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Hi-Tech 1/48 Vautour IIN

by Tom Cleaver on March 5, 2014 · in Aviation · 12 ≡

Though largely unknown today, the Vautour series of all-weather fighters, bombers and recon aircraft were among the outstanding products of the French aviation industry 60 years ago, so good that it took a political decision on the part of [...]

Spitfire Mk22 and the curse of eBay

by Mark Housley on March 5, 2014 · in Aviation · 16 ≡

Hi All, This is my Airfix 1/72 Spitfire Mk22 New Tooling. This model was a Dream to build absolutely no problems at all i didn't add anything but paint its straight OOB i built it as bit of a experiment really to firstly see how quickly i [...]

Vought V-173 Flying Pancake

by Dmitry Stropalov on March 5, 2014 · in Aviation · 16 ≡

This is my latest build - V-173 from SpecialHobby, a short run kit. Painted with Vallejo and Gunze acrylics , weathered with oils and Tamiya pigments. Seat belts from Eduard. A nice kit for a little bit experienced modeller (there were [...]

What can you do in four days?

by Daniel Iscold on March 5, 2014 · in Aviation · 9 ≡

The answer is... A T-45 Goshawk in 1/48 scale. Instead of enjoy the carnival in Brasil, I decided to stay at home (much more safe) and finish my client´s request for another Marines training bird. The Kinetic 1/48 scale Goshawk. Just like [...]

1/48 Hasegawa HS-129B-1

by Geoffrey Abreu on March 5, 2014 · in Aviation · 16 ≡

Here is my Hasegawa 1/48 HS-129B-1. This is built OOB with the exception of PE seatbelts. Painted with Gunze acrylics and weathered with pastels, oils, and silver pencil. A very nice kit to build with no problems encountered. Geoff

206 the hard way done!

by Rob Anderson on March 4, 2014 · in Uncategorized · 20 ≡

Well, I am glad she is finished, but what a fiddly kit it was to build. I think I made a few of my own problems by doing some things out of sequence, like adding the landing gear at the end (which requires modification of the mounts early [...]

Hellcat Mk 2. Eduard 1/48 scale.

by Simon Whitney on March 4, 2014 · in Aviation · 33 ≡

Well here is. I won this kit on the random draw last year and I finally finished. It has been a fun build but not without a problem or two, down to me rather than the kit itself. See the WIP for details. (link) Painted in the F.A.A. [...]

Video: 1/48 UniModel AS-2 Starter Truck

by MakingModelsAgain on March 3, 2014 · in Aviation

A break from the norm... Music "Menu" by Campbell Logan

FAA Corsair MkII

by Mark Housley on March 3, 2014 · in Aviation · 14 ≡

Hi All, Here is my 1/72 scale Hobby Boss Corsair F4U-1a or as the FAA called it Corsair MkII. The kit comes pretty much done its basically like a snap together with a minimal parts count i like these kits a lot! i treat them like a [...]