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Trumpeter F6F-5N Hellcat Night Fighter 1/32

by Enrique Lopez Galindo on July 8, 2023 · in Aviation · 28 ≡

Hellcat, everybody loves it, everybody has one so... I got me one. I saw many examples of this extraordinary fighter plane and many with the fuselage open to see the interior and I was encouraged to do it this way. I decided to work on the [...]

Roland VI.a, Emil Koch, Jasta 32b, 1918 (7 victories)

by David G LANE on July 8, 2023 · in Aviation · 20 ≡

This is a speculative scheme from trying to interpret old B&W photos but with additional oral information from surviving pilots. WNW 1:32 . Tamiya paints and printing ink Aviattic 4 colour lozenge with clear brown glaze Gaspatch and [...]

Special Hobby, Israel Mirage 3C in 1/72

by Allon kira on July 8, 2023 · in Aviation · 14 ≡

The most handsome jet 🙂 Special Hobby's Mirage 3C in 1/72. Another quick and fun project to build - the model is very accurate, very detailed and with wide variety of armaments. The decals are too thin, in my opinion, and tend to tear [...]

An Italian P-39

by Bruce Archer on July 8, 2023 · in Aviation · 13 ≡

Introduction Few aircraft have been wrongly saddled with a bad reputation as the Bell P-39 was. The USAAC hamstrung the airplane when it removed the turbocharger and clipped the wings. Then it sent poorly trained pilots to fight at [...]

Stalag Luft III - I Wanted Wings – Button Nose P47 Thunderbolt 56th Fighter Group

by martin blackman on July 7, 2023 · in Aviation · 9 ≡

One of my favourite paint schemes here in the 56thFG 62nd FS P47 D-22 LM*A bar Flown by Albert Knafelz I have always wanted to try and paint this but as I’m not a modeller in the true sense I’m more an 8th Airforce enthusiast and [...]

Scale Model Inc. live – 1900 GMT/1400 EST tonight

by Kits And Bits Scale Modelling on July 7, 2023 · in News

Join Tam, John, Dani, Fenris, Wayne and Johan from 1900/7pm GMT/1400/2pm EST Tonight and every Friday night - With other guests and the usual reprobates in chat! (link)

Hasegawa 1/72 E-2C Hawkeye IDF

by Rafi Ben-Shahar on July 7, 2023 · in Aviation · 22 ≡

A gem by Hasegawa sporting IDF color scheme. Decals by Isradecal.

de Havilland DH 83 Fox Moth, A41-4, 2 AAU RAAF, Mareeba Qld, 1943.

by Allan J Withers on July 7, 2023 · in Aviation · 20 ≡

1/72 AVI models, built in 2021 for the DH 100 GB, more pic's and details there.

Avro Lancaster B.III Dambuster Airfix 1:72

by capt. R on July 6, 2023 · in Aviation · 22 ≡

So in May we had the 80th anniversary of the Dams Raid. I have been preparing for this construction for some time, but I decided to start work around the anniversary of the event. The 1:72 scale Airfix Avro Lancaster model is well known to [...]

iModeler Review: Clear Prop 1/48 Polikarpov I-16 Type 5

by Editor on July 6, 2023 · in Reviews · 12 ≡

Polikarpov I-16 was the world's first low-wing cantilever monoplane fighter with retractable landing gear to attain operational status and as such, introduced a new vogue in fighter design. This fact alone makes the type to an obvious [...]