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Figure this, the crew is ready....

by Rob Anderson on June 13, 2015 · in Diorama · 14 ≡

Well the crew for the Tiger is done, though one lost half his body along the way. Maybe it has to do with the Dragon's Tooth Stout in the last picture, as he had them there! The standing figures in parka and jacket are Alpine miniatures [...]

Tamiya 1/12th Yamaha YZR-M1 50th Anniversary U.S. Inter-colouring Edition

by George Williams on June 12, 2015 · in Automotive · 24 ≡

For some reason when I logged on this morning I discovered that I could post pictures and articles again, so here goes! 2005 was Yamaha's 50th anniversary, and they were determined to win as many world championships as they could. 2005 [...]

AMK 1/48 Aero L-29 Delfin

by Tom Cleaver on June 12, 2015 · in Aviation · 8 ≡

The Aero L-29 Delfin (Dolphin)was Czechoslovakia's first locally-designed and built jet aircraft, and became the standard jet trainer for all Warsaw Pact air forces (other than Poland) during the 1960s. The prototype XL-29, designed by Z. [...]

Lavochkin LA-5FN 1/48 Eduard

by Christian WERY on June 12, 2015 · in Aviation · 39 ≡

In 1941, to integrate the cumbersome Shvetsov ASh-82 (M-82) engine into the frame of the LaGG-3 to build LA-5 was not a small matter and it costs the life to some Russian test pilots. The new machine required many improvements (cooling, [...]

1/350 Tamiya Yamato (new tool) & Monochrome Suzutsuki

by Anthony Polychroniadis on June 11, 2015 · in Ships · 21 ≡

A diorama with the subject "Getting under way for Operation Ten-Ichi-Go", Yamato's last sortie in the spring of 1945. I made an effort to accurize the ships in order to depict them correctly as they would have been fitted at that [...]

Shades of Yossarian.

by Tom Cleaver on June 10, 2015 · in Aviation · 1 ≡

There were (until this find last year) virtually no photographs of Joseph Heller, the author of "Catch-22" from World War 2. This 6-minute segment comes from what was a 73-minute documentary made by 340th BombGroup Public [...]

iModeler May Awards

by Editor on June 10, 2015 · in Uncategorized · 13 ≡

Once again it is time to announce the results of our monthly new content roundup - the iModeler Awards. 99 new articles were added to the iModeler's headline page during May, prompting just over 1,000 comments. The level of workmanship on [...]

New Airfix kits

by Tom Cleaver on June 10, 2015 · in Aviation · 12 ≡

Just received the review kit of the new Airfix 1/48 Spitfire I (Hornby USA not having its head up its posterior about review kits, as Hornby UK has done). In case you were wondering, it's as beautiful as the new Mk. V, and definitely the [...]

Brett Bodine – Crisco – Ford Thunderbird

by DE4EVER on June 10, 2015 · in Automotive · 3 ≡

Greetings : This model dates way back. The pictures were taken some twelve or thirteen years ago. As a result there is no pictures of the engine but some work has been done, now that I am moved in and organizing things here ( home ), I [...]

1/32 Scale Zoukei Mura Raiden

by Marc Barris on June 9, 2015 · in Aviation · 22 ≡

I have been posting pictures in the group build of this kit. Well I can finally say that it is complete. I am not a professional Photographer, but I hope you enjoy the pictures non the less, the last pictures I took I placed it with a P 51 [...]