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Revell 1/48 B-25B Mitchell

by Joe Caputo on February 3, 2014 · in Aviation · 11 ≡

"Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo" was a favorite movie (and book). Who could ever forget Van Johnson and the "Ruptured Duck". And so it was with me, when back in 1979, I built this BIG 1/48 rendition of one of my favorite [...]

AMT A-20 for a Guest of the Club

by Mark Fidler on February 2, 2014 · in Aviation · 10 ≡

As part of being a club member from IPMS Ocala is getting to meet some very interesting people. This person is F.L(Tony) Svore who was an A-20 Pilot with The Roaring 20's 312th Bomb Group 386th Bomb squadron in the Pacific. I first met him [...]

Monogram 1/48th Grumman F9F-5 Panther USN,Korean War

by Chuck A. Villanueva on February 2, 2014 · in Aviation · 22 ≡

Staying in the Korean War theme, this is Monograms kit in 48th scale. A nice build, even with the raised panel lines, it is a fun kit to build. A straight forward build only aftermarket used were Super Scale decals for VF-123, Blue [...]

AMT/Airfix Eagle transporter

by neil foster on February 1, 2014 · in Aviation · 23 ≡

I picked this kit up at a show the other week for a fiver,it was part built and required taking apart and tidying up before rebuilding and painting but I think it turned out O.K. The kit itself is very basic even toylike having only 38 [...]

1/48 Hasegawa F4U-5N Corsair

by Geoffrey Abreu on February 1, 2014 · in Aviation · 14 ≡

A few years back a friend of mine asked me to build a Korean war aircraft for her father who served on the USS Boxer in Korea. I built her this F4U-5N from Hasegawa to give to her dad. The model is almost OOB, but I did add PE seatbelts. [...]

Aurora/Heller Prestige Series 1/72 Bucker Bu 133 "Jungmeister"

by Joe Caputo on January 31, 2014 · in Aviation · 13 ≡

In 1933, the "Jungmeister" (Young Champion) 133 was the flegling Luftwaffe's primary trainer. As an export, it was flying in 20 different countries by 1937. It's still flying, in a modified form, aerobatics at todays airshows. [...]

Video: Eduard 1/48 Polikarpov I-16 Type 24

by MakingModelsAgain on January 31, 2014 · in Aviation

A blast from the past. Well, in terms of video presentation! And I was just testing to see if you spotted the 'I' and 'U' in 'aluminium' being the wrong way round...

Lakenheath Mudhen

by Rob Pollock on January 31, 2014 · in Aviation · 7 ≡

This is the 1/48 Academy kit of a F-15E Strike Eagle from 492nd FS (RAF Lakenheath), depicted as deployed to Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, 2006, hence a little dirtier than at home. Except for a few RBF tags, everything is OOB. Those of [...]

Harrier GR.5, 1/72nd Airfix (conversion)

by drewe manton on January 31, 2014 · in Aviation · 7 ≡

Here's the latest. Airfix's recent Harrier GR.9 converted to a GR.5. Nose is from Quickboost. Pilot is from PJ Productions. Thousand pounders from the Revell Tornado, Sidewinders from the Hasegawa weapons set. Painted with Mr Color, decals [...]

Hobby Boss 1/48 F-84F Thunderstreak

by Tom Cleaver on January 31, 2014 · in Aviation · 16 ≡

Following the introduction of the North American F-86 Sabre with wings swept 35 degrees, Republic determined to update their straight-wing F-84 with a swept wing. A wing with 38.5 degrees of sweep and 5 degrees of anhedral were developed [...]