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First car model in about 50 years…

by Stan Traas on March 29, 2016 · in Automotive · 12 ≡

Many moons ago I put away my paint & glue, trading 'em in for girls, weed and a Rickenbacker bass. Fast forward several decades- Traded the former in for a wife, single malt scotch and (plastic) 😉 models. Been doing planes, an [...]

Hasegawa 1/72 F-14A Tomcat "Jolly Rogers" VF-84

by Frank Steffens on March 29, 2016 · in Aviation · 10 ≡

I built this for a Jolly Rogers group build elsewhere a few years ago. I used the kit decals and the Eduard "Big Ed" photoetch set. This was the first Tomcat I actually managed to finish... no fault of any of the kits I started, [...]

RWD 8 (MisterCraft 1/72)

by Dmitry Stropalov on March 29, 2016 · in Aviation · 15 ≡

Back to 1/72 scale with this model. The RWD 8 was a Polish parasol monoplane trainer aircraft produced by RWD It was used from 1934 to 1939 by the Polish Air Force and in Polish civilian aviation. This kit by polish manufacturer [...]

Tamiya´s SU 122 off to a new home

by Stellan Schroeder Englund on March 29, 2016 · in Armor · 14 ≡

Decided to get rid of some models I have had for a long time, they will now go to a new home. The brown/green/black is a WhIF in Swedish camouflage and markings, as if used in the 1940s. The second one is painted using an illustration as [...]

VF-74 Round up

by Robert Royes on March 28, 2016 · in Aviation · 16 ≡

Three Phantoms- one old build, two fairly recent, The first is I believe VF-74's first scheme of the 1960's . I used an old Hasegawa F-4J which really is a 'B' because of the thin wings, Airfix decals, crudely dropped the slats and flaps [...]

Back after more than 20yrs 49" Merc..

by Tony V on March 28, 2016 · in Automotive · 8 ≡

Hello guys: I thought I lost these pics..This is the 1st kit I completed after being away from the hobby for more than 25yrs. I did alot of model building as a kid. But then came high school, parties, cars, and my wife...kids were not too [...]

1 pontiac and 2 fords

by mike redzinak on March 28, 2016 · in Automotive · 16 ≡

mpc 1970 pontiac bonneville convertible hawaiian licence plate is HI50-70 trumpeter 1964 falcon hawaiian licence plate is WG6-FM amt 1971 thunderbird plain clothed patrolman's car hawaiian licence plate is bird-71

star wars the force awakens millienium falcon

by mike redzinak on March 28, 2016 · in Sci-fi · 10 ≡

this is the revell snap tite with lights and sounds kit i weathered it with apple basket matte black and matte brown oxide acrylic paint that i dobbed on and wiped away excess with a napkin to give it that look it has

Revell 1/72nd Dassual Mirage 2000C

by Steven Dawson on March 28, 2016 · in Aviation · 10 ≡

This is a nice kit. It was in a icons of aviation box from Revell. Tiger Meet special. It came with an RF Phantom which I have not made yet. The plastic is originally Italeri and it went together well. The decals were fantastic and I hope [...]

Revell 1/32nd de Havilland Mosquito

by Steven Dawson on March 28, 2016 · in Aviation · 8 ≡

This was my first ever large scale build, I'm usually a 1/72nd modeller. Tried my best but got the invasion stripes wrong on the fuselage. I can't say I was enamer'd with this kit. Its an old tool, there was lots of flash and a lot of [...]