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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). [...]

Airfix 1/72 A6M2 Model 21 Zero

by Chris on January 22, 2014 · in Aviation · 7 ≡

A nice kit. Horrible wheels...get yourself some resin ones if you build this. I used Eduard canopy mask..and will never NOT be able to use them in this scale again...I likely would still be masking the canopy without them!

P-47 W.I.P.

by bob mack on January 22, 2014 · in Aviation · 14 ≡

i hate W.I.P. personally...half the time you don't see the finish...got that old tamiya kit down and polished it up a bit...with a little silver plating...simon wh and tom cl made me do it {dirty filthy devils }...the people that have lead [...]

ROG 1/32 He 162 WIP aircraft

by Steven Davis on January 20, 2014 · in Aviation · 9 ≡

This is the ROG 1/32 He 162, since this shot tonight the whole thing has been buttoned up Seams and paint are next. Trying to decide if I want to paint the tail and wing separate or glue them on first? Might do a slightly different shade [...]

Flashback 1/48 Miles Magister I

by Tom Cleaver on January 20, 2014 · in Aviation · 7 ≡

The Airplane: What became known as the Miles Magister was first flown on March 20, 1937, as the Miles Hawk Trainer III, designed and built in response to the Air Ministry Specification 40/36, which was developed on the basis of experience [...]

1/48 Hasegawa Bf 109G-4/R6 Trop

by John Clark on January 19, 2014 · in Aviation · 16 ≡

This project started out as a Bf 109G-2 flown by Theodor Weissenberger of JG 5. The theory was that it was originally a Trop with a 78/79 factory finish that had 70/white applied over it. I applied the 78/79 finish but when I really [...]

Revell/Hasegawa 1/32 Bf 109 K-4

by Paul Wilsford on January 19, 2014 · in Aviation · 8 ≡

I got this as a Secret Santa gift this year from a friend of mine in Oz. I keep doing these Luftwaffe planes, I guess its because of the different schemes available. I tend to go with the later variants like the Dora that I finished a few [...]

MACH 2 1/72 Vickers Viscount

by Frank Cronin on January 19, 2014 · in Aviation · 13 ≡

The person that I built This for is a close friend of the owner of MACH 2 and has asked me to build quite a few of this companies kits. I compliment MACH 2 for the fact that they have introduced quite a number of very interesting [...]

Bolton IPMS annual club day January 19 2014

by neil foster on January 19, 2014 · in Show Reports · 8 ≡

Well I just got back from the Bolton show and thought I would share some pictures with you all, quite a few clubs from the north of England were present as were many traders, the show is organised by the Bolton IPMS and is always a great [...]

Various Aircraft

by John Staehle on January 19, 2014 · in Aviation

Paints on a great scale! Two Navy Dive Bombers/ Torpedo the 2nd photo represents the aircraft flown by a the 20 year old GWH Bush in the attack of a Japanese radio station on Chi Chi Jama where his plane was hit in the engine by a 75mm AAA [...]