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Monogram 1/32 Panzer Mk IV

by Ralph Clements on May 26, 2016 · in Armor · 11 ≡

This kit has been on my shelf over a year so after finishing my last build I decided it was time for this. I was a bit perturbed when I realized it was 1/32, not 1/35 like like my other two tanks...I like consistency of scale... Anyway it [...]

Tamiya 1/32 Mk XVIe Spitfire 349 sqdn

by Paul Wilsford on May 26, 2016 · in Aviation · 10 ≡

I know it has been aeons since I have posted anything worth while that I would consider finished or that may be shown here in these pages. The last time I completed this model was a few years ago and it turned out rather hum drum. Then a [...]

Tamiya A-1H Skyraider 1/48 scale

by Mike Still on May 26, 2016 · in Aviation · 22 ≡

Everyone knows about VA-176's 'Bumblebee' MiG killer, with its giant killer bee artwork, but the first USN Skyraider to shoot down a MiG-17 seems to be lost in the shuffle. Tamiya's A-1H USN kit, fortunately, includes markings for VA-25's [...]

Airfix 1/48 Boulton Paul Defiant MK.I, 264 SQN RAF, 1940

by Kent Strickland on May 26, 2016 · in Aviation · 12 ≡

May I present my rendition of Airfix's recent release of the 1/48 scale BP Defiant. Finished in one of the kit schemes of an aircraft from 264 SQN, RAF in Suffolk, 1940. The level of detail OOB is excellent and provides a great start if [...]

1/72 Hobby Boss Mi 4 Hound (White 03)

by Phil Steele on May 25, 2016 · in Aviation · 22 ≡

Finally got this finished, and she's a fairly long model, even in 1/72 scale. This is the second Hobby Boss chopper I've built, and I was a bit disappointed with the kit. The fit of the parts wasn't bad, but detail painting was absent in [...]

Show & Tell – Lynchburg Air Show, part 2

by Ralph Clements on May 24, 2016 · in Show Reports · 9 ≡

Here are a few more photos from my Saturday adventure. more of the C-46,"The Tinker Belle" that a couple of readers said they liked (me too!) and others. Thanks

Tyrrell P34 1976, Jody Scheckter.

by Allan J Withers on May 24, 2016 · in Automotive · 26 ≡

My second 1/20 Tamiya, I modified the small cockpit windows and a few other small things, finished in Tamiya X4 and MM enamels with Future over the decals. Jody Scheckter joined Tyrrell in 1974 and retired at the end of 1980, his world [...]

Jerry Rutman 1/32 all-resin Ta-152C-1.

by Tom Cleaver on May 23, 2016 · in Aviation · 12 ≡

For Those Who Like Their History Straight... The Ta‑152C was the airplane Kurt Tank was thinking of when he told the pilots of III/JG54 that the Fw‑190D‑9 they had just converted onto in September 1944 was "an interim [...]

Mosquito Mk XVIII and VI. Tamiya 1/72 Scale.

by Roberto Colaianni on May 23, 2016 · in Aviation · 25 ≡

This project came to life almost by chance, started in autum 2014, when my friend Pierluigi's brother, has decided to commission me a Mosquito 1/72, as a gift for his birthday. Mosquito Tamiya Mk. VI fighter with hard nose and Eduard PE [...]

68 Roadrunner

by Bruce Lewerenz on May 23, 2016 · in Automotive · 9 ≡

This is an AMT 1968 Roadrunner kit. To get the stance I was looking for I had to lower the front and raise the rear axle. The paint is MM Nassau Blue lacquer with two coats of Future. The wheels are from an AMT 69 Barracuda and the tires [...]