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Tamiya Bristol Beaufighter 1/48

by neil foster on May 6, 2013 · in Aviation · 6 ≡

Here is my rendition of this brilliant kit in response to the others posted recently,it is built OOB and is in Mediteranean colours.I love Tamiya kits the fit and build quality are always spot on ,the kit is enormous and feels nice and [...]

Airfix Bristol bloodhound 1/ 72

by neil foster on May 6, 2013 · in Uncategorized · 3 ≡

I was inspired to attempt this ancient kit after seeing one on the Airfix tribute forum built by a much better modeller than me,This kit is VERY basic with no interior ,no glazing and only a couple of decals. In order to improve it I added [...]

Airfix Me 262 Prototype V3 1/72

by neil foster on May 6, 2013 · in Aviation · 7 ≡

I did once say I never build anything German but I forgot about this, I built it for a club comp with the theme of prototype/experimental aircraft.I found some footage on youtube,it is grainy and of course black and white but shows the [...]

Video: 1/48 FineMolds Mitsubishi A7M1 "Reppu" Sam Part 1

by MakingModelsAgain on May 5, 2013 · in Aviation

Oops I did it again...

Golden Age Airplanes at Chino

by Tom Cleaver on May 5, 2013 · in Show Reports · 7 ≡

Here is the Planes of Fame P-26, the only one in the world (of 2) that flies, also the J2F Duck and the Grumman F3F-2, which didn't fly due to an oil cooler problem. Also some fly-bys by the Northop N9M, the only flyable early flying wing [...]

Chino Fly-bys

by Tom Cleaver on May 5, 2013 · in Show Reports

Being on the announcer stand, we were above the crowd, but back from the flight line, but I did manage to get some other interesting fly-bys. The F4U-4 is in the markings of Lt. Tom Hudner of VF-32, the only Navy Medal of Honor winner in [...]

Chino flight line

by Tom Cleaver on May 5, 2013 · in Show Reports · 3 ≡

There weren't just P-38s at the show yesterday. Among others not seen previously were a newly-restored P-51C in the markings of Duane Beeson's "Boise Bee" (makes sense - the airplane lives at Boise and Beeson was from Boise), a [...]

P-38s on the flight line at Chino

by Tom Cleaver on May 5, 2013 · in Show Reports · 2 ≡

Five flying P-38s and one F-5G that will fly - the biggest collection of Lightnings in one place in many many years. For modelers, note the upper surface color of the P-38F "Glacier Girl." That is early US Olive Drab, a [...]

5 P-38s flying at Chino yesterday

by Tom Cleaver on May 5, 2013 · in Show Reports · 1 ≡

Fortunately I was at the show yesterday, with the nice clear skies and the 85F temps (even if it did get breezy enough in the afternoon I thought we were going to be blown off the announcer's stand along with everything on the table). [...]

iModeler Review: Eduard 1/48 Spitfire Mk IXc late version

by Anders Isaksson on May 5, 2013 · in Reviews · 17 ≡

The new 1/48th scale Eduard Spitfire Mk IX has been out for a few weeks by now and a number of reviews and quick builds have already surfaced around the web. The consensus seem to be that this is a great kit in all respects, with correct [...]