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F4J Phantom II “Warlords”

by Rob Pollock on June 15, 2015 · in Aviation · 40 ≡

This is Tamiya's 1/32 F4J Phantom II (kit no.60306), in the VMFA 451 "Warlords" livery, one of three choices available in this boxing. I used the Eduard self-adhesive interior set for controls and consoles, and their Brassin [...]

* 1988 DAYTONA 500 WINNER – BOBBY ALLISON *

by DE4EVER on June 15, 2015 · in Automotive · 5 ≡

Another one from the past. The final laps of the race was a very tense and exciting one. A battle fitting for the coming FATHERS DAY, it was father vs. son, as society will call it ... MANO a MANO . On this model, the decals had to be [...]

Review: MR.PAINT – new range of model paints

by P.k on June 14, 2015 · in Reviews · 6 ≡

I have been buildin plastic kits for 42 years already. As I have progressed, I was always looking for the best paints available. I used Humbrol, Molak, Testors, Pactra, Mister kit, Lifecolor, Xtracolor, Xtracrylics, Vallejo, Tamiya.and [...]

Amazing naval diorama – Kamikaze attack on USS Missouri, 11 April 1945

by Editor on June 13, 2015 · in Ships · 17 ≡

The fabulous naval diorama of Operation Ten-Go (the last sortie of the Battleship Yamato) by @anthonyp Anthony Polychroniadis reminded me of anoter naval diorama seen in Telford last year which commemorated a moment from the same battle [...]

Figure this, the crew is ready....

by Rob Anderson on June 13, 2015 · in Diorama · 14 ≡

Well the crew for the Tiger is done, though one lost half his body along the way. Maybe it has to do with the Dragon's Tooth Stout in the last picture, as he had them there! The standing figures in parka and jacket are Alpine miniatures [...]

Tamiya 1/12th Yamaha YZR-M1 50th Anniversary U.S. Inter-colouring Edition

by George Williams on June 12, 2015 · in Automotive · 24 ≡

For some reason when I logged on this morning I discovered that I could post pictures and articles again, so here goes! 2005 was Yamaha's 50th anniversary, and they were determined to win as many world championships as they could. 2005 [...]

AMK 1/48 Aero L-29 Delfin

by Tom Cleaver on June 12, 2015 · in Aviation · 8 ≡

The Aero L-29 Delfin (Dolphin)was Czechoslovakia's first locally-designed and built jet aircraft, and became the standard jet trainer for all Warsaw Pact air forces (other than Poland) during the 1960s. The prototype XL-29, designed by Z. [...]

Lavochkin LA-5FN 1/48 Eduard

by Christian WERY on June 12, 2015 · in Aviation · 39 ≡

In 1941, to integrate the cumbersome Shvetsov ASh-82 (M-82) engine into the frame of the LaGG-3 to build LA-5 was not a small matter and it costs the life to some Russian test pilots. The new machine required many improvements (cooling, [...]

1/350 Tamiya Yamato (new tool) & Monochrome Suzutsuki

by Anthony Polychroniadis on June 11, 2015 · in Ships · 21 ≡

A diorama with the subject "Getting under way for Operation Ten-Ichi-Go", Yamato's last sortie in the spring of 1945. I made an effort to accurize the ships in order to depict them correctly as they would have been fitted at that [...]

Shades of Yossarian.

by Tom Cleaver on June 10, 2015 · in Aviation · 1 ≡

There were (until this find last year) virtually no photographs of Joseph Heller, the author of "Catch-22" from World War 2. This 6-minute segment comes from what was a 73-minute documentary made by 340th BombGroup Public [...]