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1/48 McDonnell F3H-2 DEMON

by Martin Trachsel on July 30, 2023 · in Aviation · 5 ≡

Hello This is the Demon from AZ model ex Grand Phoenix. The decals are from Furball, which unfortunately fit the Hobby Boss kit. The decals for vertical stabilizer didn't fit at all. Looking at the photos I noticed, oops, the Demon's [...]

Zoukei-Mura 1/48 F-4E Phantom II IAF

by Richard Bungay on July 30, 2023 · in Aviation · 6 ≡

See all my models at: (link) Photograpy: Nikon D7500; Focus Stacking using Helicon Focus; Editing using LightRoom

Revell Hurricane Mark IIb 1/32 scale-Jungle Fighter

by Bill Koppos on July 29, 2023 · in Aviation · 23 ≡

Much was expected of them. 51 brand new crated Hawker Hurricane Mark IIb's had arrived by convoy at Fortress Singapore. The Brewster Buffalo fighters that had been attempting to defend Malaya and Singapore had been very roughly handled by [...]

Imperial War Museum: Duxford Collection

by Colin Gomez on July 29, 2023 · in Aviation · 21 ≡

I recently spent a couple of weeks in London. I managed to squeeze in an entire day at IWM-Duxford, which was a short train ride to a spot just outside of Cambridge. Here is just a sampling of the photos I took at this huge aeronautical [...]

Commemoration of 80 years of the B-17

by Hans Peter Tschanz on July 29, 2023 · in News · 3 ≡

Commemoration of 80 years of the B-17 emergency landing in Utzenstorf on August 17, 2023 See programm

Butch O’Hare F4F-3 refit

by Michael Smith on July 29, 2023 · in Aviation · 9 ≡

In May of 2017 as part of my 75th anniversary of the Pacific War battles of 1942 I built a 1/72 Academy/Minicraft F4F of Butch O’Hare’s F4F from when he won the Medal of Honor for engaging nine Japanese bombers attacking his carrier, [...]

Curtiss P-40B Warhawk

by Michael Smith on July 29, 2023 · in Aviation · 7 ≡

This build is the Airfix kit representing 1st Lt. Kenneth W. Sprankle's P-40B, registration 41-13297, assigned to the 6th Pursuit Squadron of the 18th Pursuit Group based at Wheeler Field on Oahu. Although the kit appears to show the [...]

Kinetic 1/48 Mirage 2000B

by Rafi Ben-Shahar on July 29, 2023 · in Aviation · 16 ≡

The French Mirage is among the most elegant aircraft ever produced. Kinetic managed to capture well the sleek lines of the Mirage 2000 variant. The kit is good, but not trouble free. The fit of parts is has more to be desired. Whenever I [...]

Skip Container

by Charles King on July 29, 2023 · in Automotive · 8 ≡

I was hoping I did not have to build my own skip container, but circumstance forced me to do it anyway. But here we are, with a scratch model of a skip container with some metal scrap as the contents. This piece is for my 1/24 scale truck [...]

1/48 Revell PV-1 Ventura, Bureau Number 34623, of VPB-145 at NAS Deland, July 29th, 1943

by Louis Gardner on July 29, 2023 · in Aviation · 21 ≡

This true story is based on actual events that happened here at the Deland airport exactly 80 years ago today... on July 29th, 1943. I wanted to tell their story by writing this article, and building this PV-1 Ventura model, as a tribute [...]