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Tamiya 1/48 F-117

by Dan DeSilva on September 5, 2015 · in Aviation · 29 ≡

Presenting my F-117 that was finished a while back- finally getting around to posting pictures of it. Only aftermarket used was an Aires resin ejection seat. While researching the boarding ladder I realized that essentially they are [...]

1/72 Revell EC145 Rega

by Phil Steele on September 5, 2015 · in Aviation · 18 ≡

Look what just landed in the back yard ! (snicker snicker) I like building helicopters. I made new parts for both sets of rotor blades from brass rod, tubing and E string. This allowed free spinning for the photos and to prevent breakage [...]

1/48 A-7E Operation Praying Mantis 1988

by Dan DeSilva on September 4, 2015 · in Aviation · 21 ≡

I am happy to share another of my low vis A-7E's. The first one I posted a while back was a Desert Storm A-7E, and I didn't have much luck with photographing the intake - or the photography of it in general! I think this upload is better- [...]

Let them Rust In Peace (RIP), the German modern pussy cats

by Andreas Beck on September 4, 2015 · in Uncategorized · 8 ≡

As an in-between Project this Tamiya kit lasted longer than awaited on the bench. Additional parts are the wonderful AFV-Club tracks and the SKP lenses. Colors are self mixed Schmincke airbrush artist paints. The weathering was done with [...]

1/48th AMT F7F-3N Tigercat

by Jim Sullivan on September 4, 2015 · in Aviation · 43 ≡

I found this F7F-3N AMT kit to be a smooth build with no noticeable problems other than those that were self-inflicted. Despite filling the nose with lead, I found the model to be a dedicated tail-sitter. AMT must have been aware of that [...]

Protecting the power.

by Steven Bromley on September 4, 2015 · in Diorama · 7 ≡

OK I know it's a long shot as I don't if this ever actually happened but I'm currently building a diorama which will set a German AA gun on a platform protecting an electricity transformer tower. I still have some additions to put on the [...]

1/43 Rat rod – scratchbuilt

by Maxim Bylkin on September 3, 2015 · in Automotive · 21 ≡

Hello everyone! This time I want to introduce a model that did a friend of mine. When it was used in the manufacture of motor Merlin cabin of GAZ-AA and the wheels of some unknown to me the model)). Here in Russia these machines are not [...]

1/48 Hasegawa Focke Wulf 190 F-8 I./SG2 Red 10

by Ayhan Toplu on September 3, 2015 · in Aviation · 10 ≡

This is my Focke Wulf 190 F-8 I./SG2 Red 10. Flown by an unknown pilot in Raab – Hungary, January 1945.

1/48 Eduard Bf 109G-14, W.Nr. 464534, 19./EJG 2, Pilsen airfield, May, 1945

by Ayhan Toplu on September 3, 2015 · in Aviation · 7 ≡

This Bf 109G-14 was one of the aircraft captured after the war at Pilsen (Plzen), Czechoslovakia. The Luftwaffe unit that flew this aircraft is unclear. The previous markings are still visible under the more recent ones and the KG 55 badge [...]

1/48 Tamiya Fw190 A-8/R2 Karl Spenst, 8./JG 300, December, 1944.

by Ayhan Toplu on September 3, 2015 · in Aviation · 6 ≡

Reconstruction of Fw190A-8/R2, “Black 10”, flown by CO of 8./JG 300, Karl Spenst, in December, 1944. This aircraft was photographed on November 27th, 1944 at Lobnitz, while still carrying the brick red fuselage band. The identifier for [...]