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Tiger Tank and loading crew

by John Richards on August 22, 2015 · in Armor · 9 ≡

I have begun doing figures. This is one of my first efforts to practice painting figures. The Tiger is a Tamiya 1/35 kit Early production. The commander came with a Tank crew set, and the others with a loading crew set, all Tamiya kits. [...]

Airfix 1/48 scale Spitfire Mk.22

by Tony Prince on August 22, 2015 · in Aviation · 25 ≡

Back in 1997 Airfix came out with a brace of Spitfire/Seafire kits to knock your socks off. For me, the magic still works & the result is here. This will not be the last of these kits for me as I have another Mk.22 plus the Seafire 47 [...]

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 [...]