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A brace of sabres

by neil foster on May 26, 2013 · in Aviation · 11 ≡

I thought we could get a series of these beauties going,the German one is the Revel kit ,actually a licence built Canadaire CL130 (correct me if I'm wrong) and the other is the Academy offering,I also have a Tamiya Mig 15 which splits to [...]

How I started counting rivets….

by Jack Mugan on May 25, 2013 · in Aviation · 14 ≡

I really like natural metal schemes and became a big fan of Allclad paint because of their color range and drying time. Then one day I ran across Mike Grant's website and saw he was offering rivets as a decal sheet. I hadn't had much luck [...]

The good old days

by Tom Cleaver on May 25, 2013 · in Aviation · 1 ≡

Walt reminds me what fun Stearmans are. ("A Stearman isn't landed til it's shut down, chocked down and tied down") Air-to-airs of various Stearmans up in the Sacramento area back in the 70s. The first 3 shots are our Stearman [...]

Tamiya 1/48th Do-335 Defense of the Reich

by Walt on May 25, 2013 · in Aviation · 10 ≡

As a follow up to my Do-335 I built another one of these model kits. This time I thought I would do it up as a defender of the Reich in the last days of the war. I added drop tanks and also scratch built the boarding ladder. I [...]

Some airplane photos

by Jaime Carreon on May 24, 2013 · in Aviation · 3 ≡

Since I'm in the middle of a build and don't have any model pictures to post, I thought I'd share these. Boeing 727-200C N199AJ at Houston IAH. Note this one has winglets. I worked on these for 12 years at Continental [...]

1/48 Spitfire PR.19

by John Healy on May 24, 2013 · in Aviation · 7 ≡

This is the new Airfix kit that I built last month. In my opinion, it's their best Spitfire yet. It surpasses the Mk.22/24 and Seafire 46/47s from the 1990s due to better detailing and nicer moldings. Others on this site have gone into [...]

For Stearman Lovers Everywhere

by Walt on May 23, 2013 · in Reference · 7 ≡

As winter turns into spring (sort of) here in Washington, it is time for our Stearman's annual inspection. Good thing that way we know it will be safe for a sunny season of flying. Since all the access panels are removed I thought I [...]

Airfix Lynx 48th scale

by HueyDeweyLouie on May 23, 2013 · in Aviation · 5 ≡

For my first post I am just utting up a work in progress of the 48th scale Airfix Lynx to which I am adding three Eduard photo etch sets...hopefully my enthusiaum will keep the project going !

Hobby Boss 1/48th Scale North American FJ-4 Fury

by Erich Goldbach on May 23, 2013 · in Aviation · 15 ≡

While I’m usually a “propeller” guy, I enjoy building early jet subjects from time to time for a change of pace. The FJ-4 was North American’s "Navalized" version of their famous F-86 Sabre. The kit was built for a good [...]

21st Century Corsairs

by Tom Cleaver on May 22, 2013 · in Aviation · 9 ≡

Two 21st Century Corsairs, one modified with the Montex conversion set as an F4U-1 "birdcage" Corsair, one done as Ike Kepford's F4U-1A. Both used Eduard photoetch for the cockpits and SAC metal gear legs. One major problem with [...]