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2023.....as time flies by

by Reinhard Spreitzhofer on December 23, 2023 · in Uncategorized · 21 ≡

So, it´s that time of year again. Wish you nice holidays and all the best for 2024! It was a pleasure to see all your great work here, keep going! The old man did good this year with 28 finished models...and the middle-aged man tried his [...]

D3A1 VAL Pearl Harbor Attack

by Keith on December 23, 2023 · in Aviation · 34 ≡

This D3A1 VAL is part of a 3 model kit that Hasegawa released a few years ago. The other two planes are an A6M2 Zero and an B5N2 Kate. All 3 planes presented in this kit took part in the initial attack on Pearl Harbor, and were launched [...]

Bristol Bulldog

by Chas Bunch on December 23, 2023 · in Aviation · 25 ≡

Being a fan of interwar aircraft, I snatched up this old Life Like kit at a contest a few years ago. A pretty ice kit with good detail, and the decals were still in good shape. I finished it with Tamiya and Model Master paint, added a [...]

Eduard Spitfire Mk. Vc RAAF

by Russ King on December 22, 2023 · in Aviation · 12 ≡

Eduard 1/48 Spitfire Mk. Vc trop in the markings of JG912, No. 79 Squadron RAAF, Kiriwina, Trobriand Islands October 1943. Part of the Eduard Southern Star dual boxing. Earlier this year I built the Spitfire Mk. Vb in marking of Sq/Ldr [...]

Trumpeter 1/32 Messerschmitt Me 262A1-1a

by Rafi Ben-Shahar on December 22, 2023 · in Aviation · 27 ≡

My favorite Trumpeter aircraft kit. Not only that Tamiya's 1/48th design was adopted, but also surface detail was enhanced. In addition, flying surfaces are separate and the slats can be extended.

Paper model of a Hunter from Fiddlers Green

by Neil on December 22, 2023 · in Aviation · 2 ≡

Have to admire the graceful beauty of how the hunter looks. Reminds me more of a swallow. One of the reasons I am posting may of these particular paper model builds is that these are considered very basic. You can build these in a few [...]

Army Cooperation – Romanian Style

by Christopher Amano-Langtree on December 22, 2023 · in Aviation · 22 ≡

Introduction The IAR-37 was intended to replace the Potez 25s used by the Royal Romanian Air Force which were getting a bit long in the tooth. The design concept was similar and the rigging pattern basically the same but the aircraft was [...]

Fiddlers Green Lockheed P-38 lightning Paper Model

by Neil on December 22, 2023 · in Aviation

One of the few twin engine papermodel I have built. A beauty for sure. Very basic yet a fairly accurate representation of the scale model. Took over 4 hours to assemble and had some minor fit issues here and there. , but remember this is a [...]

USS Pueblo (AGER-2) 1/144 scale

by David Henning on December 22, 2023 · in Ships · 14 ≡

The USS Pueblo was a signals intelligence ship of the US Navy that was commissioned in 1967. She was converted from a Army Camano Class Coastal Freighter (later Navy AKL class) and used a cover story of an oceanographic research ship and [...]

Supermodel's Blohm u. Voß Bv138C 'Seedrache' (The Flying Clog)

by Paul Higgins on December 21, 2023 · in Aviation · 18 ≡

This is my last build for 2023, and it's the venerable Bv138C kit by Supermodel from the mid-1970s. I had intended to finish it in a colour scheme carried by a Bv138A variant, but noticed almost at the very last moment, that this wasn't [...]