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Tamiya 1:48th F4U-iD

by Ross McArthur on November 27, 2012 · in Aviation · 10 ≡

I took up the challenge of a few commission builds, for a chap who builds R/C. His mission brief was for reference kits in 1:48th of RNZAF a/c used in the PTO. Normally his preference was for moderate weathering. However, due to the [...]

Trumpeter 1/350 USS San Francisco (CA-38)

by Tom Cleaver on November 27, 2012 · in Ships · 3 ≡

When I was an 18 year old sailor, I stood on the ruined bridge of USS San Francisco there in the park in the city whose name she bore, thinking to myself what might I have done had I been there that terrible night off Guadalcanal. USS San [...]

Trumpeter 1/350 HMS Hood

by Tom Cleaver on November 27, 2012 · in Ships · 3 ≡

So, what do you do when you haven't built a ship model since you were in Junior High School (back in the early Triassic)? Why, go out and get one of the most complicated kits ever, get all the photoetch possible, and dive right in! This [...]

WNW Hansa-Brandenburg W.29

by Tom Cleaver on November 27, 2012 · in Aviation

One of the great Wingnut Wings kits, the first one to sell out (so where are all the other built-ups?) As with all the other WNW kits, commit the revolutionary act of actually reading the very good instructions and following them, and you [...]

Blackburn Roc

by Tom Cleaver on November 27, 2012 · in Aviation · 3 ≡

Built a few months ago (reviewed in detail at Modeling Madness), using the A2Zee conversion set for the Special Hobby kit (which had been sitting around since 2007 till I got this set which increased the interest level). The big deal was [...]

Trumpeter 1/350 Scale HMS Hood

by George Tufnail on November 27, 2012 · in Ships · 4 ≡

I have considered this to be the most fun I have ever had building a model. No fiddley photo-etch, except the three or pieces that came with the kit, just open the box and go to town. The only real extra work I did on this kit was to [...]

F2G Super Corsair Racer Kit Bash

by George Tufnail on November 27, 2012 · in Aviation · 5 ≡

This was one of my first forays into AMS and kit bashing. I started with a Special Hobbies 1/48 F2G Racer, and added the wings from an Academy 1/48 F4U-1A, because I wanted the flaps down, and I wasn't about to chop up a Tamiya kit. I do [...]

Tamiya 1/48 P-51D “Little Freddie”

by Erik Muntzing on November 26, 2012 · in Aviation · 11 ≡

Hello all, First off, an introduction. I'm currently a senior in high school and I have been modeling for a year and a half. In that time I have ruined a few models but have also pumped out quite a few good ones as well. The pictures I [...]

1/48 AMT Tigercat F7F-3N

by Dan DeSilva on November 26, 2012 · in Aviation · 4 ≡

Hi again- sorry for the multiple posts tonight- I only have now to do these. I took the AMT F7F, converted it using the HiTech resin parts, Obscureco props (the kit ones are, well.. backwards), and Squadron canopies, and finally metal [...]

Accurate Miniatures 1/48 IL-2 Shturmovik

by Dan DeSilva on November 26, 2012 · in Aviation

I saw a profile of this aircraft- yeah I know- you should use photos not someone's idea of a photo, but I couldn't resist- it was the only image I could find of a cannon toting IL-2! I used Scale Aircraft Modelling's article on Shturmoviks [...]