Video: High Planes Racers 1/48 "Precious Metal II"
As featured in December's Scale Aircraft Modelling (Volume 36, Issue 10)
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Monogram dreams of my youth.
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
Again set Academy. Slightly altered and added details.
Regards, Vlad.
Yahagi. Building Hasegawa's kit in 1:350
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
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
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
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 [...]
Video: What's on the bench – November 2014.
A biggee about the bench. And what's on it.
