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Battle of Midway A Monster Diorama Project.

by Randy Guenin on December 15, 2013 · in Diorama · 18 ≡

I can't take credit for the project but I did do the detail work, (kit construction and modifications), and helped with some of the engineering, as it applied to my kits. The diorama is at the Pacific Air Museum at Pearl Harbor. It has [...]

F4U-1 birdcage 1:32 has arrived !

by Jan Baranec on December 15, 2013 · in Uncategorized · 16 ≡

Hello guys, Yesterday evenig arrived prize from imodeler. When I opened box I was exicted. My cat, his name is Eduard, love this kit as well :D. We think, that model looks really great, all parts and rivets are very accurate like other [...]

1/25 '69 Camaro

by Billy Smith on December 15, 2013 · in Automotive · 11 ≡

Though I did manage to make this car come out decent, it was a huge pain. As I was working on this car, I had not let the paint cure all the way and I put a clear cote on it. Because of this the paint started to wrinkle and I panicked; I [...]

Here’s to old RAF jets! 1/32 DeHavilland Venom NF.3, 151 Sqn, RAF

by Robert Bausch on December 14, 2013 · in Aviation · 12 ≡

This is the old Matchbox 1/32 kit, which could be built as a RAF version, or a Fleet Air Arm Sea Venom. It is another of those kits that I “started in the City, and finished in the country”, but this time it’s one that I only [...]

Verlinden 120mm U.S. Grant

by bob mack on December 14, 2013 · in Figures · 21 ≡

Flixton, Norfolk

by Rob Pollock on December 14, 2013 · in Photo Collections · 6 ≡

You may have read the recent comments between Tom and me on his Jav posting, re maintaining classic aircraft in a difficult economic climate. At the former RAF base at Flixton, Norfolk, there is a Jav, Vixen, Meteor, Mig, and a host of [...]

Sopwith-Snipe 1/72 Восточный Экспресс / ex-TOKO

by Korolev Vlad on December 14, 2013 · in Aviation · 15 ≡

My new job. Sopwith Snipe, pilot Sapozhnikov. Ace of civil war. Sincerely, Vlad.

DeHaviland Sea Vixen FAW2

by Rob Pollock on December 14, 2013 · in Aviation · 11 ≡

Another 1/48 Airfix 'Fighter All Weather' representative, on the back of Tom's recent Jav post. No photos of the cockpit areas. Although detailed, they are truely 'coal holes' and not supportive of pretty pictures.

iModeler Review: 1/48 Airfix Gloster Javelin FAW 9

by Tom Cleaver on December 13, 2013 · in Reviews · 28 ≡

Gloster Aircraft, having developed and produced the only Allied jet aircraft to be operational during the war, the Gloster Meteor, sought to take advantage of its expertise, and responded to a 1947 Air Ministry requirement for a [...]

The Micky-Dink, 1929

by Mike Maynard on December 11, 2013 · in Uncategorized · 9 ≡

The economic crisis following the end of WW1 had many railroads looking for an alternative to empty passenger trains running on branch lines. The rise of automobiles combined with improved roads and highways cut deep into passenger traffic [...]