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McLaren MP4/8 F1 car, Tamiya, 1/20

by George Williams on October 4, 2016 · in Automotive · 17 ≡

A couple of years ago I set myself a project of building a series of 1/20 scake McLaren Formula One cars. The first one, the MP4/4 Tamiya kit ground to a halt due my disappointment with the aftermarket carbon fibre decals I bought from [...]

Eduard 1/48th Spitfire Mk VIII

by Frank Steffens on October 4, 2016 · in Aviation · 13 ≡

This is Eduard's 1/48th Profipack boxing of the Spitfire Mk VIII finished as JF470, a squadron "hack" plane belonging to the 31st Fighter Group, 308th Fighter Squadron based at Fano, Italy in 1944. It is box stock with the [...]

Mi-2, The Suspicious Ambulance Helicopter (Smer 1/48)

by IT Lahtinen on October 4, 2016 · in Aviation · 12 ≡

Quite normal-looking old Russian Mi-2 helicopter is landing to the edge of the field. Only a bit bad red cross painting might get some more attention. Pilot is leaving the place in a black van. If you’re brave enough you can take a look [...]

Tamiya, 1/48 scale Panzerkampfwagen 38(t) Ausf. E/F

by Dennis Meyers on October 3, 2016 · in Armor · 8 ≡

Tamiya's quarter scale armor kits are awesome. This one is no exception. The fit is great and builds up like a dream. leaves lots of time for painting. I used everything in the toolbox to paint and weather...AK primers, Tamiya german [...]

IPMS South Africa Nationals

by Morne Meyer on October 3, 2016 · in Show Reports · 7 ≡

Some more photos to augment those posted by Marc.

IPMS Nationals South Africa 2016

by Marc Barris on October 3, 2016 · in Show Reports · 21 ≡

Hey Guy's, what a great week end, went to the Nationals with a mate of mine who loves to build armor, we traveled about 350Km to get to the venue at Bloemfontein, driving as carefully as we could as the back of my car was full of models, [...]

“WHERE IS JOE”

by Dirk Derks on October 3, 2016 · in Diorama · 15 ≡

The Creators: The diorama was made by Luc de Dapper, chairman of the Eeklo (Belgium) scale model club and Marc De Greave, famous in Belgium for its ability to create figurines, starting from a bended paperclip. The intention was to create [...]

What was the first kit?

by Simon Whitney on October 3, 2016 · in Uncategorized · 9 ≡

Well the long standing question of when the first model kit was produced can now be put to a date long before we thought. Extensive research has found this carving on the tomb of the Egyptian Pharaoh Modelshopoli. Which shows that the date [...]

Curtis P 40N Kittyhawk, A29-572, 78 Sqn RAAF Noemfoor Island 1944.

by Allan J Withers on October 3, 2016 · in Aviation · 12 ≡

1/72 Hasegawa, the first of my three kittyhawks so far, I fitted some brass tube and wire to the propeller, finished in MM enamels with MM 10000 and 30000 acrylics over Aussie decals, flown by Flt Sgt D A Smyth.

Boeing 747-8 (Revell, scale 1/144)

by Dmitry Ryzhenkov on October 3, 2016 · in Aviation · 18 ≡

Hello, dear colleagues! I present to you one of my recent projects. The quality of the kit is high. The only disappointment is the way of fixing of the engine turbines. The front fans are actually designed to rotate in the kit, but this [...]