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Summary of Past Postings

by Chuck A. Villanueva on June 11, 2013 · in Aviation · 6 ≡

Tonight something a little different, a review of my previous postings, by showing the box tops of the kits I have reviewed on iModeler. When posting a WIP (work in progress) I usually show the box,contents and any AM decals, resin or PE [...]

1/48 Hasegawa Macchi c205 Veltro

by steven a weinmann on June 10, 2013 · in Aviation · 8 ≡

This is my latest piece. This Veltro is a late war co-belligerent forces fighter from early 1945 serving with south Italy allied movement

Fine Molds 1/48 D4Y3 “Judy”

by Bryan W. Bernart on June 9, 2013 · in Aviation · 8 ≡

Not a bad kit from a deceptively named company. Represents an aircraft of the 752nd. FG, 16th Chutai, Luzon, Phillipines, 1944.

Well, Part of it Flew

by AL HOFFMAN on June 9, 2013 · in Armor · 7 ≡

This is a Iraqi Hussein SS-1C. It was developed in Russia as the Scud B. Iraq started with that & added a auxiliary rocket. The missle fired from a vertical launch position. The kit is by Arii. It is 1/48th scale but is still 12" [...]

The air war after D-Day – Hasegawa 1/32 Fw-190A-8 flown by Hans Dortenmann

by Tom Cleaver on June 8, 2013 · in Aviation · 9 ≡

When the Allied armies landed on the Normandy peninsula on June 6, 1944, there were fewer Luftwaffe aircraft to oppose the invasion than had been available two years earlier at the time of the Dieppe Raid. JG2 - the unit assigned to the [...]

1:48 Hasegawa A-4C Skyhawk

by Drew Tarter on June 7, 2013 · in Aviation · 24 ≡

Here's my attempt at Hasegawa's A-4C Skyhawk. It's the best-detailed 1:48 Skyhawk available now, though quite expensive and hard to find now. It's an out of the box build, except for the True Details ESCAPAC aftermarket seat I added. I [...]

Aurora SBC-3 Helldiver

by Rick Wilkes on June 7, 2013 · in Aviation · 17 ≡

Out of the box expect for the prop which was lost, raised detail removed and marking from Yellow Wings Decal sheet for the movie Dive Bomber. Purchased in 1984 finished in 2007. Rick

Ghostrider

by bob mack on June 7, 2013 · in Automotive · 16 ≡

based on the 1/12 Revell crusader...fuel line plug wires and battery cables micro solder radio shack...brake and clutch cables third guitar string painted with gun blueing...the name has nothing to do with the movie..

It’s all fun and games till someone loses an eye….

by Rick Wilkes on June 6, 2013 · in Sci-fi · 8 ≡

This is the Fantastic Plastic’s 1/48th scale “Galactic Raider” . The kit is all resin and consists of 11 pieces and decals by J-Bot. The parts were well cast without any deformed pieces or pin holes, but I did find the resin to [...]

In honor of D-Day: Priller’s Wurger

by Tom Cleaver on June 6, 2013 · in Aviation · 4 ≡

This is the 1/32 Hasegawa Fw-190A-8, done in the markings of Josef Priller, Kommodore of JG 26, the airplane in which he made his famous "strafing run" over Juno, Gold and Sword beaches on D-Day, the only appearance of the [...]