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F-4K Phantom Royal Navy in scale 1-72 from Fujimi (GROUP BUILD)

by Dirk Derks on August 13, 2016 · in Aviation · 16 ≡

History: The Royal Navy received 48 Phantoms. In service 30th april 1968, retired 27 november 1978. Due to its seize, operations were limited to HMS Eagle and HMS Ark Royal. The twin reheating Rolls-Royce powered F4K Phantom had some [...]

Academy Sherman tank dio 1/48 “Fury-esque”

by neil foster on August 13, 2016 · in Armor · 13 ≡

Last year I saw the utterly dreadful "Fury" starring Brad Pitt(s) and although the movie was so awful I did like the tank and decided to have a little change from what I normaly build,I don't know if I used the correct version of [...]

Bell X-1, 1/32 Revell

by neil foster on August 13, 2016 · in Aviation · 20 ≡

I bought this kit at a club day just as everyone was packing up ,why ?,because I didn't want to go home empty handed and instantly regretted it ,so anyway it came home with me and sat on the shelf of hasty decisions for a while while I [...]

F-4F Phantom (Revell, AirDoc, 1:32)

by Christian Ristits on August 13, 2016 · in Aviation · 16 ≡

This build was made for a collector in germany. He likes the F-4 very much, as he was living near an airfield base in earlier times. He wants me to build exactly this aircraft before it has gone to a museum-hangar. It was a big challenge, [...]

Kinetic (Vintage Fighter) 1/24 P-47D Razorback Thunderbolt

by Michael Benolkin on August 12, 2016 · in Aviation · 28 ≡

This was a fun project despite the glitches in the instructions. It took longer to complete than I had planned, but I had the opportunity to use this project to try out a variety of tools and techniques. All I can suggest with this project [...]

Review: Revell 1/72nd Millennium Falcon – Finemolds review

by iModeler Youtube Picks on August 12, 2016 · in Aviation, Reviews

Fly 1/32 Hawker Hurricane IIc

by Tom Cleaver on August 12, 2016 · in Aviation · 3 ≡

No particular story to go with this one. Xtradecals 1/32 Hurricane Part 1 sheet used to do an airplane of 213 "Hornet" Squadron in the Western Desert, spring 1942, mostly chosen because I liked the hornet insignia on the [...]

'Where's the tanker!' KA-6D Intruder

by Robert Royes on August 12, 2016 · in Aviation · 9 ≡

Fujimi 1/72 Intruder tanker, used kit decals for VA-75, a sometime stablemate of VF-31, on Saratoga with CVW-3. It needed a lot of filler around the intakes. Two glaring mistakes I made was the off kiltered refueling probe.and the loose [...]

Marine F4U-5

by Robert Royes on August 12, 2016 · in Aviation · 11 ≡

This my 1/72 Revell [Italeri]? F4U-5, using kit decals, rattlecan Nav.sea blue. I recently read that the nose is too short for the dash 5?

Tamiya’s 1:48 Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat

by Drew Tarter on August 11, 2016 · in Uncategorized · 24 ≡

I used the terrific 1:48 scale Tamiya kit to build "White 23", the F4F-4 that Lt. Cdr. John Thatch flew on June 4, 1942 during the battle of Midway. Thatch flew this plane, BuNo 5093, when he shot down three Zeros in one of the [...]