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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 [...]

Lightning F.1A, Airfix 1/72

by drewe manton on January 19, 2014 · in Aviation · 7 ≡

Here's this weeks model. It's the new Airfix Lightning F.2A converted back to an F.1A. The tank is from a Trumpeter kit, which was cut out, reshaped, and used to cast a resin replacement. It's still all sorts of wrong really, and I have [...]

SU-152 (KV-14) SPG Sep.1943 Production

by Rob Pollock on January 19, 2014 · in Armor · 10 ≡

This is the recent 1/35 Bronco kit of the formidable Russian self-propelled assault gun. Its name derived from the fact that It mounted a 152 mm gun-howitzer on the chassis of a KV-1S heavy tank. Because of its adopted role as an [...]

Two more photos from Flt Lt Roy French

by Tom Cleaver on January 18, 2014 · in Aviation · 3 ≡

Acording to Roy's logbook, these were taken on a "fun flight" in September 1953; this would have been just before his return to England. Roy is flying F-86F-1 52-4345, an early narrow-chord/slatted-wing F-86F, while the two he [...]