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Admiral Hipper

by Ulf Lundberg on December 7, 2014 · in Ships · 14 ≡

Trumpeters Admiral Hipper, that I built in the spring of 2012, is typical of their ship kits. It's basically a good kit but nothing extraordinary. The build began, as usual, with the tedious and time consuming job of filling and sanding [...]

Classic Lindberg Coastal Patrol Boat with Conversion to Viet Nam Era PGM

by Joe Caputo on December 6, 2014 · in Ships · 16 ≡

The Lindberg Coastal Patrol Boat, which I had posted much earlier, was a good beginning for this conversion. Reference material was somewhat limited. The Squadron publication, "Riverine" by Jim Mesko, gave me a decent start. [...]

PZL P.11c (MasterCraft 1/72)

by Dmitry Stropalov on December 6, 2014 · in Aviation · 13 ≡

There is not much to say about this kit - an old one from Poland, reboxed by MasterCraft (or MisterCraft) nowadays with a new decals (not good anyway) . A lot of sanding, filling, scribing an so on. But, it's the good old kit from the [...]

Thank you Imodeler. Prize arrived today.

by Paul van Acker on December 3, 2014 · in Uncategorized · 19 ≡

A big big thank you. I have always wanted to do this kit, so am very grateful. Will start this one after my current build. Call me dull, but I love the box art version. Will post when completed. Thank you so much, Paul in Brisbane [...]

HE-115, 1/48, done. more done, really done

by Ralph Clements on December 3, 2014 · in Aviation · 13 ≡

Well I did some weathering, trying not to over do it and added the exhaust pipes which I had forgotten, and antenna wire, in the process broke the nose gun in two, which I didn't even notice until I looked at these photos...that is typical [...]

Supermarine Spitfire Vb (Trop) in 1/48 scale by Airfix.

by Tony Prince on December 3, 2014 · in Aviation · 39 ≡

My inspiration for this model came from Brian Cauchi's book "Malta Spitfrie Vs - 1942: Their Colours & Markings" which I found of enormous help & in addition a real potential problem as the temptation is undoubtedly to [...]

1/72 Canadian Piasecki HUP-3

by Phil Steele on December 1, 2014 · in Aviation · 24 ≡

I've been working on this Siga/Amodel/Mach 2 kit bash for some time, finally got it finished. Quite a bit of scratch building done as well. CanMilAir decals.

Another Porsche 956

by AL HOFFMAN on December 1, 2014 · in Automotive · 15 ≡

Tamiya released a 956 in 1/24th with this livery but this isn't it. This is a Starter full resin kit in 1/43rd with vacu-formed glass. Little over 4 inches long. The black & yellow colors are Model Master enamel & the white on the [...]

I-58. The tale of the persistent rigger.

by Ulf Lundberg on December 1, 2014 · in Ships · 26 ≡

Once upon a time, at the Imperial Japanese Shipyard in Kure, there was a young ambitious and promising rigger. One day the Port Admiral approached him, and asked, if he was willing tog try the challenging task of building the cage antenna [...]

1/48th Tamiya F4U-1A Corsair

by Jim Sullivan on December 1, 2014 · in Aviation · 30 ≡

More and more I find myself building to model a plane that appeals to me as a result of seeing it in a photo. That was the case in my FG-1A build. The actual plane was FG-1A 13374 which was a stock Goodyear Corsair modified to flight test [...]