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1/48 ESCI F-86 Sabre

by Joe Caputo on August 31, 2013 · in Aviation · 3 ≡

The price was right, and I had some old decals laying around, so this old bird got thrown together. Even though it's not even up to Monogram's standards, it still looks ok for it's age. The interior leaves a lot to be desired, as do most [...]

Hobby Craft 1/32nd Mustang MK.1A/F-6A (Kit #1713)

by Erich Goldbach on August 30, 2013 · in Aviation · 13 ≡

Subject Background: In March of 1943, 25 F-6A/P-51s were assigned to the 154th Observation Squadron of the 15th Air Force stationed at Oujda in French Morocco, North Africa. While operating there, No. 225 Squadron of the RAF frequently [...]

1/35, Soviet Armored Aerosan NKL-26

by Michael Wayne Knowles on August 30, 2013 · in Armor · 9 ≡

The Aerosan series of armed snow mobiles is not to be laughed off. In the harsh Russian winters of WWII, the Army needed mobile support even in tough snowy conditions. Earlier Aerosan versions had automotive engines and open cockpits. [...]

1/35 15 cm artillery, Trumpeter

by Michael Wayne Knowles on August 30, 2013 · in Armor · 5 ≡

In September 1939, the German army taught the world the value of coordinating artillery fire with Blitzkrieg (a lesson the Allies learned well and turned back on their teachers). The 15 cm gun was their primary weapon, both in the towed [...]

1/35 Panther G by Tamiya

by Michael Wayne Knowles on August 30, 2013 · in Armor · 3 ≡

Designed as a response to the Russian T-34, the Panther was considered by many to be the finest tank of WWII. Although it experienced significant teething problems in its earlier renditions, it was fine tuned into a dependable well [...]

1/48 scale Ju-87 Stuka by Hasegawa

by Michael Wayne Knowles on August 30, 2013 · in Aviation · 3 ≡

The Ju-87 will forever be linked with the Blitzkrieg campaigns of WWII. It supported the armored spearheads of the Wehrmacht with deadly accuracy -- becoming known as Flying Artillery. The whistles on the landing gear pants lent a [...]

USS Gambier Bay (CVE-73), Hasegawa 1/350

by Tom Cleaver on August 30, 2013 · in Ships · 7 ≡

In 1944, a journalist traveling aboard the USS White Plains wrote, “A jeep carrier bears the same relation to a normal naval vessel that is borne to a district of fine homes by a respectable, but struggling, working class suburb. There [...]

Are you a Blochhead? Bloch 152, France 1940....

by Bill Koppos on August 30, 2013 · in Aviation · 8 ≡

Azur's rather nice kit of the ill-fated Bloch 152, a machine rushed into service to fast with too many flaws. Always one to build weirder 1/32 kits, I picked this one up at the '05 Nats, and built it around '08. It has a resin cowl and [...]

Kitbashing a 1/48 Spitfire XIVc

by Tom Cleaver on August 30, 2013 · in Aviation · 8 ≡

In 1/48, there is no really good injection-molded kit of the Spitfire XIV. The Academy kit is too deep in side profile, as well as way too "fat" in plan view between the trailing edge of the wing and the tail surfaces. One can [...]

1/72 Revell F-111 (prototype)

by Joe Caputo on August 30, 2013 · in Aviation · 7 ≡

While the others were old, this one is ancient. Some of you will remember Revell's "frameable box art" series. This was one of those. Accurate or not , how often do you get to do a Navy "Vaark", especially one with [...]