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Mach II 1/72 Convair 440 Metropolitan – Continental Airlines Delivery scheme

by Alastair Barbour on November 23, 2014 · in Aviation · 11 ≡

Following quite a bit of interest in natural metal finishes on the other Convair (Hustler) I thought I'd give the Mach II 1/72 Convair 440 a go with a similar finish, at least on the lower half and wings. I'm still not sure what scheme it [...]

Video: High Planes Racers 1/48 "Precious Metal II"

by MakingModelsAgain on November 22, 2014 · in Aviation

As featured in December's Scale Aircraft Modelling (Volume 36, Issue 10) (link)

Monogram dreams of my youth.

by Ulf Lundberg on November 22, 2014 · in Aviation · 15 ≡

When I was building plastic models in the 70s, Monogram kits were the state of the art. I always dreamed of building on of their big bombers in 1:48, but was never able to do it. They were too expensive for a kid with a meagre weekly [...]

F4F-4 WILDCAT 1/72 Academy

by Korolev Vlad on November 22, 2014 · in Aviation · 14 ≡

Again set Academy. Slightly altered and added details. Regards, Vlad.

Yahagi. Building Hasegawa's kit in 1:350

by Ulf Lundberg on November 22, 2014 · in Ships · 16 ≡

The Yahagi was one of four Agano-class cruisers. They were designed to be torpedo squadron leaders which explains their strong torpedo armament and their relatively weak artillery. The Yahagi was launched on the 25 October 1942 and had a [...]

'An Inglorious End' – Scratch built 1/32 B-17 Fortress Diorama

by Richard Carrick on November 22, 2014 · in Diorama · 35 ≡

Hi guys - this is one I finished last year. It's a 1/32 Fortress, scratch built and based on the old Combat Models vacform. Total construction time was 18 months. The HK Models kit was released about a year into the project, and my build [...]

Airspeed AS5 Courier and Airspeed AS45 Cambridge

by Santiago Hrubisko on November 20, 2014 · in Aviation · 11 ≡

HI I would like to share with you two new models made by my father during the last week. Here are some photos. The Airspeed AS45 Cambridge was made from balsa wood but the Airspeed AS5 Courier was made from a resin kit. Airspeed AS 5 [...]

B-1B Lancer

by Morne Meyer on November 20, 2014 · in Aviation · 35 ≡

This is Revell/Monogram's gigantic 1/48 scale rendition of arguably the most aesthetically pleasing bomber to emerge from the Cold War, the Rockwell B-1 B Lancer. This model is depicted in a typical 1980's wrap around colour scheme of dark [...]