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Model Police

by AL HOFFMAN on February 4, 2014 · in Automotive · 11 ≡

This was a jab at some of my fellow IPMS members and it worked. The kit is a Revell Tom Daniels show car in 1/24 scale which is currently available. The figures are all pre-painted & the two on the truck came with the kit. All decals [...]

11″ Dahlgren Naval Gun 1/16 Scale

by Mike Maynard on February 4, 2014 · in Uncategorized · 14 ≡

The Dahlgren Cannon was chosen by ship designer John Ericsson to arm his breakthrough design of the ironclad USS MONITOR. The MONITOR's 29' revolving turret carried two of these huge rifled guns that were capable of firing a variety of [...]

The T-2C Buckeye. SpecialHobby 1/48

by Daniel Iscold on February 4, 2014 · in Aviation · 17 ≡

The Specialhobby T-2C is one of the toughest models I have ever built. A lot of attention to aligment of the parts e dryfitings is required before you start this one. This is a multi media kit that brings injected parts with finely [...]

Monogram 1/48 F-8E Crusader

by Frank Cronin on February 3, 2014 · in Aviation · 16 ≡

This Crusader is of "Double Nuts" flown by CAG of CVW-5 aboard USS Hancock (CVA-19) in 1966. The kit is a 1/48 Monogram F-8E. I dropped the flying surfaces and raised the wing section. I also used AeroMaster decals," [...]

Revell 1/48 B-25B Mitchell

by Joe Caputo on February 3, 2014 · in Aviation · 11 ≡

"Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo" was a favorite movie (and book). Who could ever forget Van Johnson and the "Ruptured Duck". And so it was with me, when back in 1979, I built this BIG 1/48 rendition of one of my favorite [...]

AMT A-20 for a Guest of the Club

by Mark Fidler on February 2, 2014 · in Aviation · 10 ≡

As part of being a club member from IPMS Ocala is getting to meet some very interesting people. This person is F.L(Tony) Svore who was an A-20 Pilot with The Roaring 20's 312th Bomb Group 386th Bomb squadron in the Pacific. I first met him [...]

Monogram 1/48th Grumman F9F-5 Panther USN,Korean War

by Chuck A. Villanueva on February 2, 2014 · in Aviation · 22 ≡

Staying in the Korean War theme, this is Monograms kit in 48th scale. A nice build, even with the raised panel lines, it is a fun kit to build. A straight forward build only aftermarket used were Super Scale decals for VF-123, Blue [...]

AMT/Airfix Eagle transporter

by neil foster on February 1, 2014 · in Aviation · 23 ≡

I picked this kit up at a show the other week for a fiver,it was part built and required taking apart and tidying up before rebuilding and painting but I think it turned out O.K. The kit itself is very basic even toylike having only 38 [...]

1/48 Hasegawa F4U-5N Corsair

by Geoffrey Abreu on February 1, 2014 · in Aviation · 14 ≡

A few years back a friend of mine asked me to build a Korean war aircraft for her father who served on the USS Boxer in Korea. I built her this F4U-5N from Hasegawa to give to her dad. The model is almost OOB, but I did add PE seatbelts. [...]

Aurora/Heller Prestige Series 1/72 Bucker Bu 133 "Jungmeister"

by Joe Caputo on January 31, 2014 · in Aviation · 13 ≡

In 1933, the "Jungmeister" (Young Champion) 133 was the flegling Luftwaffe's primary trainer. As an export, it was flying in 20 different countries by 1937. It's still flying, in a modified form, aerobatics at todays airshows. [...]