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Spitfire MK VB "City of Winnipeg"

by Frank Cronin on December 30, 2013 · in Uncategorized · 16 ≡

This aircraft was a part of 402 (Canadian) Squadron, based at Horne, England during 1942. It is named for the City of Winnipaeg, Canada which probably donated funds for it's manufacture. The kit is Tamiya's 1/48 and was made out of the box [...]

1/72nd New tool Airfix Bf109

by Andrew Wainwright on December 30, 2013 · in Aviation · 16 ≡

A friend at work gave me this as a gift for Christmas and said build that before the 6th of January when we return to work! so I did 🙂 1/72 I would not usually bother with as it is way too small for me and my skills but it was a welcome [...]

A really nice New Year’s present

by Tom Cleaver on December 30, 2013 · in Aviation · 12 ≡

Pardon the unpaid self-promotion ( 😉 ): I've just learned that Casemate Publishers, the best military history publication house in the country, has picked up my book, "Fabled Fifteen: Air Group 15 in the Pacific War," the [...]

Monogram 1/48 AT-6 Built by Stan Staples

by Frank Cronin on December 29, 2013 · in Aviation · 14 ≡

I became aware of Stan Staples in 1967. I obtained a copy of a magazine entitled “1001 model airplane ideas, clubs you can join” published by Delta magazines. The purpose of the magazine was to promote an awareness of IPMS. There were [...]

Otaki 1/48 F6F-5 (N) of VF91 (N)

by Frank Cronin on December 29, 2013 · in Aviation · 11 ≡

This is a model of an aircraft of VF-91 (N) flown off Bon Homme Richard during the end of 1945. The is an OOB, with the exception of the radar dome on the right wing, Otaki kit. I built this quite a number of years ago and it is showing [...]

Some small scale stuff

by Johan Hugogård on December 29, 2013 · in Aviation · 3 ≡

Here's some small kits i put together. The apache and the Viggen are in 1/144 scale, and the others are even smaller scales. They are from the top: AH-64D Longbow apache B-1B Tu-144 'Concordskij' SAAB 37 Viggen prototype Ariane, ESA's [...]

RAF Rescue launch 1/72

by Johan Hugogård on December 29, 2013 · in Ships · 3 ≡

This Airfix old kit of the Royal Air Force Rescue Launch that picked up downed pilots from the waters of the English channel during WWII. I built it many years ago, but did some touch up painting and weathering work on it [...]

Hughes 500 Defender T.O.W. 1/48

by Johan Hugogård on December 29, 2013 · in Aviation · 3 ≡

This is academys 1/48 kit of the Hughes 500D with TOW anti-tank missiles. A very nice kit to build and there is a number of different kits using the same basic moulds. It has good detail and a good fit. I built it almost out of the box, I [...]

BAE Hawk 1/72 Italeri

by Johan Hugogård on December 29, 2013 · in Aviation · 4 ≡

This is Italeris kit of the Finnish version of BAE Hawk. It has somewhat better detailing than the usual Italeri kits. I only did some minor detailing and weathering with a graphite pencil.

F-20 Tigershark 1/72 Hasegawa

by Johan Hugogård on December 29, 2013 · in Aviation · 3 ≡

This is another nice kit from Hasegawa, built out of the box. Unfortunatley I used Johnson floorpolish as clear coat on this model, and put too thick layers of it, so the polish has cracked in some places (you can see it under the cockpit [...]