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Year in Review – 2015

by Greg Kittinger on January 4, 2016 · in Aviation · 11 ≡

I always think I'm getting more done than I really am, and was surprised when I looked back at the 2015 completions - until I remember the work it took to finish the Stinger and the MiG-31! I remember when I was a kid I'd build a model on [...]

Video: AMK Fouga CM.170 Magister

by iModeler Youtube Picks on January 4, 2016 · in Aviation

1/48 AMK Avantgarde Model Kits Fouga CM.170 Magister This model will appear in next issue of „MAKETAR PLUS” magazine. For more details about the magazine and web site please visit: (link) For more details about Avantgarde model kits [...]

DH Mosquito cockpit

by Stellan Schroeder Englund on January 4, 2016 · in Reference · 7 ≡

There aren´t many surviving Mosquitos around these days. So what to do? Build your own of course. At least that is what Lincoln Nietschke did for his own museum in Greenock, South Australia. This is a wooden full scale model of a wooden [...]

Hobbyboss 1/48th F-14A Tomcat

by mark poulton on January 4, 2016 · in Aviation · 13 ≡

Happy New Year to all. Adding to my US Navy theme is Hobbyboss's Grumman F-14A Tomcat. As with other Hobbyboss kits, this one allows for a good few options and I opted to have a few access panels open to show the added detail included in [...]

1/48 Hasegawa Messerschmitt Bf 109G-6

by Editor on January 4, 2016 · in Aviation · 15 ≡

Here's my 1/48 Hasegawa Messerschmitt BF 109G-6. This project was initially triggered by the anticipation for Eduard's much-advertised new Bf 109G-6. The G-6 model of the Messerschmitt Bf 109 is the classic of classics but believe it or [...]

Video: Sprue Tour! Bandai 1/144 Millennium Falcon

by MakingModelsAgain on January 3, 2016 · in Aviation

The smaller of the newer of the fastest hunks a'junk in the galaxy.

Teeny, tiny small parts

by Paul Wilsford on January 3, 2016 · in How-to · 12 ≡

How do you sand down the small tiny parts that are impossible to hold between your fingers. That escapes me just as much as seeing said same parts.

More Man Cave Sharing........

by Ian Bartlett on January 3, 2016 · in How-to · 6 ≡

A little late to the party, but as you have all shown me yours, I,ll show you mine, so to speak... For the first time ever in my life, I have my own proper man cave, a room dedicated to the one true hobby! When Tina and I moved house two [...]

1:72 Revell B-17G 'Little Miss Mischief'

by Michelle Edwards on January 3, 2016 · in Aviation · 14 ≡

Probably my best build for 2013 and the best competition result of any kit I've built. She took Best in show at the Daymns Hall Show in August 2013. I researched LMM for this build and here is the concise version of my findings: "Lt [...]