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2023 POSTINGS

by gary sausmikat on December 31, 2023 · in Photo Collections · 11 ≡

Happy 2024 to all and much productive bench time. As Always...KEEP IT FUN! 2023 Output. Model Shipway's 18th Century Long Boat HALBERD MODELS 1/48 LIMITED EDITION RESIN PIPER ENFORCER / EDUARD 1/48 F-6D/K No.82103 Tamiya 1/48U.S. M20 [...]

Review: Eduard continues to own the Wildcat

by Tom Cleaver on December 31, 2023 · in Reviews · 8 ≡

Eduard brought out the "classic" F4F-4 Wildcat, following that with the first really accurate FM-2 "Wilder Wildcat" in any scale, and then stealing Tamiya's fire about updating their 30 year old F4F-4 as an FM-1 with an [...]

Review: 2023 newcomers – Arma, Magic Factory, Mini-Art

by Tom Cleaver on December 31, 2023 · in Reviews · 12 ≡

2023 saw three new companies enter 1/48 kits with products that, when completed, can be called, "definitive" and "best in scale." Arma's Hurricanes definitely win "best in scale." I took a Hurricane IIc and [...]

Review: Halberd kits of 2023

by Tom Cleaver on December 31, 2023 · in Reviews · 7 ≡

To my mind, Halberd is hands down the best resin kit maufacturer currently working. And Andrey is doing it all on his own, in Ukraine with all that means! This was the year of all-resin kits. There was the Mustang I/XP-51, the P-51 racer [...]

Unmanned: Northrop Grumman RQ-4B Global Hawk – Skunk Models 1/48

by Andrew H on December 31, 2023 · in Aviation · 4 ≡

As we round off 2023, I wanted to share at least one of the two most recent builds I have completed this year, as well as just have a quick peek at some projects in process for 2024. Today I'm sharing a few pictures that, frankly, were [...]

My 34 builds in 2023!

by Rick Schad "The Pope of Plastic" on December 31, 2023 · in Photo Collections · 13 ≡

Holy cow what a year for model builds! I hit a grand total of 34 models for customers this year! The two biggest challenges were the six 1/32 scale Harriers and the 1/48 scale B-29 in actual aluminum panels. What does 2024 have in store [...]

Not my last completed model of 2023, but the last one I wrote a few words about: Yak 50 aerobatic plane in the colours of DOSAAF!

by Roland Sachsenhofer on December 31, 2023 · in Aviation · 18 ≡

The powerful and agile Yak 50 can be considered one of the great designs in the field of aerobatics: since its appearance in 1973, it has repeatedly written success stories at competitions and was the declared favourite aircraft of [...]