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After seeing Traas's immaculate workbench in the article below....

by Bill Koppos on March 11, 2013 · in Uncategorized · 13 ≡

Just figure I would throw mine in for comparison...hmmmmm. No I'm not proud of it. Also included are a couple of views from my climate controlled painting area, which explains my propensity for one-color armor building during the [...]

Hasegawa 1:32 Mitsubishi J2M3 Raiden “Jack”

by Ulrich Schütt on March 11, 2013 · in Aviation · 4 ≡

This is my Raiden which I 've build in the summer of last year. Although it was a easy kit to build, I had some issues with the kit. Some internal parts in the fuselage and the wing spar made the join of fuse and wings very difficult. I [...]

De Haviland Chipmunk Airfix 1/72

by neil foster on March 11, 2013 · in Aviation · 4 ≡

This is my rendition of the IAF's one and only Dh Chipmunk.When the IAF decided it needed a purpose built primary trainer they obtained an example of the Chipmunk and a Fokker s.11 to be evaluated against each other, after many flight [...]

Tamiya 1/48 F-84G Thunderbirds

by Chris Sakowski on March 11, 2013 · in Aviation · 4 ≡

I built this straight from the box except I used Airway Graphix decals. This kit is in the markings of USAF Thunderbirds S/N 51-16720 Thunderbird 3 Right Wing piloted by Capt C.A. "Buck" Patillo. (1953–1954). Was a great [...]

Tamiya 1/12 Ferrari 312b

by Chris Sakowski on March 11, 2013 · in Automotive · 5 ≡

This is the last of my car posts until I get pics of my Batmobile. This is another highly detailed Tamiya 1/12 formula 1 kit built straight from the box. I believe this one is also piloted by Mario Andretti. These kits are not for the [...]

Tamiya 1/12 Lotus MkIII John Player Special

by Chris Sakowski on March 11, 2013 · in Automotive · 2 ≡

Still going with the automotive kits for a bit..This is Tamiya's 1/12 Lotus MkIII driven by Mario Andretti in I believe 1974..this kit is built straight from the box. These kits are fantastic but very expensive now.. I think I only paid [...]

The Prize…

by Stan Traas on March 11, 2013 · in Uncategorized · 5 ≡

Received the February model contest prize on Friday (sorry it took a couple of days to clear the horror that is my workbench when finishing a build). 😉 Many thanks to everyone at iModeler for the honor and a very cool prize!

Anybody watching Vikings on history Channel?

by Stan Traas on March 10, 2013 · in Uncategorized · 15 ≡

This is the Revell (Germany, I think) kit in somewhere around 1/48 scale (imagine that 😉 ). It's a pretty good kit, based on the Gokstad ship. The mast, yard & spars were replaced with wood dowels turned in my hyper sophisticated [...]

1/48th Bandai SdKfz 232 Fulfilling an Old Modeling Adage.

by Walt on March 10, 2013 · in Armor · 5 ≡

There is an old adage that if you spend the time to build an old difficult kit then a mainstream model company will release a new state of the art version of the kit soon after. Now, I am not going to say it’s true, but I’m not going [...]

Light tank MC-1 – the first Soviet. 1:35.

by Maxim Bylkin on March 10, 2013 · in Armor · 6 ≡

This vignette 5 years, I think. Company model AER Moldova, very crude and inaccurate. But then, it's just I was not paying attention))) Mechanic - tank crewman of a set of ICM. So, Russia, the end of the 20s, somewhere on the dirt road ...