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Hobbycraft 1/48 P-59 Airacomet

by Joe Caputo on August 12, 2013 · in Uncategorized · 6 ≡

Hobbycraft has produced the only 1/48 kit of this historic aircraft, that I'm aware of. It's a nice, simple, basic kit, which I found a little pricey, considering what was included, which was not much. Still, I felt the P-59 was a [...]

Tamiya 1/48 Flakvierling 38

by Bryan W. Bernart on August 12, 2013 · in Armor · 6 ≡

A very effective and versatile weapons system, and found mounted on everything from battle cruisers to railroad cars. Normally fired in diagonal pairs, it's Mauser 20mm cannons could spit out 800 rounds per minute. Emergency mode allowed [...]

Nostalgia flights @ Chino

by Tom Cleaver on August 12, 2013 · in Show Reports · 2 ≡

Here's some photos taken with the Planes of Fame P-40N and P-51D back in 2004. A hazy southern California summer's day (but far better than back in the 1970s, when the smog was so bad in the Inland Empire I had to fly directly over Chino [...]

Revell (1/144th ?) Ekranoplan A-90 Orljonok

by Joe Caputo on August 12, 2013 · in Aviation · 4 ≡

There are a few weird models on my shelves, but this is one of the strangest. I couldn't find a scale on the instruction sheet, but it looks at home on my "1/144th & other" shelf, next to the other Soviet stuff. Not really [...]

A short film about modelling!

by Magnus Fridsell on August 12, 2013 · in How-to · 7 ≡

This one turned up at Aeroscale today, I think there is an interested audience here as well 🙂 ! (link) Best regards Magnus

Hobbycraft 1/48th Dornier Do. 17Z "Flying Pencil". Luftwaffe ETO WWII

by Chuck A. Villanueva on August 11, 2013 · in Aviation · 13 ≡

In between graduating from USC, then Navy and trying to build a Navy, I would pick up kits here and there. Not building for a few years. Still the urge was with me, but once I started to build back in the early 90's the 5th model to [...]

Field Trip

by Jack Mugan on August 11, 2013 · in Aviation · 17 ≡

Recently I made my fourth visit to the Dulles Museum. Well, that’s not the real name; it is officially the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum/Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, but that’s way too much to remember, so I just refer to [...]

Blackpool (U.K.) airshow 11.08.13.

by neil foster on August 11, 2013 · in Show Reports · 9 ≡

I thought I would share these pictures with you, I know they aren't that great but I still think they are worth a look.How many times do you get to see one off the only two flying Lancasters in the world as well as the worlds only flying [...]

Spitfires (and a Hurricane) @ Chino – 2004

by Tom Cleaver on August 11, 2013 · in Show Reports · 6 ≡

Was going through the files and here are some interesting pictures of Spitfires that used to live at Chino. The P.R.XIX PM891 is of particular interest. When it retired from the Thai Air Force in 1961, the King of Thailand presented it to [...]

Trumpeter 1/100th Antonov An-12BK Cub

by Joe Caputo on August 11, 2013 · in Aviation · 2 ≡

My favorite of the three Trumpeter kits, I built. The scale is a little different, being 1/100th, instead of the usual 1/144th. Unlike the other two, this one has an interior, for what it's worth. It makes a decent shelfmate for the [...]