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KV II Tamiya 1/35 kit

by Alan Rush on October 23, 2013 · in Armor · 18 ≡

This is an OOB build to start my first experiments with weathering. I used MIG Russian earth pigments to make the mud for running gear and lower hull. Dark gray paint for chips on the top coat and black pastels for exhaust stains. I [...]

Minicraft 1/24 1958 Triumph TR3A Rally Club Car

by Joe Caputo on October 22, 2013 · in Automotive · 14 ≡

This was one of my "dream cars", as a kid. When I saw this inexpensive, "curbside" kit at a vendors booth foor about $3.00, I had to have a go. It has an optional hardtop, and decals. The steering wheel is on the [...]

Zoukei-Mura J7W1 Shinden 1/32

by Rob Pollock on October 22, 2013 · in Aviation · 13 ≡

Here is ZM's Shinden. It's a complex kit. Much of it builds without issues, while other areas require more focus. It builds like a cross between a Tamiya and Trumpeter kit. The complex shapes of the rear fuselage panels in particular are [...]

Review: H-K 1/32 Meteor F.Mk.4 test shot

by Tom Cleaver on October 21, 2013 · in Reviews · 9 ≡

The Meteor F.4 was the result of three separate lines of research that began shortly after 616 Squadron had taken delivery of their Meteor F.1s in 1944. The Aerodynamic Section at R.A.E. Farnborough was studying ways to improve [...]

Thank you iModeler.

by Simon Whitney on October 21, 2013 · in Uncategorized · 5 ≡

Hi good people, It just arrived today, my prize from the lucky draw. I would like to thank all at iModeler for the Eduard Hellcat Mk 2 1/48 scale. It is the first time I have won anything on a lucky draw or whatever so I was stunned when I [...]

Further progress on the big B-17G - painted!

by Tom Cleaver on October 20, 2013 · in Aviation · 13 ≡

I ended up sitting this thing on a bar stool outside and walking around it to get all the paint on. Four different shades of Alclad, and it took half a bottle of Duraluminum and a third of a bottle of White Aluminum for their areas. [...]

1/48 Hobbycraft Military Tutor

by Joe Caputo on October 19, 2013 · in Aviation · 8 ≡

A Canadian trainer. This is a simple, basic kit, with decals for 4 different versions, none of which is a "Snowbird", Canada's aerial demonstration team. Hobbycraft does make the "Snowbird", just don't look for it [...]

Achtung, Spitfire!

by Seamus Boughe on October 19, 2013 · in Aviation · 33 ≡

Sometime in mid-December of last year, while attending a meeting of the Brooklyn Plastic Modelers Society (my chapter of the IPMS), I came across this kit being sold 2nd hand for $25.00 with an Eduard photo-etch set and a Masters [...]

AirFix 1:72 Bf109 e-4

by roger fabrocini on October 19, 2013 · in Uncategorized · 16 ≡

AirFix's new tool kits are getting better and better, though they still need a little work to get them up to current standards. panel lines are not too deep and fit is excellent. i am no judge on shape issues. i've built the ICM e-3 109 [...]

Vintage Fighter Series P-47D Thunderbolt 1/24

by Rob Pollock on October 18, 2013 · in Aviation · 25 ≡

You may have read recently that Kinetic has bought the moulds to the VFS 1/24 Thunderbolts. These were originally produced by Ray Thomas, and I bought my kit from him at the Hornchurch show in 2009, and built it a year or so later when it [...]