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Tamiya 1/48 P-47 Bubbletop in Gabby Gabreski’s markings

by Paul Mahoney on June 12, 2014 · in Aviation · 35 ≡

Well, usually I like to build things with slightly unusual markings, but this time around was different. My son was interested in building a P-47 with Gabreski's markings, and started in on the Hobby Easy 1/48 kit (which includes those [...]

The Tale of Two Javelins...

by Robert Bausch on June 12, 2014 · in Aviation · 12 ≡

Here are a couple of 1/72 Gloster Javelin models that I made quite a few years ago. The Javelin has always appealed to me with its unusual shape of delta wing on a broad fuselage, and a second, smaller delta at the top of the fin. A very [...]

Dauntless, Done… SBD-4, 1/48, Hasegawa

by Ralph Clements on June 11, 2014 · in Aviation · 15 ≡

After much ado and diligent effort over the past two and and a half weeks, I am calling my SBD-4 Dauntless 'done'...for a fairly unskilled builder like me it has been a challenge but I am pleased overall with the result which I humbly [...]

D-Day +5. 1/48 Spitfire IXc

by John Healy on June 11, 2014 · in Aviation · 19 ≡

Admiring all of your great D-Day builds made me realize that I only have one D-Day aircraft in the collection. Work kept me from posting it until today. It is an Otaki Mk.VIII converted into a "faux" Mk. IX. I replaced the [...]

iModeler Review: Kitty Hawk 1/48 F-101A/C Voodoo

by Tom Cleaver on June 11, 2014 · in Reviews · 19 ≡

This is taken from my review at Modeling Madness, with the complete collection of photos here. Over the years, there have been a few kits of the McDonnell F-101A/C Voodoo, starting with - if I recall correctly - a box-scale kit from Revell [...]

Yekîneyên Parastina Gel T-72

by Wes Pennest on June 11, 2014 · in Armor · 14 ≡

The T-72 from Tamiya. In the ongoing Syrian civil war, the largely Kurdish west of the country is less of a conflict between the Free Syrian Army and Assad, and more of a conflict between the "Islamic State Of Iraq and the [...]

AirFix 1:72 "Stringbag"

by roger fabrocini on June 11, 2014 · in Aviation · 17 ≡

i have no particular affinity for the Swordfish, though i now think she's a pretty little thing in her own humble way. i started this build over a year ago as a rigging challenge. i've said it before, i do like what Airfix is producing [...]

D-Day +4 , 1/48th Hasegawa Republic P-47D USAAC, Capt D. Smith

by Chuck A. Villanueva on June 11, 2014 · in Aviation · 29 ≡

The 56th Fighter Group, 61st Fighter Squadron were tasked with support of the D-Day invasion flying 8 missions on the first day. Throughout the month of June missions were mostly ground attacks, interdiction and to destroy the Germans [...]

Glencoe 1/144th Martin M-130 China Clipper

by Joe Caputo on June 10, 2014 · in Aviation · 10 ≡

The Clippers were first flown in 1935. In 1936 the China Clipper made the first ever commercial double crossing of the Pacific Ocean. Trans-Pacific flights spanned 5 days and 60 hours of actual flying. By 1940, two of these aircraft [...]

Monogram 1/48 Canadair Sabre Mk. 4...

by Robert Bausch on June 10, 2014 · in Aviation · 15 ≡

I started this kit many years ago, but just finished it in the last year or so. I don’t think I originally intended to do it as an RAF machine, but I really like the classy RAF camo and squadron markings, so that’s how it turned [...]