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Bf 109 G6 9/JG52, Erich Hartmann, Russia 1943

by Rob Pollock on August 10, 2014 · in Aviation · 12 ≡

This is Hasagawa's 1/32 G6, detailed-up with the Master Detail set. I confess this isn't a new build; it was done a year or so back. I was going through some previous files on Photobucket and saw a couple of photos of it, and decided to [...]

An Old School Build

by Clark Cook on August 10, 2014 · in Aviation · 9 ≡

Good morning. I thought you might enjoy a trip down memory lane-well at least for some of you. This is a Guillow's semi-scale stick and tissue model of a Super Cub I built for my gal's dad who is now 87. It took a bit to regain those [...]

F6F-3 Hellcat

by Dmitry Stropalov on August 10, 2014 · in Aviation · 13 ≡

A well-known Eduard kit in 1/72 scale. I've added landing and navigation lights. Also kit contains colored photo etched parts for engine and cockpit. Painted with Tamiya and Gunze acrylics. Oils for washes and weathering along with [...]

Review: 1/48 ICM Do 215B review

by iModeler Youtube Picks on August 9, 2014 · in Aviation, Reviews

Royal Caroline, 1749 (Lifeboat)

by Rob Pollock on August 9, 2014 · in Ships · 7 ≡

Back in January, I posted details of an on-going build of the wooden ship, Royal Caroline. (link) By rights, it's a work-in-progress, but the actual build takes so long, and as I only return to it from time to time (eight months in this [...]

August 9, 1952: Sea Fury: 1 – MiG-15: 0

by Tom Cleaver on August 8, 2014 · in Aviation · 9 ≡

Fisher Models 1/32 Sea Fury F.B.11. Done as Peter "Hoagy" Carmichael's airplane. The Sea Fury's introduction to combat came in the fall of 1950 when 807 Squadron, operating from HMS "Theseus," joined Task Force 95, the [...]

Review: Airfix 1/24 Hawker Typhoon Mk1b review

by iModeler Youtube Picks on August 8, 2014 · in Aviation, Reviews

“THE NEW PHONE BOOKS ARE HERE THE NEW PHONE BOOKS ARE HERE” Ok well…..

by Rob Anderson on August 8, 2014 · in Aviation · 11 ≡

THEY ARE RELEASING AN MH-60S! How's that? Don't usually do new product announcements, but saw this on Cybermodelle.r I am very excited about this release because my last squadron in the USN was HSC 21, had my name painted on the doghouse [...]

Revell 1/28 Fokker Dr.1

by Brian Riedel on August 8, 2014 · in Aviation · 7 ≡

I've always loved these big planes by Revell. This is probably the fifth triplane I've built since the sixties. Details include etched brass from Tom's Modelworks, decals by Americal Gryphon (crosses only, the rest was painted [...]

Monogram 1/48 Bell P-39L-1 Airacobra

by Gary Brantley on August 7, 2014 · in Aviation · 29 ≡

This is an older build that I finally got around to photographing last Thursday. I took it and several other models (see the Bell AH-1S Cobra) to another small-town airport, the Coffield Regional Airport in Rockdale, Texas, about 20 [...]