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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 ...

Tromboner Messerschmit Bf-109G6R2 1/24

by Ozkan Turker on March 10, 2013 · in Aviation · 14 ≡

Here is recently finished big Gustav as you may know some progress steps on forum ((link)) . As it is went in usual progress it become a nightmare with staled decal set ! I tried to recover using Micro Decal Film but solution not [...]

OK, Mr. Foster, I'll "Verse" ya with my Buetpanzer....

by Bill Koppos on March 10, 2013 · in Armor · 9 ≡

Built this number on accounna I liked the colors in the captured camo scheme. It's the 1/72 Emhar Mk. IV "Male" on my 5-minute western front. That's my backyard in the distance. The 1/35 in on sale at my LHS. Hmmmm BTW I like [...]

WW1 Somme diorama

by neil foster on March 10, 2013 · in Armor · 7 ≡

This is my one and only attempt at a diarama,obviously it is the Airfix 1/76 WW1 tank,I built the little tank in a weekend over christmas a few years back and then got interested in them and started to do some research and found that [...]

Revell 1/16 Gene Snow’s Snowman ’72 Charger Funny Car

by Chris Sakowski on March 9, 2013 · in Automotive · 9 ≡

I just love the old Revell 1/16 scale funny car kits. I remember when this kit came out. I was about 9 years old and being in north Texas we are not too far from Gene Snow's shop in Ft Worth. Anyway, there was a store kinda like Wal-Mart [...]

Noorduyn Norseman C-64 1/72 Matchbox

by neil foster on March 9, 2013 · in Aviation · 9 ≡

This is my rendition of the Norseman ,one of (I believe) 20 aircraft purchased by the IAF in 1948 to be used as a general workhorse carrying up 8 passengers or 3200 pounds of cargo,it was chosen because of its rugged design and its ability [...]

Silver Wings 1/32 He-51B

by Tom Cleaver on March 8, 2013 · in Aviation · 3 ≡

There is a saying in aviation design that, "if it looks right, it is right." While this is generally true, it was unfortunately not the case as regards the Heinkel He-51, which was a completely orthodox biplane of [...]