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Skeletal Fokker

by Mike Grant on August 19, 2014 · in Aviation · 29 ≡

I've always had a phobia about photo-etched parts. Paint won't stick to them, they fly off into oblivion when picked up with tweezers, they bend where they shouldn't and you can't sand them to shape; it's a pretty unforgiving medium. I [...]

Revell 1/48 MiG-25P Foxbat…

by Robert Bausch on August 18, 2014 · in Aviation · 10 ≡

I have always been fascinated with the MiG-25, as much as I am with the SR-71. The Blackbird is the faster aircraft, but according to my info, the Foxbat has flown to a higher altitude, over 123,000 feet (37,650 metres), actually the [...]

TuAF F-100C

by Tolga ULGUR on August 18, 2014 · in Aviation · 14 ≡

TuAF F-100C has landed. You can see the building process from Work in progress section. (link)

1/48 Hasegawa Spitfire Mk VIII

by John Clark on August 18, 2014 · in Aviation · 33 ≡

This is the 1/48 Hasegawa Mk VIII Spitfire flown by Squadron Leader Lance Wade. Wade was from Texas and enlisted in the RAF in Canada. Being from Texas myself I like building planes flown by Texas pilots. I apologize to you Spitfire [...]

Review: Sprue tour! Revell 1/72 Vought Corsair F4U-1A

by MakingModelsAgain on August 17, 2014 · in Reviews

One of those surprising finds one finds when one finds one isn't looking for one.

The major George Preddy and the P-51 D-5-NA “Cripes 3 A mighty 3rd”

by Rapid27 on August 17, 2014 · in Aviation · 18 ≡

To completed my last build, the P-51 "Cripes a A Mighty 3 rd", i had make this weekend some paint on the Major George Preddy figure. The pilot is from Eagle editions. I changed the pants by removing the anti-G part. In fact at [...]

Lotus 99T Honda

by olivier.rive on August 17, 2014 · in Automotive · 12 ≡

Hi, the last Lotus wins a formula 1 GP...it's the old Tamiya kit, oldies but goodies ! paint with Tamiya acrylic paints. It's my second car of Ayrton Senna...i want build all ! lol

Thanks, again, iModeler! 1/48 Eduard F6F-3 Hellcat “Weekend Edition”

by Joe Caputo on August 16, 2014 · in Aviation · 23 ≡

Photo caption reads: F6F Hellcat civilian aircraft is in flight. June, 1970, Charles F. Willis, then Alaska Airlines' Board Chairman, with his F6F-3 "Little Nugget" painted in his airline's colors. The big jetliners were [...]

Ducati 916 – Tamiya 1/12 scale

by George Williams on August 16, 2014 · in Automotive · 22 ≡

This is the latest motorcycle kit I've finished, Tamiya's 1/12 scale kit of the famous Ducati 916. The prototype was first shown at the 1993 Milan motor show, and was instantly hailed as a design classic, and has certainly been a major [...]

Kingfisher…Rode Hard & Put Up Wet

by Ralph Clements on August 14, 2014 · in Aviation · 13 ≡

Here is my Kingfisher, Revell (Monogram (c) 1967), 1/48, just drug up out of the water it seems. I can't do any more for it... or to it! So...Yay! The poor old girl was suffering from a 2" abdominal fracture in the left rear fuselage [...]