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Dornier Do 24K, A49-5, 41 Sqn RAAF Townsville Qld 1943.

by Allan J Withers on March 10, 2017 · in Aviation · 28 ≡

1/72 Italeri, I modified the nose turret and added a Falcon vac part, hinged the guns, modified the engines and cowls and added sprue exhausts, added plastic tube and brass wire to the engines, propellers, added rudder pedals, finished in [...]

1/48 Hasegawa Nakajima built A6M2-N “Rufe” Type 2 float plane

by Louis Gardner on March 8, 2017 · in Aviation · 42 ≡

It's been a little while since I have posted any of my builds here. I've been really busy with moderating the Midway Group build, while trying to get a few more planes built before the 75th Anniversary of Midway in June. Here's a little [...]

1/72 Tamiya N1K1-Ja Kawanishi Shiden

by Geoffrey Abreu on March 8, 2017 · in Aviation · 7 ≡

Just finished this one up today. It is painted with Tamiya acrylics and weathered a bit with silver pencil, oils and pastels. It is pretty much OOB. I drilled out the gun barrels and added an antenna wire from Uschi super fine rigging [...]

Review: Takom 1/35th King Tiger Porsche Turret review

by iModeler Youtube Picks on March 8, 2017 · in Armor, Reviews

Review: Deluxe materials Plastic Magic review

by iModeler Youtube Picks on March 7, 2017 · in How-to, Reviews

Trumpeter 1/144 H6K5 "Mavis"

by Ryan Boerema on March 7, 2017 · in Aviation · 11 ≡

From the Water Wings Group Build. Nicely fitting kit, well, for the most part, but quite a few inaccuracies, that manages somehow to be both ugly and elegant.

1/48 Airfix Meteor F.8 IAF

by Tzigkounakis Tasos on March 7, 2017 · in Aviation · 15 ≡

Martin PBM 3R Mariner, A70-11, 40 Sqn RAAF Townsville Qld 1943.

by Allan J Withers on March 7, 2017 · in Aviation · 19 ≡

1/72 Mach2, I modified the turrets to convert to a transport, sanded and polished the canopy and painted on the frames, strengthened the fuselage join between the wings with a strip of cloth and added the mooring rails to the nose, [...]

Battlestar Galactica, Revell

by Dmitry Ryzhenkov on March 6, 2017 · in Uncategorized · 11 ≡

Hello there! Asked me to collect here such a fantastic space ship. It's Battlestar Galactica. The kit from Revell. Please look at what came out of it ))

Corsair A7D – Commission Build

by Robert Joseph Cookson on March 6, 2017 · in Aviation · 15 ≡

A major departure from my usual subjects - I tend to stick to 1/32 WWI aviation, but this 1/72nd A7D was built under commission, as a presentation piece for the pilot who flew the original, pictured below. He was an RAF Test Pilot, on an [...]