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Stalingrad Sniper, 1942

by Rob Pollock on January 28, 2014 · in Uncategorized · 5 ≡

This is Alexandros Models' 200mm resin bust (AM-WW31) of famed Russian sniper Vasily Grigoryevich Zaytsev, noted particularly for his activities between 10 November and 17 December 1942, during the Battle of Stalingrad. As this is a [...]

Alan Wolfson – Master of Diorama Building

by Editor on January 27, 2014 · in Diorama · 8 ≡

What's that giant quarter doing in the New York subway station? Actually, the entire scene is a diorama, or "miniature urban sculpture" created by Alan Wolfson. Alan Wolfson specializes in modeling urban environments. Complete [...]

Building The 48th Scale SKYSHARK Outside The Box

by Jack Mugan on January 27, 2014 · in Aviation · 23 ≡

Years ago I built the old Allen kit of the SKYSHARK in the dark blue scheme. I let a friend talk me out of it, so when I ran across the Dynavector 48th scale kit some time ago, I snapped it up as a replacement. The Dynavector kit is a [...]

ALMOST as good as the 32nd scale Tamiya Corsair…… The 72nd scale Tamiya Corsair

by David Hansen on January 27, 2014 · in Aviation · 26 ≡

Following on James Kelley's excellent article on the 32nd scale Tamiya Birdscage, and because i am totally bereft of originality, i thought i'd post an article on my latest labour of love. This is my latest 72nd scale Corsair, Number 3, [...]

Tamiya 1/32 F4U-1 “Birdcage” Corsair

by James Kelley on January 26, 2014 · in Aviation · 20 ≡

It's finished, at last. 🙂 I started this project in August 2013. I finished it up yesterday. There's really nothing I can say that hasn't already been said...it's the best kit I've ever built. It's built out of the box, with the [...]

Video: Tamiya's 1/72 Mitsubishi A6M2b Zero

by MakingModelsAgain on January 26, 2014 · in Aviation

The eagle-eyed among you will/may have noticed the starboard aileron actuator is missing - that's because I knocked it off just as I was posing the kit for its photo session!

FJ-3M Fury of VF-124

by Frank Cronin on January 25, 2014 · in Aviation · 18 ≡

This is the ESCI 1/48 kit dated 1983, of the FJ-2/3 Fury. Up to the point of the release of the Collect-Aire Models, kit in 1997 this was the only game in town for a Fury in 1/48. Still today I know of no other kit in 1/48 of this airplane [...]

1/48 Grumman F7F-3(N) Tigercat, USMC, Korean War

by Chuck A. Villanueva on January 23, 2014 · in Aviation · 27 ≡

This is AMT/Ertl's original boxing of the Tigercat, the tools now owned by Italeri and since reboxed under their brand with minor improvements. The AMT kit is notorious for the awful tires used which would literally melt the wheels after [...]

H-K Models Meteor F.4 EE549 flown by AVM Sir J.M. Robb

by Tom Cleaver on January 22, 2014 · in Uncategorized · 13 ≡

Meteor EE549: The first major change in the Gloster Meteor came with the Meteor F.4, which went into production in 1946, after the first F.4 prototype flew on May 17, 1945. The major change with the F.4 was the use of Rolls-Royce Derwent 5 [...]

General Aviation PJ-1 "FLYING LIFEBOAT" 1932

by Mike Maynard on January 22, 2014 · in Aviation · 13 ≡

Known for many years by the US Coast Guard aviators as FLBs-Flying Life Boats-the five flying-boats manufactured specifically for the service marked the swan song of the American Fokker company(absorbed into the General Aviation company). [...]