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Hobbycraft 1/48 P-26

by Paul Mahoney on August 28, 2014 · in Aviation · 12 ≡

Well, after a small absence due to family things (and a trip to the IPMS Nats), I thought it was time to contribute something. This is Hobbycraft's 1/48 P-26 built many years ago using Aeromaster decals. I have since learned that the [...]

Trumpeter 1/16 SU-100, or “How to determine your workbench is level for only 200 dollars”

by Wes Pennest on August 28, 2014 · in Armor · 8 ≡

Originally, this was to be a large, substantial article about the large and substantial 1/16 scale SU-100 assault gun from Trumpeter. Fate intervened and decided instead to teach me the value of having a one-hundred-and-ten-percent level [...]

Spitfire Mk.IXe (AZ 1/72)

by Dmitry Stropalov on August 28, 2014 · in Aviation · 14 ≡

I always wanted to make Spitfire in an unusual painting scheme. So, this one for unpainted look of this famous warbird. This is a new AZmodel kit in HQT (high quality technology). And I can say that plastic really looks very good and if [...]

Boeing B-29 Superfortress – 1/32nd scale vacform

by Thomas Probert on August 28, 2014 · in Aviation · 16 ≡

This was a huge undertaking, in both the challenge it provided and the sheer size of this kit. An ID Models vacform, this model provided the absolute basics such as the fuselage shell, wings and stabilisers. No interior was provided, so [...]

Handley-Page Halifax GRII – 1/32nd scale vacform

by Thomas Probert on August 28, 2014 · in Aviation · 15 ≡

This was a year long project and started life as a very basic vacform (the old ID Models' kit now marketed as Tigger Models) and involved a great deal of scratch building. Kits such as these come as a blank canvas - the shell of the main [...]

LEOPARD X

by Matija Skobe on August 28, 2014 · in Armor · 7 ≡

hello everyone, i would like to share with you my new brainstorm product (leopard kitbash) its an LEO -X all in one, tank, apc, howitzer, everything- anti-air, personel, armor hope you like it comments are welcome few WIP pic [...]

ICM P-51D “Nancy Lee” – 1:48 scale

by Milan D. on August 28, 2014 · in Aviation · 13 ≡

Good ICM's kit with addition of Eduard's cockpit PE set. Painted with Alclad II metalizers and Vallejo acrylics. Weathered with oils. I have used Lifelike decals for this build and I can recommend them without hesitation. This plane was [...]

Grumman Hellcat 1 – No 800 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm (Royal Navy) – 1/32

by K. J. Bricknell on August 27, 2014 · in Aviation · 18 ≡

Not having seen one in real life, I hadn't fully appreciated how big the F6F was until I built this kit and parked it alongside other WW2 fighters of the same scale. This is from the Trumpeter 1/32 F6F-3 kit. OOB except for Eduard cockpit [...]

Fairchild AC-119K Stinger

by Morne Meyer on August 27, 2014 · in Aviation · 31 ≡

On the night of 8 May 1970 Capt. Alan Milacek's AC 119K Stinger is patrolling over a remote corner of the Ho Chi Minh Trail. Far below a convoy of North Vietnamese trucks are slowly moving down a valley hugging the Laotion border on their [...]