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Mouse Rod

by AL HOFFMAN on November 3, 2013 · in Automotive · 9 ≡

Some of you might be familiar with the term "Rat Rod". These are bare bone hot rods in various forms of construction or destruction. Mine is a Mouse Rod because it is somewhere around 1/32nd scale as opposed to the 1/25th scale [...]

B-17G at Chino

by Tom Cleaver on November 3, 2013 · in Aviation · 14 ≡

The B-17G finally flew in to Chino yesterday. Here are some shots, including one of me holding it in front of another famus Boeing product, that will give you a good idea of just how big it is.

Delta Air Lines DC-8-71

by John Healy on November 3, 2013 · in Aviation · 20 ≡

This is a 1/144 Minicraft kit, finished straight from the box. It is the 295th DC-8 built. It was delivered to Delta as a -61 model on 19 July 1967. In 1982, it was modified to -71 standards with the addition of modern CFM56 turbofan [...]

Nakajima Ki44 Shoki (Tojo)

by Rob Pollock on November 3, 2013 · in Aviation · 17 ≡

Here's one of Hasagawa's Tojo subjects in 1/32, with an Eduard Big Ed set. I particularly liked the Eduard detailing for the engine, undercarriage, and cockpit. The masking set was also useful. There were numerous other minute pieces that [...]

The only UH-1B gunship left, and it's a HA(L)-3 Sea Wolf!

by Tom Cleaver on November 3, 2013 · in Show Reports · 6 ≡

I now know what the WW2 guys feel like when they see a P-51 or an F6F or one of the other machines from their youth. Was out at Chino today, and all of a sudden I hear the unmistakeable WHOP-WHOP-WHOP of a Huey, and then over the hangars [...]

World War in a “Z” (with apologies to Brad Pitt)

by Michael Wayne Knowles on November 2, 2013 · in Aviation · 7 ≡

This is the Hobbycraft Canada 1/48th Dornier Do-17Z, German medium bomber. Because the earlier version had a particularly narrow fuselage, it was sometimes called the Flying Pencil. I think the Z transformed it into the Tadpole! Though [...]

Speaking of the Academy Phantom

by Rob Anderson on November 2, 2013 · in Aviation · 8 ≡

Here is the cockpit, not the greatest pictures, but you can see how I modified the left hand RIO pit to more closely resemble the real thing, the front pit is pretty close. One thing that I noted and corrected in the back, but not as much [...]

1/48 Monogram B-25J Mitchell Bomber

by Joe Caputo on November 2, 2013 · in Aviation · 17 ≡

The Monogram B-25 series was "state of the art", before the Accurate Miniatures versions, and still builds up into a decent replica, for half the cost. Mine was straight OOB, using the kit decals. It comes with a fairly [...]

1/32 Hasegawa Focke Wulf Fw-190A-5

by Tolga ULGUR on November 2, 2013 · in Aviation · 21 ≡

This is recently finished 1/32 Hasegawa Focke Wulf Fw-190A-5 with the markings of 5.JG 54 flown by Lt Emil Lang in Eastern front during the summer of 1943. Lt. Emil Lang accumulated 173 aerial victories , 144 of which were gained on the [...]

P-51A at Chino last weekend

by Tom Cleaver on November 2, 2013 · in Show Reports · 5 ≡

This is the Planes of Fame P-51A Mustang, in the markings of "Mrs. Virginia" of the 1st Air Commando Group; the original was flown by their legendary commander, Colonel Phil Cochran. Phil and the Air Commandos were immortalized [...]