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Airfix 1/48 Hurricane Mk 1

by Gregor d on December 7, 2015 · in Aviation · 14 ≡

This is the old tooling of Airfix's Mk 1 Hurricane. I chose to model it "in flight" and mounted the aircraft on a clear plastic pole. The base is a fence post top covered with model railroad static grass. Mostly the kit was built [...]

Trumpeter's F-100C Super Sabre in 1/48.

by Tony Prince on December 7, 2015 · in Aviation · 16 ≡

this is the Trumpeter F-100C kit which I built some 3 years ago. I had absolutely no trouble with it apart from a little bit of fettling around the air intake. Finish is Alclad & decals by Xtra Decals. The weathering is very [...]

No detail is too small (video)

by Editor on December 6, 2015 · in News · 6 ≡

Modelers will enjoy this new promotional video by Singapore Airlines. It endorses paper card modeling, and incredibly, all of the shown elements seem to be a part of a complete 1/20 scale paper Airbus A380 model comissioned by the company. [...]

Fiat G.50 1:72 Airfix

by Gábor Szabó on December 6, 2015 · in Aviation · 5 ≡

Another oldie from the shelf. This is the venerable Airfix Fiat G.50 with some improvement. I made this kit years ago when this was the only g.50 around. I scrachbuild the cockpit area and the wheel wells, intakes etc and rescribed the [...]

JS-2 1:48 Tamiya

by Dennis Meyers on December 6, 2015 · in Armor · 10 ≡

Great kit. Builds up nice, but cries our for detailing and a lot of roughing up.

Oberfähnrich Guido Mutke “Messerschmitt 262”

by Hans Peter Tschanz on December 5, 2015 · in Aviation · 7 ≡

On April 25, 1945 lands Oberfähnrich Guido Mutke with the Messerschmitt 262 in Dübendorf. Beautiful Christmas greetings and a Happy New Year Hanspeter

A look behind the curtains

by Mike S on December 4, 2015 · in Uncategorized · 13 ≡

When I'm not building, I'm paying the bills at my chosen vocation as a commercial artist. Featured is the box top art commissioned by the Monogram Model company. This illustration was created back in the 80's and the medium is Designer's [...]

Review: Fly 1/32nd westland Wessex review

by iModeler Youtube Picks on December 4, 2015 · in Aviation, Reviews

Review: Trumpeter 1/48th MIG-23 Flogger H review

by iModeler Youtube Picks on December 4, 2015 · in Aviation, Reviews

1:48 Wessex HAS.MK 3

by Mike S on December 4, 2015 · in Aviation · 12 ≡

An out of the box build (Revell-Germany) of a British Wessex Helicopter of the Royal Navy. I model this after the helios used in the Falkland war. The original airframe is based on the Sikorsky S-58 (H-34) and subsequently licensed to [...]