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1st finished since the move

by Steven Davis on June 16, 2013 · in Armor · 10 ≡

This is the Trumpeter 155 M198 howitzer #02306, nice kit, goes together well, no real problems. Kit has some photo etch, no metal barrel though. Built OOB, painted with Vallejo 70.819 IRAQUI SAND. First time using their paint and first [...]

Another #$%^#@! Hasegawa Fw-190?

by Tom Cleaver on June 16, 2013 · in Aviation · 9 ≡

Yeah, another Hasegawa Fw-190 - it's what happens when you buy a stash of kits that were previously owned by a guy who liked the Fw-190 as much as I do. This is the limited-run Fw-190A-9, last of the radial Wurgers. markings from the kit [...]

German MG 42 Gunner

by bob mack on June 16, 2013 · in Uncategorized · 16 ≡

Tamiya 1/16

Hasegawa 1/48 Fw 190A-8, JG 54 Robert “Bazi” Weiss

by Stan Traas on June 15, 2013 · in Aviation · 10 ≡

My first Hase 190. Strong points are a nice overall shape, excellent very fine panel lines and, OMG, if you simply assemble the landing gear struts, everything lines up! (Are you listening Bunny boys?) Weak points of the Hase Wurger are [...]

1/48 Tamiya P-47D-1 Thunderbolt “In The Mood”

by Tolga ULGUR on June 15, 2013 · in Aviation · 27 ≡

An old build with new pictures. This is 1/48 Tamiya P-47D-1 Thunderbolt finished with the markings of the 61stFS / 56th FG based in Halesworth, England during the summer of 1943 . This machine named “In the mood” was flown by Gerald [...]

USCGC CAMPBELL

by Mike Maynard on June 14, 2013 · in Ships · 11 ≡

This is a 1:48 scale radio controlled model of a 270' CG cutter. It's scratch built mainly from wood and few commercial parts were used in it's construction(helicopter, crewmen, props, odds and ends). I was a crewman on the actual cutter [...]

iModeler review: 1/72 Airfix Gloster Gladiator Mk 1

by Anonymous on June 14, 2013 · in Reviews · 7 ≡

This article has been sumbitted by Gregor de Ste Croix - Ed. Here is perhaphs your first look at the new Airfix Gladiator which hit the shops last week. Hopefully as you will see this is without doubt the most affordable (£7.99) modern [...]

Hasegawa’s 1/48th A-7E Corsair II, VA-72 Desert Storm

by Chuck A. Villanueva on June 14, 2013 · in Aviation · 16 ≡

Desert Storm in 1991 was a war that had all the services in transition. Vietnam Era aircraft and Helos participated with the newer generation aircraft, some seeing action for the first time. The Corsair II was one of those that were [...]

Video: A Fokking Fokker update.

by MakingModelsAgain on June 13, 2013 · in Aviation

For Fokk's Sake!

U.S.S. Salem, CA-139 1/350

by Frank Cronin on June 12, 2013 · in Ships · 7 ≡

The gentleman that wanted this model built had served on it as an enlisted seaman. He served just prior to it being decommissioned. Salem had a 10 year career from 1949-59. It served in the Atlantic and never fired a shot in anger. It was [...]