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Another P-40 – Trumpeter 1/48 Curtiss 81-A2 Warhawk

by Rick Wilkes on July 9, 2014 · in Aviation · 15 ≡

I finished this about 2 years ago, using the Kits World decals for "Tex" Hill's aircraft, & Gator Masks for the camouflage. I rebuilt the cockpit to the proper depth using a combination of kit parts, True Details [...]

The Mack “Hoover Dam ” Dump Truck and Marion Steam Shovel, 1931

by Mike Maynard on July 9, 2014 · in Uncategorized · 9 ≡

I'm not really a truck or car modeler, but once in a while I like to build something different. I've always been a fan of construction equipment, especially older, cable operated excavators. There's not much in the way of steam shovel kits [...]

About the 50th P-40 here lately!

by Ralph Clements on July 8, 2014 · in Aviation · 13 ≡

As soon as I started building this Italeri 1/48 P-40N it seems like they started coming out of the woodwork on Imodeler - which is fine with me, I love seeing everyone's different takes on this classic, a favorite of mine. In my first post [...]

1/48 Accurate Miniatures A-36 “Apache”

by bob mack on July 8, 2014 · in Aviation · 12 ≡

i built one of these last year and posted it but was never satisfied with the result...removed the post and trashed the model...the national insignia's on the wing and fuselage are different...one of course is larger and i flubbed it [...]

iModeler June Awards

by Editor on July 7, 2014 · in Uncategorized · 18 ≡

Time to announce the winners of the iModeler July Competition. A month that brought us an excessive D-Day Anniversary celebration and a total of 111 new articles followed by 1798 users' comments. As per our usual procedure, we are [...]

Lindberg (Inpact) 1/48 Bristol Bulldog

by Tom Cleaver on July 7, 2014 · in Aviation · 8 ≡

This model was done in around 2003, having been purchased a couple years earlier. Finding the SMER kit with the better decals at an "aftermarket decal sheet price" prompted me to pull the kit out of the closet and proceed. The [...]

How to fix those pesky float pylons on the Trumpy Albatross, plus some engines

by Rob Anderson on July 7, 2014 · in Uncategorized · 3 ≡

So amongst the myriad problems that mar tis wonderful kit is the fact that Trumpeter failed to notice the pylons the wing floats are attached to are the wrong angle. They are parallel to the wing when they should sweep forward. One site [...]

F-104G Starfighter

by Rob Pollock on July 7, 2014 · in Aviation · 20 ≡

Here's Italeri's new-tool,1/32 F104 Starfighter. I've modelled it as the RCAF CF-104G, nuclear strike version, Cold Lake, Alberta AB,1962, which is one of ten kit livery choices but I think the only NMF version. I used an Aires exhaust [...]

Staffordshire Moorlands 5th Annual Modelshow 2014

by neil foster on July 6, 2014 · in Show Reports · 14 ≡

This was the first time I have attended this modelshow and a very enjoyable day was had by all who attended,there were a lot of familliar faces from clubs around the Northwest and also lots from clubs around the Midlands area whom I had [...]

D-Day Group Build – 1/48 Wildcat V

by Rick Wilkes on July 6, 2014 · in Aviation · 24 ≡

Here we are a month after D-Day and I've called this one done. I must admit I'm unsure if this aircraft was used at Normandy or only at the invasion of Southern France (Operation Dragoon 15 August '44), but be that as it may...Tah [...]