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Second attempot on the Airfix 1/48 Meteor F. Mk. 8

by Tom Cleaver on September 4, 2016 · in Aviation · 8 ≡

Second attempt. A better result, having discovered the mine fields the hard way the first venture down the trail. The secret to the Meteor is: glue the nose cap halves to their respective fuselage halves before further assembly, to get [...]

Hobby Boss FJ-4B

by Jeff Carle on September 3, 2016 · in Aviation · 11 ≡

I just finished this VU-7 Fury. I have always loved this scheme, but had never tried it until I picked up the Aeromaster decals and the Hobby Boss kit. A little bit of work, but the kit was easy compared to the planning and masking for the [...]

Tamiya Typ. 82 Kübelwagen in 1:35

by Michel Verschuere on September 3, 2016 · in Armor · 4 ≡

Some history: When strolling the streets of Berlin, I purchased this well-known kit in 1:35 for the Volkswagen Typ. 82 Kübelwagen for about 12 EUR. This was the standard light vehicle for the German army in WWII and its chassis became [...]

Help needed

by Thomas Sweeney on September 3, 2016 · in Diorama · 11 ≡

I made two flight decks One painted blue because I read that in the early years of WWII the Navy painted their flight decks blue for camo because the sea is blue The second one is what color is what I have seen later in the war. Which [...]

Bell UH 1N, 96639, USAF Japan.

by Allan J Withers on September 3, 2016 · in Aviation · 10 ≡

1/72 Revell, I modified a few things, finished in MM, Humbrol and Tamiya enamels, altered to suit the Fujimi kit decals with Future over all.

F-80C Shooting Star (Hobby Boss, Eduard, 1:48)

by Christian Ristits on September 3, 2016 · in Aviation · 10 ≡

Dear imodeller-community, here is one of my recently builded NFMs...its the first time that I have used the new xtreme-metal colours from AMK. It worked very well, and I am happy with the result. Unfortunately due to wrong [...]

Thunderbird S – F/A-18 successor’s successor Fin Air&Space Force

by IT Lahtinen on September 2, 2016 · in Aviation · 7 ≡

Thunderbird S(hadow): Fin Air&Space Force purchased F/A-18 successor's successor from International Rescue (Tracy Brothers). Thunderbird S will work mainly on search and rescue missions and stealth support operations. Speciality is the [...]

Review: Moebius 1/32 Colonail Vipers Review

by iModeler Youtube Picks on September 2, 2016 · in Reviews, Sci-fi

1/72 Revell Bell 212 BGS

by Emre Tuzun on September 2, 2016 · in Aviation · 14 ≡

This is the 1/72 Revell Bell 212 BGS (Bundesgrenzschutz) from the disbanded German Federal Border Protection Unit. The kit is simple though contains enough details for its scale (i.e. engraved panel lines, floats and a crisp decal sheet [...]

Just finished, F-100D Super Sabre

by Ralph Clements on September 2, 2016 · in Aviation · 11 ≡

Fresh off the bench is my latest, the North American F-100D Super Sabre, a Trumpeter 1/48 scale kit. I didn't start out to build models of jets, but this my 3rd one now, so I guess they are pretty fun too. The kit offers 4 marking schemes, [...]