Video: Sprue tour! Trumpeter 1/48 Westland Whirlwind
Big thanks to Jim Starkweather of Kitmaker Network for supplying this kit. www.kitmaker.net
My G-10 Erla Has Landed!
It's rather cold, wet and miserable in Canberra at present, but the day was brightened considerably for me when the postman arrived with my Revell 1/32 Bf109G-10 Erla, this being my prize for fooling all you guys with my Roland D.VIb in [...]
In Box Preview/review: Zoukei Mura 1/48 Kyushu J7W1 Shinden
The box (and its pretty dramatic "What-if" artwork) measures 30x21.5X7.5 cm (11.5x8.5x3 inches)so its not really overly large. (The Hasegawa box is about an inch longer and 2/3 as deep. Inside you will find it is very full with 5 [...]
May Prize Arrived!
I am so pleased to be the winner of May's Random Drawing! My prize arrived today - Airfix's 1/48 scale BF-109E4/N TROP. This will be the perfect model to try out my new airbrush on!
Many, many thanks to iModeler and the iModeler [...]
Hawker Typhoon 1b
Hi Yawl, Finished at last my little addition to the D-Day Build, the Academy Hawker Typhoon b1 in 1/72 scale
originally i was going to build the MPM A-20G Havoc but got completely bogged down with that one plus as per MPM's usual kits it [...]
1/48 Zvezda Bf-109F-4
Some claim the kit is "fiddly," but if you take care and follow the instructions, you won't use any seam filler. It's the most accurate Bf-109F in 1/48. Lifelike Decals 48-035 "Marseille Special" used, with Eduard [...]
Revell 1/32 Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-2, Finnish Air Force...
When I saw Rob Anderson’s May 24 posting of the old Revell box art for their 1/32 Bf 109 G “Gustav”, I knew I had to take a look at the model I built from that kit, with the thought of possibly posting it on iModeler. Here it is.
I [...]
Bubble trouble!
The Albatross continues. Looking at pictures of Navy HU-16Cs I noticed all but the earliest have observer bubbles retrofitted to the first window aft of the wheel wells. Later Navy birds seem to have been built with these, but the [...]
Revell – Monogram B 29 1/48
Well at long last here is my finished B29 and I have to say it has been a real pleasure, for a very old moulding with raised panel lines it still builds up into a lovely looking kit ,there is a surprising amount of detail in the forward [...]
How many of you remember this?
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It came on right before the national anthem at 10:30 PM as the TV station was signing off for the night. This is one of the reasons I like F-104's...
