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Glencoe 1/48 USCG 36 Foot Motor lifeboat

by Joe Rennie on July 15, 2015 · in Ships · 4 ≡

shortly after starting added gray primer coat also deck and cabins

Thanks Again, iModeler!

by Ramon R. Lomeli on July 15, 2015 · in Aviation · 21 ≡

Hello! Last year I won the random drawing for May, and the new tooling BF-109e-4 by Airfix was my prize. I didn't just want to take a prize and have it sit in my stash because that would seem a bit ungrateful, so as soon as I could, I [...]

Airfix Seafire 17 in 1/48 scale

by Tony Prince on July 14, 2015 · in Aviation · 28 ≡

When Airfix announced their new Spitfire XII & Seafire 17 kits I bought two of each. The first pair were out of the box & I was very happy with the results. Looking at the remaining pair I tried a match-up of XII & 17 parts to [...]

The Ritzmann Skyraider

by IAN JACKSON on July 13, 2015 · in Aviation · 14 ≡

In Spring 2011, I built and entered a Tamiya 1:48 A-1 Skyraider for the Vietnam War Group-Build at www.britmodeller.com . I was lucky enough to be voted ‘third overall’ in the resultant poll, and thought no more about it until a couple [...]

1/72 Roden Pfalz D.III Silver Stag

by Phil Steele on July 13, 2015 · in Aviation · 18 ≡

This isn't a recent build and I've never posted the photos, due to the incorrect lower wing. The kit part was poorly cast, (odd for Roden), so I just built it anyway with the extra wing, for the rigging practice. My a fore mentioned method [...]

A Catalina for my Dad.

by IAN JACKSON on July 12, 2015 · in Aviation · 24 ≡

Having only just joined this site, I was/am a little reticent about posting an article in to 'Headlines' - it seems a little 'pushy' to me. However a couple of the guys suggested it would be fine and it's likely a few more folks may see it [...]

Tiger Moth WIP – how I do my biplane rigging

by Phil Steele on July 11, 2015 · in How-to · 12 ≡

I hardly ever make work in progress photos, but someone asked how I do my by-plane rigging. This should clear things up a bit. It's a self developed method which I originally came up with to do antenna wires. I always use 2 or 3 lb mono [...]

1/72 Italeri SM.82 Marsupiale

by Phil Steele on July 10, 2015 · in Aviation · 29 ≡

This is Italeri's Savoia-Marchetti 82 Marsupiale, presented in the early three banded scheme. A big hunk of plastic for sure. The kit has some nice features; weighted wheels, position able control surfaces, good internal detail, and three [...]

Bell OH-58A Kiowa – Esci 1/48

by Alessandro Parmigiani on July 10, 2015 · in Aviation · 14 ≡

Following Hughes OH-6A presented here on April, a new Vietnam aeroscout is coming from my bench. This mid ‘80s 1/48 scale model by Esci is pretty good although its age. I got a lot of work inside the cockpit, none the less outside, with [...]