vampire too ! Built for the RNZAF 80th Anniversary GB over at Kiwi Modeller, the Airfix T.11/T.55 is quite simply a delight. Construction is virtually vice-free with only a 'smear' of putty here [...]

de Havilland DH 100 F1 Vampire, A78-1, ARDU RAAF Point Cook Vic 1947.

by Allan J Withers on December 26, 2016 · in Aviation · 16 ≡

1/72 Airfix, my second Vampire, I modified and replaced a few things, finished in Tamiya and MM enamels with Future and Matt Cote or Micro flat over kit and spare Aussie decals.