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Invasion Stripes: Fl-19, F6F, MK-I

by gary sausmikat on June 6, 2024 · in Aviation · 12 ≡

Hi All, A contribution to the FL-19 mini group build...”Invasion Stripes”. F6F, MK-I, Hellcat E-L JV131 800 Squadron FAA HMS Emperor, September, 1944 Along with keeping to the group build parameters, I had two more personal objectives [...]

Invasion Stripes / Flight 19 "FJB" 164 Squadron RAF Hawker Typhoon Mk-1b, Revell 1/32 car door converted to a bubble top.

by Louis Gardner on June 6, 2024 · in Aviation · 8 ≡

"The Argentine Squadron" This is a kit that I have had in "Ye Olde Stash" for years now. I picked it up shortly after I got back into the hobby again, sometime around the mid 1990's. These markings are something that [...]

"Flt 19 Invasion Stripes" On this Day: 6 June 1944 D-Day-1/48th De Havilland Mosquito, USAAF, Europe

by Chuck A. Villanueva on June 6, 2024 · in Aviation · 11 ≡

It's the early morning, 6 June 1944, the Allies have finally commenced operation "Overlord" the invasion of mainland Europe. The Germans were expecting the Allies to start such an operation, just when and where. Yet they had [...]

Hasegawa 1/48 J35F/J Draken

by Rafi Ben-Shahar on June 6, 2024 · in Aviation · 10 ≡

Hasegawa's Draken is a very nice kit without building complications that looks like the real aircraft.

iModeler Review: Arma Hobby 1/48 P-39Q Airacobra

by Editor on June 5, 2024 · in Reviews · 16 ≡

Arma Hobby has just announced a 1/48 scale model kit of the Bell P-39Q Airacobra. This entirely new product is a welcome addition to the company's emerging quarter-scale range. I was privileged to examine the kit on the day of its public [...]

Volks IMS 1/100 TERROR MIRAGE

by dagored on June 5, 2024 · in Sci-fi · 6 ≡

Volks 1/100 scale kit. I put together Terror Mirage, the MH that appears in the comic, Five Star Stories. As a plastic model, the parts accuracy is a little difficult to achieve, but the kit is uniquely valuable in that it faithfully [...]

De Havilland DH 82 Tiger Moth / Queen Bee - Raul Hrubisko - 1/72

by Santiago Hrubisko on June 4, 2024 · in Aviation · 24 ≡

Hi to all, I want to share the final photos of our latest project. The De Havilland DH 82 Tiger Moth series. My father made all of them while I was doing the research behind each model. As always we would like to thank all the people who [...]

Colonel John S. Chennault's 'Bengal Tiger' P-40E, Adak, Alaska.

by Colin Latta on June 4, 2024 · in Aviation · 13 ≡

This is another Amtech 1/48 P-40E Warhawk, built at the same time as the Robert L. Scott one (Claire Chennault 'gifted' the former to Scott, and his son flew this one!). Every one of the 11 FS, 343 FG aircraft had a slightly different [...]

Viermot Jäger: Erich Hondt Fw 190 A-5 U/12 - 2.JG/11

by Pedro L. Rocha on June 4, 2024 · in Aviation · 19 ≡

Here’s my latest completion, Eduard FW 190 A-5 weekend box with a bundle option of the special (and very short lived in operational use) U/12 2x20mm cannon underwing pod, of their Brassin range. Unlike the plastic, the Brassin set is a [...]

New Mini Art M3 Stuart 1/35 scale

by Bill Koppos on June 4, 2024 · in Armor · 13 ≡

I have always liked light tanks as a type (I don't have to use one in combat), and have built quite a few. Always been a big fan of the little thing named after J.E.B. Stuart also. As soon as I saw this new release from Ukrainian Mini-Art [...]