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How to: Hairspray weathering technique

by Editor on February 16, 2013 · in Armor

(link) Here is a weathering technique that has gained popularity within the Military Modelling community during the last few years. Demonstrated in this video to produce winter camouflage on a KV from Trumpeter in 1/35 scale. The [...]

P-40s of the 49th Fighter Group – Part 2: New Guinea

by Tom Cleaver on February 15, 2013 · in Aviation · 5 ≡

By the summer of 1942, the Japanese threat to Australia by direct invasion was largely over, but the threat posed by the Japanese takeover of New Guinea meant that Australia could still be isolated strategically, and later invaded. Two [...]

Polikarpov I-180E-3 1/48 scratchbuild

by Maxim Bylkin on February 15, 2013 · in Aviation · 11 ≡

I-180 - on such machines might have come across Luftwaffe Russian pilots in 1941. If it were not a tragic set of circumstances such as the death of several test pilots, including Valery Chkalov. I-180 is a deep modernization of I-16, and [...]

How to: Assembling individual track links on AFVs

by Editor on February 15, 2013 · in Armor

(link) A short video on how to assemble and mount individual plastic track links for model tanks.

Messerschmitt Bf 109 F-4 flown by Oberleutnant Josef Priller (Squadron commander).

by Hans Peter Tschanz on February 15, 2013 · in Aviation · 20 ≡

Messerschmitt Bf 109 F-4 flown by Oberleutnant Josef Priller (Staffelkapitän) / JG 26, November 1941. The model is a Hasegawa - Kit 1:32, all red lines are been sprayed gun with the airbrush - also the marks on the fin.The straps are [...]

1/48 Tamiya P47C5 "Formation Monitor" 448th BG

by Darren Dickerson on February 15, 2013 · in Aviation · 4 ≡

Hi Everyone This one has a sharkmouth! Tamiya P47D Ultracast Seat Loon Models C Cowling Superscale Decals Tamiya / Gunze Paints Thanks Darren

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 [...]