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RAAF Gloster Meteor F.8, 1/48 by Airfix

by Tony Prince on June 23, 2016 · in Aviation · 34 ≡

According to my references, A77-157 was delivered to the RAAF in Korea in February, 1952 & survived the conflict to meet its fate as a target drone in Woomera, South Australia in September 1969. Late production Meteors were equipped [...]

SMS ADLER, Austro- Hungarian Torpedoboot 1886 1/72 scale

by Brent Thomas Simpson on June 23, 2016 · in Ships · 15 ≡

Hi Again, Here is my 1/72 scale SMS Adler a Yarrow built Austro-Hungarian torpedo boat used in the late 1880's The kit is a multi-media affair produced by the Austrian manufacturer Weiner Scale Modelbau and took me about 2 years to finish [...]

Tu-142MR Trumpeter 1/72

by Dmitry Ryzhenkov on June 23, 2016 · in Aviation · 37 ≡

Hello! I suggest to watch my model of Russian long-range antisubmarine aircraft Tu-142МR, manufacturer Trumpeter, 1/72 scale. The model is big, 70*70 cm Kit has its pros and cons, but overall it is good. To model a rotating propeller, [...]

Seaview

by Robert Royes on June 22, 2016 · in Sci-fi · 8 ≡

This is an earlier refurb. of Aurora's Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea's Seaview I changed the nose portals window panes from the original eight.

Orion III Space Shuttle refurb.

by Robert Royes on June 22, 2016 · in Sci-fi · 5 ≡

This is Aurora's space clipper Orion from 2001 Space Odyssey. it's a1975 issue. Another one I couldn't get rid of. I was originally going to refurb it sitting on top of a Saturn booster, that's how the story in the instructions said it [...]

DHC 2 Beaver, A95-204, 1 ATU RAAF Woomera SA 1960.

by Allan J Withers on June 22, 2016 · in Aviation · 16 ≡

1/72 Hobbycraft, my second Beaver, I added a few small details, finished in MM enamels and Concept 212 with Future over some Max and Aussie decals from the spares box although the kit came with this marking option, flow as an air taxi by 1 [...]

Airfix 1/48 Boulton Paul Defiant Mk.I

by Michael Booth on June 20, 2016 · in Aviation · 19 ≡

Have to say, I've really enjoyed building my first aircraft for my Battle of Britain Collection both for RAF and Luftwaffe aircraft. Detail is superb and offers a good model for a different RAF aircraft. I first built a defiant when I was [...]

The Polish Army Museum in Warsaw.

by Ulf Lundberg on June 20, 2016 · in Uncategorized · 9 ≡

In May this year I finally got around to visiting Poland. The first stop on the trip was Warsaw, very much a city for someone who is interested in history. Due to poor planning on my behalf, the indoors part of the Polish Army Museum was [...]

Curtiss XF14C-2 1:72

by René Hieronymus on June 19, 2016 · in Uncategorized · 10 ≡

Oh the joy of building a model – or welcome to the dark side! You all know the story of how bad vacu kits or other short run kits can be but today I can tell you, I have seen the worst nightmare you can imagine, that is if it comes to [...]

Testors Lincoln Mint 1/9 Harley FLSTC Heritage Softail Classic

by Harry Brogan on June 19, 2016 · in Automotive · 8 ≡

I recently received this kit and have started building already. It's been a while since I posted here so I though it was time to change that. As you can see here I have started with the priming of the main parts trees. This is being [...]