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The newest airplane nut meets Steve Hinton

by Tom Cleaver on February 4, 2017 · in Aviation · 9 ≡

Grand nephew Nathan Elster, who really likes Planes of Fame Air Museum,spent his 8th birthday watching Steve Hinton fly the museum's P-38, and then he got to meet Steve. He also liked the new P-40M/Kittyhawk III restoration

1:72 Polikarpov I-3, from Small Stuff [video]

by Editor on February 4, 2017 · in Aviation · 4 ≡

(link) Can't help but marvel at Tom Grigat's stop-motion modeling videos at Youtube. This time he goes really tiny with 1:72 Polikarpov I-3, a fine resin kit from Small Stuff. Enjoy. The same kit has been built recently by Pavel [...]

1/48 Tamiya British 7ton Armored car MK.IV

by Brian Scott on February 4, 2017 · in Armor · 5 ≡

My first build for 2017 finally complete. I really love the 1/48 Tamiya Armored Vehicles . Finished with Tamiya paints 🙂 Brian

1/35 Tamiya early Tiger I, Tiger Ace “Michael Whittmann” Ost Front

by Louis Gardner on February 3, 2017 · in Armor · 29 ≡

Here's a few pictures of one of my earlier Tiger builds. This one was built about 10 years ago. I used the available Tamiya brand individual track links for this build, since I'm not a big fan of the one piece vinyl ones that came with [...]

Bataan

by Thomas Sweeney on February 3, 2017 · in Diorama · 7 ≡

The Battle of Bataan (7 January 9 April 1942) was a battle that represented the most intense phase of Imperial Japan'sinvasion of the Philippines during World War II. In January 1942, forces of the Imperial Japanese Army and Navy invaded [...]

General Dynamics F-16XL,Monogram 1/72

by Robert Royes on February 3, 2017 · in Aviation · 9 ≡

Got this online awhile back, I think its been in my current stash the longest. Always liked the aircraft, built it wheels up because some of the gear pieces were broken , replaced missing wing tip missile rails ,loaded out for air to air, [...]

Hasegawa 1/72 scale P-51B

by Terry Schuler on February 3, 2017 · in Aviation · 22 ≡

Most of us who build World War II aircraft, started out being interested in the ace's. Therefore most of us have cranked out a Don Gentile "Shangri-La" P-51B. As the story goes, Don Gentile slammed his beloved aircraft into the [...]

1/6 Scale Tamiya Harley-Davidson AMF Electra-Glide FLH1200

by Harry Brogan on February 1, 2017 · in Automotive · 4 ≡

Recently acquired this one and, since it's a hard-to-find kit I'll be building this one with some special attention to details. While searching for a release date for this kit I discovered that it is not listed any longer on the Tamiya [...]

75th Anniversary of the “Battle of Midway” Group build started…

by Louis Gardner on February 1, 2017 · in News · 16 ≡

It's official! Everyone is invited! I received enough interest to go ahead and start the Midway build. I wanted to give us all a good amount of time needed for our selections, research, and building, so I started it about 5 months ahead [...]