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Tamiya 1/48th Mitsubishi J2M3 Raiden “Jack” PTO WWII

by Chuck A. Villanueva on August 22, 2015 · in Aviation · 10 ≡

Though late in the game, going along with the Japanese aircraft theme, this is the old Tamiya kit, #61018 in their early original 48th scale series from the 70's. Despite it's age it goes together well, I built this back around 92-93 so I [...]

Airfix 1/48 Seafire F.R.47

by Tom Cleaver on August 21, 2015 · in Aviation · 15 ≡

65 years ago this summer... On 25 June 1950, the North Korean invasion of South Korea found the United States in a greater state of military unpreparedness than had the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor nine and a half years earlier. In the [...]

USS Andrew Jackson, SSBN-619

by Mike Maynard on August 21, 2015 · in Ships · 23 ≡

Model building should be fun, and putting this kit together was exactly that, FUN! This 19" model is a repop of the old 1:200 Renwal kit from the early 1960's offered by Revell in 2004. I had built the Renwal kit and the smaller 1:250 [...]

BF 110 C-4/B (II/Schnellkampfgeschwader 210 Operation "Barbarossa", Eastern front, 1941)

by Paulo Castro on August 21, 2015 · in Aviation · 13 ≡

BF 110 C-4/B II/Schnellkampfgeschwader 210 Operation "Barbarossa", Eastern front, 1941 Hi all! Here I am again! This time with the new tooling BF110 from Airfix in 1/72. Very nice model and it was a pleasure to build it. I was [...]

1/48 Monogram C-47

by Tom Bebout on August 20, 2015 · in Aviation · 14 ≡

Built this kit several years ago and it was my first try at a multi-engine aircraft, after years of absence from this hobby. Built it to honor my dad who made 21 jumps from this type during the war. It's no show stopper but he was proud to [...]

Review: Tamiya 1/32 Mosquito FB MK VI Review

by iModeler Youtube Picks on August 20, 2015 · in Aviation, Reviews

Airfix 1/72 Avro Shackleton – preview

by Editor on August 20, 2015 · in News · 5 ≡

Airfix has released the boxart, detailed CAD images of their forthcoming 1/72 scale Avro Shackleton. These are also photos of the assembled test-shot model. It sure looks to be an impressive kit! Its estimated release date is December 1st.

Tamiya 1/48 Focke-Wulf FW-190F-8

by James Kelley on August 20, 2015 · in Aviation · 19 ≡

Finished this one up this a.m. Painted with Tamiya acrylics, as well.Excuse the spurious smoke rings, I claim artistic license and fun. Some things I added were: PE seat harness. Drilled out the cowling guns. Replaced wing cannons with [...]

P-47D Thunderbolt Brazilian Air Force – Italy 1944

by Paulo Castro on August 20, 2015 · in Aviation · 25 ≡

A few people know that Brazilian troops fought shoulder to shoulder with the Allies in Italy against the Axis during World War II. Even fewer know that Brazilian pilots formed a squadron, the 1st Brazilian Squadron attached to the [...]

Bobba tries to climb in....

by Rob Anderson on August 20, 2015 · in Aviation · 9 ≡

Just about done with the C-2 pit, added everything I could think of and remember including the handle we used to manually pump up the brakes (seen on the back of the copilots seat) and the "thunderstorm lights above the cockpit door. [...]