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Revell 1/72 British Vosper M.T.B.

by Joe Caputo on January 15, 2014 · in Ships · 9 ≡

To me this was one of the more confusing boats of a late WWII (?) design to be modeled. It's a British design, U.S. built, for Russia, but doubtful that it saw WWII service. Somewhere along the line, one or two were [...]

P-51D 55th FG, 343FS Flown by Capt. Robert E. Welsh (6 victories)

by Frank Cronin on January 15, 2014 · in Aviation · 21 ≡

This is a Monogram 1/48 P-51 that I built in 1976. This is just one of many Monogram Mustangs that I have built over the years. All things considered the Monogram kit is still one of the best for overall outline and quality and was [...]

1/35th scle Iwo Jima Diorama in progress

by John Staehle on January 14, 2014 · in How-to · 6 ≡

Iwo Jima, the volcanic island that still smelled like rotten eggs was the subject of one of the worst battles of WW2 that lasted over 5 weeks was the request of a new customer with Hobbies in a Barn. Armed with light weapons until the [...]

“Götterdämmerung”

by Rob Pollock on January 14, 2014 · in Aviation · 9 ≡

I previously posted photos of a specimen build of the Trumpeter 1/32 Messerschmitt Me 262 B-1a/U1, the late-war Luftwaffe night fighter. (link) I mentioned that I intended to 'de-construct' the model in part, and use it in a wreck [...]

Advanced Diorama Techniques and Secrets

by John Staehle on January 13, 2014 · in How-to · 5 ≡

With the idea of dioramas being the best way to show off your models the 1/35th scale diorama shown here is an advance technique example of how I build to suit custom orders at Hobbies in a Barn. Starting with a theme, this being an anti [...]

SBD-4 Dauntless Hasegawa 1/48

by Daniel Iscold on January 13, 2014 · in Aviation · 11 ≡

The Hasegawa Dauntless model has been blamed to have a lower quality than the Dauntless series produced by Accurate Miniatures. The last one are still avaiable under the Italeri and Academy brands. With all the issues about the accuracy [...]

Battle at the Ruins

by John Staehle on January 12, 2014 · in How-to · 3 ≡

I used the theme of Monte Casino for this diorama and with the old Italeri Building ruins and Church ruins I came up with the defenders finding better cover after the bombings of the mountain. The DML figures are from older kits and [...]

Desert Duo

by John Staehle on January 11, 2014 · in How-to · 5 ≡

The British SAS and Long Range Groups often worked together as a team and disrupted the DAK in all instances. The diorama suggests a hasty return to friendly territory after such a raid. As with most of my dioramas I use a recycled rubber [...]

1/48 CAC CA-13 Boomerang

by Tom Cleaver on January 11, 2014 · in Aviation · 9 ≡

When Australia became involved in the Pacific War in December 1941, the Royal Australian Air Force was ill-prepared, to say the very least. With Australia’s main combat forces deployed to North Africa and England, it was clear that there [...]

Harrier GR.3, Airfix 1/72nd

by drewe manton on January 11, 2014 · in Aviation · 5 ≡

So here's this week's model. It's the Airfix kit. Problem free build. The pilot is from PJ Productions and the bombs are from the Revell Tornado GR.1 kit. I used some plastic card and superglue to correct the tip of the tail (Kit tail has [...]