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Last of the V8 Interceptors…. Aoshima 1/24 Mad Max 2

by Bill Koppos on July 6, 2014 · in Automotive · 20 ≡

One of my favorite Moving pictures has been Mad Max 2, The Road Warrior. I saw this one in '81 when it came out, and was bowled over with the nasties, machines, a young Mel Gibson at full tough, and overall atmosphere of a post-apocalyptic [...]

1/48 Corsair II JT422

by John Healy on July 6, 2014 · in Aviation · 22 ≡

This is the Tamiya F4U-1A kit suitably modified to FAA Corsair II standards. I clipped the wingtips, added the 3 fuselage air scoops found on RN Corsairs, and added a British whip antenna set up. JT 422 was a Goodyear built Corsair and [...]

1/48 Dragon Junkers Ju-188A2

by Tolga ULGUR on July 6, 2014 · in Aviation · 19 ≡

This is the 1/48 Dragon Junkers JU-188A2 with the markings of 3E HK from II KG/6. This Ju-188 was found abandoned at Melsbroek in Belgium (1944). Cockpit components painted to RLM 66 and modified by CMK seats. The upper fuselage and [...]

The Kitty Hawk F-101C finds a good home

by Tom Cleaver on July 6, 2014 · in Show Reports · 5 ≡

That fershlugginah F-101C has found a good home, where it will be honored and respected, and seen only from a distance of 3 feet through glass. Christina Olds gave a presentation today out at Planes of Fame about her father, the great [...]

Eduard 1/48 Dassault Mirage IIICJ “Profipack”

by Tom Cleaver on July 4, 2014 · in Aviation · 10 ≡

This model was done 10 years ago when the kit first came out. It's still the best 1/48 Mirage kit and well worth having, particularly in the Profipack release. Like the Spitfire and the Battle of Britain, the P-51 and the daylight battles [...]

Trumpeter AVG Tomahawk 1/32

by Juan Benitez on July 3, 2014 · in Aviation · 14 ≡

I couldn't help but notice a P-40 theme in the last few posts, so I am compelled to add my own rendition of this noble bird to this site! This is the Hobbycraft boxing of Trumpeter's P-40B/Hawk 81A2 Tomahawk done as it could only be [...]

Bristol Fighter Roden 1/48th Scale

by James Robert Feuilherade on July 3, 2014 · in Aviation · 12 ≡

Built this a while back, but as others have posted oldies but goodies, decided to show I do actually manage to get somthing across my work bench occasionally! Good kits the Roden's, if maybe not for beginners. Soft plastic can make [...]

Last P-40Es

by Tom Cleaver on July 2, 2014 · in Aviation · 4 ≡

The P-40E-1/Kittyhawk IA flown by CAPT Andrew Reynolds of the 49th FG is actually a Kittyhawk IA - the Lend-Lease version of the P-40E-1. When the 49th FG arrived in Australia in March 1942, there was not much attention paid to whether [...]

HobbyBoss F-84E 31st FG in 1/32 scale

by Juan Benitez on July 2, 2014 · in Aviation · 17 ≡

I'm from Ohio, born on Wright-Patterson AFB and on of my earliest memories is one of me at an Armed Forces Day airshow, sitting in the cockpit of an F-84 with a huge 50's style flight helmet plopped on my head, and not being able to see [...]

Academy 1/48 Hawker Hunter F.6…

by Robert Bausch on July 2, 2014 · in Aviation · 31 ≡

I am a big fan of Sir Sydney Camm’s Hawker fighter designs, from Kingston on Thames, especially the Typhoon, Tempest and Hunter. The Hunter has always been one of my most favorite aircraft, for many, many years. Aircraft shapes don’t [...]