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Tamiya Wildcat

by Scott Nelson on June 22, 2023 · in Aviation · 11 ≡

This is the third of three kits I picked up from the vendor tables at last year’s local IPMS contest, the Tamiya 1/48 F4F-4. (And now I’ve finished all three. Yay me!) As usual with Tamiya, the kit goes together without a problem. The [...]

AH-1W Super Cobra

by Ceto 3D Art on June 21, 2023 · in Aviation · 14 ≡

Over the weekend I was able to take some better photos of my pre-Super Hornet project that I shared with you earlier. (The F14 is the current project) It is a 1/35 scale AH-1W Super Cobra helicopter from the Academy company. The kit is [...]

The Razor Crest

by Scott Nelson on June 21, 2023 · in Sci-fi · 6 ≡

From the moment I saw the Razor Crest in the Mandalorian, I thought it would make a cool model. I’ve debated getting Revel’s 1/72 kit, but mixed reviews and its large size have me leaning against it so far. Then one day at the LHS I [...]

Hasegawa 1:48 Kawasaki Ki.45Kai Hei/Tei Toryu (Nick) "Mainland Defence" Kit #09909

by George Henderson on June 20, 2023 · in Aviation · 26 ≡

A night-fighter from the 5th Fighter Regiment, Maj. Yoshiaki Yamashita, Kiyosu Air Base, June 1945. What can I say, it's Hasegawa. Minor filler needed but that was possibly due to over zealous sanding. Two issues with the build. The first [...]

Mirror Models 1/35 Diamond T969 Wrecker

by Rafi Ben-Shahar on June 20, 2023 · in Armor · 13 ≡

This innocent looking Diamond Wrecker is a wolf in a sheep skin. In general, cranes are difficult to build because of the intricate winch cable system. In this kit the inherent difficulty was further confounded by vague instructions and [...]

Oklahoma City MetroCon model show

by Greg Kittinger on June 20, 2023 · in Aviation · 21 ≡

This past Saturday I drove up the turnpike with a couple of fellow club members to attend the annual OKC show. Sorry for the limited subject matter in the pics, but as an aircraft guy that was all I took pics of! The BV 222 (6-engine [...]

Tamiya F4U-1A Corsair BuNo 17833 Maj Marion Carl

by David Butler on June 19, 2023 · in Aviation · 18 ≡

Here is my completed entry for the Jim Sullivan Memorial Build. Fittingly it is a Corsair of the VMF-223 stationed in Torokina, Bougainville, in December of 1943 Decals are from Fundekals and the main wheels are from True Details. I [...]

1/144 DC-6B.

by John Healy on June 19, 2023 · in Aviation · 26 ≡

Here’s another one I never shared from the pre social media days. It’s the Minicraft DC-6 from 1997 or 98. I built this one in ‘98 and it was pretty new at the time. I discarded the Pan Am kit decals in favor of these United [...]

Klear floor polish, where did it go

by martin blackman on June 19, 2023 · in How-to · 18 ≡

I'm missing a trick here. 20 odd years ago I would use Klear for my canopy on models but for the life of me I can't seem to find the equivalent available today in UK What are you guys using now? What happens if I were to just clear coat [...]

15 minutes of fame for a de Havilland Gipsy Major I or: from the spotlight into the darkness. A detailed story from the construction of the Miles Magister by Mikro Mir.

by Roland Sachsenhofer on June 19, 2023 · in Aviation · 12 ≡

Do you know this too? Sometimes kits contain whole jewels of modelling, such as a wonderfully reproduced radio equipment, a detailed navigator's workstation or a promisingly detailed engine, which then in the further building process are [...]