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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 [...]

Gavia 1/48 Polikarpov Po-2

by Maxim Bylkin on December 29, 2013 · in Aviation · 16 ≡

Hello! Another model of the box - at that time it Po-2, owned by Aviation border troops of the USSR, the 50s of the last century. Built with little or no modifications, only slightly fiddled with wing-racks. Online not so many models of [...]

Panzerhaubitz 2000

by AL HOFFMAN on December 29, 2013 · in Armor · 10 ≡

Or PzH 2000 to it's friends. This is a 155 mm self-propelled howitzer. Developed for the German army. It is also used by Italy, Netherlands and Greece. It has a maximum range of 35 km for standard rounds & 40+ km with assisted rounds. [...]