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Airfix 1/72 Grumman J2F "Duck"

by Joe Caputo on July 18, 2014 · in Aviation · 8 ≡

This is the OLD Airfix Duck, (OOB) I tried to keep it as simple a build as I could Before it was finished, I just wanted it over with, and it shows. I guess it was the victim of having too many things going at one time. Did I [...]

Video: Tamiya 1/48 US 2.5 ton 6x6 Airfield Fuel Truck reveal

by MakingModelsAgain on July 18, 2014 · in Aviation

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Please don't ride the bomb !

by neil foster on July 18, 2014 · in Uncategorized · 25 ≡

Just a bit of fun using up some of the left over bits from my B29 build ,sort of inspired by the movie Dr Strangelove,not much more to say... Hope you like it ,N.

D-Day Group Build – 1/48 AMT A-20G Havoc

by Jaime Carreon on July 17, 2014 · in Aviation · 20 ≡

This is the AMT 1/48 scale A-20G in the markings of the 646th Bomb Squadron, 410th Bomb Group, 9th Air Force based at Gosfield, UK during the Normandy invasion. Kit was built mostly OOB with the addition of the True details resin wheels [...]

Kinetic 1/48 Grumman S-2E Tracker

by Tom Cleaver on July 17, 2014 · in Aviation · 22 ≡

The Grumman S2F, nicknamed the “Stoof,” revolutionized carrier-based anti-submarine warfare. Designed in 1951 to a Navy specification calling for an aircraft capable of performing both the “hunter” and “killer” role in ASW, [...]

1/48 AMT P-40F

by John Healy on July 17, 2014 · in Aviation · 13 ≡

This is my humble contribution to the P-40 fest. I like these AMT P-40s and think they look really good as long as you close the canopies. I added drop tank shackles from a Hasegawa kit because I wanted to show the clean lines of the [...]

1/48 Airfix Spitfires

by John Healy on July 17, 2014 · in Aviation · 29 ≡

I took these pics to share with a friend who is a Spitfire and Airfix neophyte. I thought I'd post them for you guys too. The fuselage decals on the City of Edinburgh Mk. 22 are oversized, but didn't know it until a year after it was [...]

1/48 Otaki P-40E converted to P-40N

by Brian Riedel on July 16, 2014 · in Aviation · 4 ≡

Thought I'd join in the P-40 fest. One of my older ones, hence only two pics. Converted Otaki P-40E using the Medallion Models resin P-40N set. Decals are War Eagle for P-40M and P-40N. It's been so long since I did this, I think I [...]

“Fabled Fifteen” now available for pre-order in hardback!

by Tom Cleaver on July 16, 2014 · in Uncategorized · 3 ≡

"Fabled Fifteen: The Pacific War Saga of Carrier Air Group 15" is now available for pre-order in hardback. Casemate Publishers will release it on September 28, 2014. Casemate publishes in the US and England, so European readers [...]

Monogram 1/48 Hawker Hurricane IIa...

by Robert Bausch on July 15, 2014 · in Aviation · 15 ≡

Here is another of my old Monogram 1/48 kits from way back, the Hawker Hurricane (by the way, you’ll be happy to know I’m running out of these!). I put a bit more work into this one than I did on the FW 190. It has a scratch built [...]