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My wife is the greatest… :) Birthday presents for my 45th.

by Paul van Acker on October 10, 2014 · in Aviation · 9 ≡

Thank you Julie. Looking inside, the decals for the Nightfighter national markings are terrible. But the Day bomber is fine. Luckily, I can use the latters for the Nightfighter, cause they are the same, and I am doing a Dutch day bomber [...]

1/48 Fujimi Messerschmitt Bf110D

by Paul van Acker on October 10, 2014 · in Aviation · 26 ≡

I loved building this old kit. Done in Iraqi markings, and decided to go with the RLM 02/71/65 colours, which I think may have been right for a used airplane, given over in early 1941. My interpretation anyway. 🙂 The oversprayed colour [...]

Honey I shrunk the model!!!

by California Steve on October 9, 2014 · in Uncategorized · 20 ≡

OK it's the old giant toy quarter trick. But I have to say I have never seen it done. In the second photo the real quarter is on the left. Sorry about the photos but it is hard to hold still when you are laughing. Who says you can't have [...]

Johnnie Johnson's MK392

by Tom Cleaver on October 9, 2014 · in Uncategorized · 20 ≡

The Spitfire IXe was a development of the standard Spitfire IX that inverted the position of the 20mm cannons and replaced the outboard .30 caliber machine guns with .50 caliber weapons in the wing position formerly occupied by the [...]

Relics from Mom's House...ancient armor artifacts....

by Bill Koppos on October 9, 2014 · in Armor · 14 ≡

The 70's just don't seem that long ago...gad I've been doing this awhile. I left my parent's bosom at age 27 in 1982, but plenty of bits of me remain behind in the basement, among them these plastic beasties. At the time these were state [...]

UH-1H Huey, A Co. Little Bears, 25th Avn BN, Cu Chi, Republic of Vietnam 1969

by Ramon R. Lomeli on October 9, 2014 · in Aviation · 46 ≡

Hello! This is the Italeri 1/48 scale UH-1H Huey that I built for a friend and fellow veteran, who asked that I build for his brother, who is also a veteran and also a fellow former crew chief. This is meant to represent his bird while [...]

Masterson at Barrosa, 1811 – “I have the Cuckoo!”

by Rob Pollock on October 9, 2014 · in Figures · 23 ≡

This is Stormtroopers Miniatures new 1/10 resin bust (sculpted by Carl Reid), depicting Sgt. Patrick Masterson of the 87th Regiment of Foot (Royal Irish Fusiliers), at the Battle of Barrosa during the Peninsular War. On March 5, 1811, [...]

iModeler Review: Zoukei-Mura 1/48 Focke-Wulf Ta-152H-1

by James Kelley on October 6, 2014 · in Reviews · 14 ≡

Scale Size: 1/48 model Included: 2 color molded parts, clear and gray Total Parts: 135 parts Produced: by: Zoukei-Mura, Inc. Five years ago, Zoukei-Mura released their 1/32 Focke-Wulf Ta-152H-1. It received some degree of critical [...]

Cessna A-37B Dragonfly

by Morne Meyer on October 6, 2014 · in Aviation · 30 ≡

The A-37B Dragonfly was one of those unsung heroes of the Vietnam air war. Over shadowed by more glamorous jets like the Phantom, Crusader, Super Sabre and Thunderchief, the A-37 was deployed to Vietnam to replace the F-100 and B-57. It [...]

So!.... how about a bit of a teaser?..........

by California Steve on October 5, 2014 · in Uncategorized · 23 ≡

this is a repop of the Monogram 1/24 scale Scarab rear engine race car. I built this same model years ago, and I built a glue bomb. Now I want to set the record right. More to come... California Steve.