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Kinetic 1/48 Fouga CM.170 Magister, IDF Tzukit

by Rafi Ben-Shahar on December 30, 2023 · in Aviation · 22 ≡

The French Fouga Magister was licensed for production in Israel and entered the IDF service by 1960 in the name Tzukit. Its main role was in the flying school, but also had an important operational role during the 1967 Six Days War. As an [...]

F-16 from Academy

by John W Summerford on December 29, 2023 · in Aviation · 16 ≡

History Courtesy Wikipedia The General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon is an American single-engine supersonic multirole fighter aircraft originally developed by General Dynamics for the United States Air Force (USAF). Designed as an air [...]

Airfix 1/48 Spitfire 1

by Mervyn Cook on December 29, 2023 · in Aviation · 16 ≡

This is a nice kit of the Spitfire I, previously only available as a conversion. I also liked the now elderly Hasegawa I but that was in 1/72, so the release of the Airfix in 2006(?) was more than welcome. The early Spitfires with their 2 [...]

Experiments in heavy weathering – a Birdcage Corsair in 1/48 Scale

by Justin Bronk on December 29, 2023 · in Aviation · 23 ≡

I wanted to try out some rather heavier weathering than usual, and I also haven't done any US Navy aircraft from the Second World War before, so in the spirit of a bit of a challenge I figured I'd try to spruce up Tamiya's rather old [...]

F-20 Tigershark + Sparrow Hasegawa 1/72

by Djordje Starcevic on December 29, 2023 · in Aviation · 11 ≡

Hi to all The model is the very old one, the only F20 in 1/72, so i will not bother explaining the plastic, because everyone know it. Model is finished on the end of previous year. What I wanted to do is a test version with V-V Sparrow [...]

RAF DH.82 Tiger Moth, Airfix 1/48

by NAOKI YAMANAKA on December 29, 2023 · in Aviation · 15 ≡

This is my first post for an airplane. I truly love this tiny biplane for flight practice. Although my experience in aircraft modelling is very limited, this Airfix kit does not have any serious problem to assemble including rigging. As a [...]

My 2023

by George Henderson on December 29, 2023 · in Aviation · 15 ≡

Productive for me, all 1:48. For 2024 I'm trying to clean up partial builds A-6E Tram - White S-A/B Viking - White C-105 Arrow - Really white CT-155 Hawk - Managed to bugger up the NFTC marking on the tail. Seafire Mk.XV - Buggered up the [...]

XP-51

by Chas Bunch on December 29, 2023 · in Aviation · 21 ≡

Here's my latest build - The XP-51 from Halberd Models. It's all resin, and is probably the nicest resin kit I've encountered so far. A fairly easy build. I used a PE instrument panel from Eduard for an AM A-36 because the instrument [...]

BrisFit.

by Ross Paton on December 28, 2023 · in Aviation · 22 ≡

I give to you my attempt at Eduard's WE Edition F.2B. I ended up getting two bacause I made a pigs ear of mounting the top wing and ended up with no lower or upper cabane struts! Having a strutted bottom wing sure adds to the hazards. [...]

Messerschmitt Bf 109E-7 Reinhard Heydrich AZ 1/72

by Djordje Starcevic on December 28, 2023 · in Aviation · 17 ≡

Hi to all In addition to all the obligations, i finally managed to finish one model 🙁 AZ Model Messerschmitt in version E7. I was intrigued with those specific markings, because I did not know that this lunatic (Reinhard Heydrich) [...]