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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, [...]

Eduard 1/48 Messerschmitt Bf110C

by Paul van Acker on September 2, 2016 · in Aviation · 28 ≡

Shot down during the Battle of Britian, it was actually assigned to a bomber unit. KG55. Interesting history of a fighter operating in a bomber unit, and still getting shot down over England. Some references say it was an "E" [...]

Spitfire MK XII – AIRFIX 1/48

by Paulo Castro on September 2, 2016 · in Aviation · 21 ≡

For the first time in more than 25 years I've built an 1/48th scale model. My entire collection is on 72nd scale. This was a Kris-Kringle present and I decided to build it despite not being my preferred scale. So here we go! This new [...]

Pegasus solid vinyl 1953 ‘War of the Worlds’ Martian

by George Tufnail on September 2, 2016 · in Sci-fi · 6 ≡

This is the Martian from George Pal's 1953 movie 'War of the Worlds'. This kit was a fairly simple build. I base coated it in Tamiya spray bomb fine grey primer. After that, the hardest part was hand painting all of the veins and [...]