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1/48 Tamiya P47D Bubbletop "362nd Fighter Group"

by Darren Dickerson on February 15, 2013 · in Aviation · 7 ≡

Hi Everyone Tamiya P47D Bubbletop - Super Rabbit Barracudacals 'Mogins Maulers" Ultracast Seat Tamiya & Alclad paints Comments welcome! Looking forward to posting more. The site is excellent and the models I have seen are [...]

1/48 Monogram F-8H VF-111 Sharkmouth

by Dan DeSilva on February 14, 2013 · in Aviation · 8 ≡

Hi all, it has been quite a while since I last posted. I hope you enjoy my F-8H conversion of the Monogram 1/48 F-8E. I used pictures I took of a Crusader at the Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola, FL. The earlier models of Crusader had a [...]

How to: Applying decals with setting solutions

by Editor on February 14, 2013 · in Uncategorized · 1 ≡

(link) Another useful video tutorial from Scale Modeling Addict.

MRC 1/35 Bell 47D Mash Helicopter – Kit #BA 102

by Larry J. Allen on February 13, 2013 · in Aviation · 1 ≡

With my fumbling fingers, failing eyesight and faulty building techniques, this kit was a challenge. Fitting, aligning and keeping the boom/frame assembly straight was frustrating, to say the least. The illustrations in the instructions [...]

1/32 Trumpeter P-40 B Tomahawk

by Tolga ULGUR on February 13, 2013 · in Aviation · 6 ≡

This is 1/32 P-40 B Tomahawk from Trumpeter built several years ago with the markings of RAF 112nd squadron. Construction started with the engine. Exhausts replaced with those from Nobblecraft. Next step is the cockpit. Unfortunately [...]

P-40s of the 49th Fighter Group – Part 1 (Early Days)

by Tom Cleaver on February 13, 2013 · in Aviation · 3 ≡

Today’s Air Force has decided to emphasize its history as a means of unit inspiration. This has resulted in units with real “history” as the service decides which unit designations will continue in active service, so that one finds [...]

Classic Monogram warbirds

by Gary Brantley on February 13, 2013 · in Aviation · 14 ≡

The Curtis P-40B and the Mitsubishi A6M5 Type 0 in 1/48 scale. Both of these were built at least 20 years ago but I only got them out to the airport last year for a photo session. Both reveal my limitations as a model builder back then, [...]

Gallery

by Richard Dauglash on February 13, 2013 · in Uncategorized · 1 ≡

For those who'd be interested in my work... www.laminiaturists.com is the site of a club I belong to. Go to Galleries and click on my name, Richard Dauglash. Please browse through the site's galleries and view the other members as [...]

Shark week continues: 1/48 Monogram P-40B – Charles Older

by Tom Cleaver on February 12, 2013 · in Aviation · 4 ≡

Back in 2004, a modeler sent me what turned out to be a Monogram P-40B kit in a box of other parts. Looking at it, I realized it was a first-generation mold, from way back in 1965 when the kit first came out (a date I remember since it [...]

Eduard Bf 110D-3 ZG-26

by Stan Traas on February 12, 2013 · in Aviation · 11 ≡

As I struggle with the second model from the Royal Class '110 kit, I have to look back at the first to keep myself motivated. These buggers are not easy builds. but with perseverance, they can turn out real nice. This on is pretty much [...]