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Eduard 1/48 A6M3 Model 32 Zero

by Tom Cleaver on December 16, 2022 · in Aviation · 18 ≡

The Airplane: The A6M2 Model 21 Zero revealed it was slightly underpowered when it entered combat in 1941. Mitsubishi answered this problem with the A6M3, powered by an uprated Sakae 21 engine, which used a two-speed supercharger for [...]

Video: A10 Thunderbolt II Black Snake - Italeri 1/72 – Aircraft Model

by iModeler Youtube Picks on December 16, 2022 · in Aviation · 1 ≡

Testors 1/48 SR-71 Blackbird

by Spiros Pendedekas on December 16, 2022 · in Aviation · 40 ≡

Known to pilots with many nicknames ("Sled", "Habu", "SR", "Lady in Black" and, of course, "Blackbird"), with performance that in many aspects still remains unsurpassed today, the SR-71 [...]

La Poste - Part 1

by Christopher Amano-Langtree on December 16, 2022 · in Aviation · 16 ≡

I've always been fascinated by the interwar French airmail arrangements and by the books of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry where he writes about his and his colleagues experiences. St. Exupéry started out with the Compagnie Latécoère in 1926 [...]

Trumpeter 1/48 Mig 21UM

by Rafi Ben-Shahar on December 16, 2022 · in Aviation · 22 ≡

A well photographed Croat Mig Mongol that I thought would be a weekend project, but remained un-finished for some time. As it turned out the problem was not with the kit. Trumpeter's Mig 21UM is a good kit. By comparison in terms of [...]

1/48 Douglas TBD-1 Devastator Midway from Great Wall Hobby

by Russ King on December 15, 2022 · in Aviation · 17 ≡

Mostly OOB. Got the Eduard masks for all those windows. Tamiya surface primer. Tamiya and Vallejo acrylics. AK Gauzy intermediate shine enhancer and Mr Surface Clead Matt gloss. Flory wash and Tamiya weathermasters. 20g wire for torpedo [...]