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Revell, 1:32, Hawker Hurricane

by Ulrich Schütt on January 29, 2014 · in Aviation · 11 ≡

Finished this one last week. It’s the re-re-re-box of the re-re-re-re-release of the old Revell Hurricane, which was first released in ’67. ( I have build one too in my younger years, late ‘80’s….) Considering it’s age it was a [...]

1/35 German Super Heavy Railgun “The Dora” or What to build if you have a spare 6 months..!!

by Bob Depeau on January 29, 2014 · in Armor · 16 ≡

Hi All, I'm a new guy to this site and live in Australia where I have lived for 42 years since moving here from the U.S. ( Springfield MA ) I'm heavily into armor and have a special interest in WW-2 German armor with an even keener [...]

USS Bowfin from Revell 1/180 USS Lionfish kit…

by Robert Bausch on January 28, 2014 · in Ships · 21 ≡

The USS Bowfin, SS-287, was a Balao-class Fleet submarine. She was laid down at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard at Kittery, Maine, on 23 July 1942, and launched on 7 December 1942. She had a distinguished career in the Pacific, based mainly [...]

Revell 1/72 Blackburn Skua II

by Joe Caputo on January 28, 2014 · in Aviation · 12 ≡

This is an old kit which has been re-poped several times. From what I've read it's totally inaccurate, but I just wanted an easy, quick build. The decals offer two options. I chose the No. 806 Squadron, FAA, HMS Illustrious 1940. [...]

Repost with finished base

by Steven Davis on January 28, 2014 · in Sci-fi · 4 ≡

Sorry to post again, but this is the first base/ground cover I've ever done! Thanks Mr.Mike R for the help. I've found something thats almost as much fun as modeling so there are more bases that will be made! (May even try figures [...]

1/48 Hasegawa F-18C Hornet “Chippy Ho”

by Patrick Herrmann on January 28, 2014 · in Aviation · 13 ≡

I finally completed my first model since my son was born last February, a few minutes here a few minutes there mostly during his naps! In preparation to do justice to a weathered F-14 I wanted to practice on something else that would get [...]

Stalingrad Sniper, 1942

by Rob Pollock on January 28, 2014 · in Uncategorized · 5 ≡

This is Alexandros Models' 200mm resin bust (AM-WW31) of famed Russian sniper Vasily Grigoryevich Zaytsev, noted particularly for his activities between 10 November and 17 December 1942, during the Battle of Stalingrad. As this is a [...]

Alan Wolfson – Master of Diorama Building

by Editor on January 27, 2014 · in Diorama · 8 ≡

What's that giant quarter doing in the New York subway station? Actually, the entire scene is a diorama, or "miniature urban sculpture" created by Alan Wolfson. Alan Wolfson specializes in modeling urban environments. Complete [...]

Building The 48th Scale SKYSHARK Outside The Box

by Jack Mugan on January 27, 2014 · in Aviation · 23 ≡

Years ago I built the old Allen kit of the SKYSHARK in the dark blue scheme. I let a friend talk me out of it, so when I ran across the Dynavector 48th scale kit some time ago, I snapped it up as a replacement. The Dynavector kit is a [...]

ALMOST as good as the 32nd scale Tamiya Corsair…… The 72nd scale Tamiya Corsair

by David Hansen on January 27, 2014 · in Aviation · 26 ≡

Following on James Kelley's excellent article on the 32nd scale Tamiya Birdscage, and because i am totally bereft of originality, i thought i'd post an article on my latest labour of love. This is my latest 72nd scale Corsair, Number 3, [...]