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Fiberglass 1/20 Scale Su-30MKi Indian Air Force

by Captain Adi’s ModelArt on January 25, 2024 · in Aviation · 10 ≡

Hello All... Its been long since I posted here. I had been busy building this Large Scale Su-30Mki model. This is a fully scratchbuilt made with foam, foam board, modeling putty and fiberglass and It took almost 1 year to complete this [...]

‘Little Stinger’ Bf-109E-7 III./ZG 1, HobbyBoss 80261 in 1/72

by George Schembri on January 25, 2024 · in Aviation · 23 ≡

I had another 1/72 HobbyBoss Bf-109 kit kicking around and when I came across Decals 7204 from 'Ministry of Small Aircraft Production' I figured that I should practice my mottling painting on this little stinger. I also had decals from the [...]

Heller 1/48 Tornado IDS

by Spiros Pendedekas on January 25, 2024 · in Aviation · 36 ≡

The Panavia Tornado was primarily designed for high-speed/low-level penetration, targeting the invading forces of the Eastern Europe Warsaw Pact countries. To achieve this, but still be able to have good low-speed flight characteristics, [...]

Chinese PLA 50 Ton Tank Transporter

by George Williams on January 25, 2024 · in Armor · 23 ≡

This is a Trumpeter 1/35 scale kit of the Chinese 50 ton tank transporter. The kit had some good reviews but it’s hardly likely to be a best seller due to being a little known military vehicle. The design has been heavily influenced [...]

USS North Carolina BB55, Revell 1/570 scale

by Robert Royes on January 24, 2024 · in Ships · 15 ≡

Originally released in 1969, this off scale kit of the North Carolina depicts the ship as she was end /post war configuration with her main deck forward AA guns removed. Commissioned in 1937. She was the first of the fast battle ships. [...]

Laird's "Solution" Thompson Trophy Racer

by John W Summerford on January 24, 2024 · in Aviation · 24 ≡

Three weeks before the 1930 Thompson Trophy race, held in Chicago, Lee Shoenhair of the Goodrich Co. placed an order with the E.M. Laird Airplane company for a racer based on their Speedwing designs of commercial aircraft and featuring the [...]

Airfix 1/48 Hawker Hurricane Mk1

by Scott Brelsford on January 23, 2024 · in Aviation · 45 ≡

Hey fellow modelers. With great excitement I am proud to bring you my latest and 3rd build. This project was one of three Xmas gifts received from my daughter. I'm a lucky guy 🙂 I started the build somewhere in the Twighlight zone [...]

HobbyBoss C-47 Skytrain 1/72

by George V Guimaraes on January 23, 2024 · in Aviation · 26 ≡

Hi there! This is my latest project, the iconic WW2 workhorse. This is a decent kit for the scale with good fitting in general. Decals are good, but there are just a few of them; not a single stencil or whatsoever. Invasion stripes and the [...]

News you can use....

by Tom Cleaver on January 23, 2024 · in News · 5 ≡

The latest email from Squadron shows the Magic Factory F4U-1A/F4U-2 Corsair kit available for $69.99 - that's competitive price-wise with the Tamiya Corsairs, with more detail offered. There was a point where @#$#@#@! Stevens International [...]

Rhodesian G Car FN MAG (update 20th Dec 24)

by Roan Honywill on January 23, 2024 · in Aviation · 10 ≡

Being the aviation geek I am, and the son of Rhodesian parents, I've had an affinity towards the days of old and what went on during that time period. This drove me to do a Rhodesian Alouette 3 G Car with an FN MAG. A bit different from [...]