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YAMATO "Before and After" diorama

by Michael Mathioudakis on September 24, 2023 · in Ships · 24 ≡

I made a battleship YAMATO "Before and After" diorama and I am posting some pictures. The small scale (1/1250) made it somewhat difficult for me, but in general everything went well and in the end I think it turned out to be a [...]

Video: TAMIYA “Easy Eight” M4A3E8 Sherman 1/35 (Quick build)

by iModeler Youtube Picks on September 24, 2023 · in Aviation

FOCKE-WULF FW 190 F-8 1/48 – 1./SG 5, "Black 10"

by Jarmo P on September 24, 2023 · in Aviation · 14 ≡

Detachment Kuhlmey's (Schlachtgeschwader 1./SG 5) "Black 10" In Immola Finland during summer 1944. Pilot was Feldwebel Hartmut Gettwart. If you have some interest about the history of detachment Kuhlmey, please see more: [...]

Review: REVELL 1/32 Messerschmitt Bf110 C-2/C-7 (video preview)

by iModeler Youtube Picks on September 24, 2023 · in Reviews

Two Dragon 1/48 Messerschmitt 262b-1a

by Rafi Ben-Shahar on September 24, 2023 · in Aviation · 28 ≡

Red 10 and 6 were captured by the Allied and photographed while evaluated before being scrapped. Some data suggest that Red 6 had RLM 75 painted on upper wing surfaces instead of the RLM 82 presented here. Dragon's kit is a challenge to [...]

Fifth Wheel Weathering

by Charles King on September 23, 2023 · in How-to · 18 ≡

Fifth Wheel Weathering MIG's oil & grease solution Vaseline MIG's black, rust & dust pigments

1/48 Tamiya P-38J (Robin Old's Scat II)

by Dan Lee on September 23, 2023 · in Aviation · 16 ≡

The P-38 Lightning was originally planned to be a high altitude twin engined bomber interceptor. It was designed by Clarence Kelly Johnson's team with its now famous and unique twin boom configuration around the turbo-supercharged engines [...]

Master the Art of Paint Stripping with Dettol

by Kits And Bits Scale Modelling on September 23, 2023 · in How-to

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PBY-4 Conversion

by Chas Bunch on September 23, 2023 · in Aviation · 39 ≡

I have a couple of PBY-5As in 1:48 and some years ago I came across an old Monogram PBY-5. I got the Belcher Bits #BB06 PBY-2,-3,-4 conversion kit and settled on a yellow wing PBY-4. The conversion set includes a new tail and rudder, [...]

Hasegawa SR-71 Egg Plane

by David Kopielski on September 23, 2023 · in Aviation · 6 ≡

This next build is another commission for a returning client. The kit is the Hasegawa SR-71 Egg Plane. Hasegawa has a large series of these egg planes. They feature an egg-shaped distorted interpretation of a real world aircraft. They are [...]