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1/48 Xuntong Tu-2T

by Bryan W. Bernart on October 1, 2015 · in Aviation · 30 ≡

Xuntong's first effort is my rendition of a Soviet Pacific Fleet member from 1946. Too late for the second World War, it served in several eastern bloc air forces in a number of roles. While mostly a pleasure to build, it did suffer from [...]

Special Hobby 1/48 Firefly Mk.V

by Tom Cleaver on October 1, 2015 · in Aviation · 9 ≡

During the last year of the Second World War, the Fairey Firefly F.R.I had proven itself the best British designed carrier strike aircraft used in the conflict. With the end of the war and the need to get rid of the U.S. carrier aircraft [...]

F 84 E Academy 1/72 . 2 years old...

by Simon Whitney on October 1, 2015 · in Aviation · 34 ≡

Well here it is, started 2 years ago and now finished. Not so much a hard kit, just other builds came along. Tamiya and Alcad paints were used along with Vallejo varnishes. The kit decals were s***, but I used the stencils from them. The [...]

Starting to paint figures.

by John Richards on September 30, 2015 · in Figures · 19 ≡

I have been adding figures to my models to crease the look and feel. I have practiced and now I am satisfied with my style and way of painting figures. I do not do it the most artistic way. At first I sat with a book and webpages open [...]

1/48 Hasegawa Bf 109G-2 trop

by Ayhan Toplu on September 30, 2015 · in Aviation · 10 ≡

1/48 Hasegawa Bf 109G-2 trop, Flown by Oblt. Werner Schroer, CO of 8./JG 27, Rhodes, early November, 1942 Werner Schroer achieved 61 kills in the skies over Africa., the first of which was a Hurricane downed on April 19, 1941 over Tobruk, [...]

COD HELP US!

by Rob Anderson on September 29, 2015 · in Uncategorized · 7 ≡

Well I haven't posted in a while, I got moved (finally) back to day shift, and in the meantime I have been plugging away at my C-2. One of the first things I did was get the shape of the APU exhaust opening the right shape, Kinetic has it [...]

ARII 1/48 Nakajima Ki 44 "Shoki" (Tojo)

by Joe Caputo on September 29, 2015 · in Aviation · 12 ≡

The Ki 44 was a Japanese Army Air Force interceptor. The ARII kit, while old, was at one time, "state of the art", and is still a no-problem, fun build. By today's standards, there's not much detail, but this kit comes from a [...]

Martin Baker 5.

by Paul Kirsopp on September 29, 2015 · in Aviation · 8 ≡

Hi all. Here's one I made some time back. I think it's a Silver Cloud kit in 1:48th scale. The kit decals were shot so the spares box saved the day. It also supplied the weapons, I've no idea what it would have carried so it's a little [...]

Happy Dance Time

by Jack Mugan on September 29, 2015 · in Aviation · 28 ≡

My prize arrived the other day so I can hardly wait to get into the build. Thanks to Martin and the guys for choosing my model of the Challenger I. This site is the greatest!

1/48 F-101B Voodoo

by John Healy on September 29, 2015 · in Aviation · 19 ≡

This is one of two Monogram Voodoos that I purchased back in 1985, when they were brand new. I built the first immediately, and it ended up on the backyard target range for my son's pellet gun circa 2001. When Caracal Models released [...]