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Tamiya 1/48 Focke-Wulf FW-190F-8

by James Kelley on August 20, 2015 · in Aviation · 19 ≡

Finished this one up this a.m. Painted with Tamiya acrylics, as well.Excuse the spurious smoke rings, I claim artistic license and fun. Some things I added were: PE seat harness. Drilled out the cowling guns. Replaced wing cannons with [...]

P-47D Thunderbolt Brazilian Air Force – Italy 1944

by Paulo Castro on August 20, 2015 · in Aviation · 25 ≡

A few people know that Brazilian troops fought shoulder to shoulder with the Allies in Italy against the Axis during World War II. Even fewer know that Brazilian pilots formed a squadron, the 1st Brazilian Squadron attached to the [...]

Bobba tries to climb in....

by Rob Anderson on August 20, 2015 · in Aviation · 9 ≡

Just about done with the C-2 pit, added everything I could think of and remember including the handle we used to manually pump up the brakes (seen on the back of the copilots seat) and the "thunderstorm lights above the cockpit door. [...]

A couple Monogram “Classics” at the airport

by Gary Brantley on August 19, 2015 · in Aviation · 35 ≡

Last week's trip to the Cameron Airport involved five models and none had been photographed out there before. Although it was really hot, I managed to get a few pics of each plane. Both of these are ancient 1/48 Monogram kits, and both [...]

Hasegawa 1/72 Mdd F-18C “Hornet” VFA-81,Desert storm 91.

by P.k on August 19, 2015 · in Aviation · 10 ≡

Hornet is back ! After two decades of home back home in showcase. Yeah so long graced showcase a local store which is now closed. Build in 1992 with minimal adjustments :airwawes echet parts,Verlinden ejetion seat MB Mk.10,& Superscale [...]

1/72 Italeri B 26 K Counter Invader.

by Phil Steele on August 18, 2015 · in Aviation · 36 ≡

Finally got this one finished. It's fitted out with some Hasegawa gun pods, otherwise it's OOB. Some fit problems with this build, mostly with the clear parts. The model is lightly weathered.

Shermans of the Battle of Ardennes

by John Richards on August 18, 2015 · in Armor · 15 ≡

Tamiya makes some wonderful 1/35 Shermans. There are a number of kits that are from Ardennes. I appreciate them making these all from the same battle so that they could be made into a diorama if one chooses to do one. The Tamiya kits [...]

Hanomag Skdfz 251/1

by John Richards on August 18, 2015 · in Uncategorized · 15 ≡

Hanomag Skdfz 251/1 halftrack. I did this one because I loved the first one I built and wanted to do another color. This is the later Dunkelgelb (Dark Yellow). This vehicle was on the Russian Front 1943.

Republic Thunderbolt Razorback

by John Richards on August 18, 2015 · in Aviation · 15 ≡

I have been behind in my postings. Hopefully I can catch up and post more about my builds. I have been doing more Armor than planes these days. Here is a P-47 Thunderbolt. Tamiya 1/48 kit. As always painted by hand with Model Master [...]

Trumpeter 1/35 Stridsvagn 103B Main Battle Tank

by Marek Halas on August 18, 2015 · in Armor · 18 ≡

One of Trumpeter's early offerings was the Swedish S Tank: the Srv 103B. This is my first go at doing a tank in 1/35th, and I elected to choose one of my all time favourites to start my foray into AFV modelling. It's a pretty [...]