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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 [...]

Review: Trumpeter 1/32 TBD-1 Devastator

by Tom Cleaver on July 29, 2023 · in Reviews · 19 ≡

From the beginning of carrier aviation, the torpedo had been seen as the best weapon for aircraft to use against warships, given the light explosive weight and inaccurate aiming of aerial bombs. Due to the technology of the torpedo itself [...]

USS ENTERPRISE CVN-65 Circa 2001 (1/350 MHM, Old Trumpeter kit).

by Anthony Alvear on July 29, 2023 · in Ships · 14 ≡

After more than 1 1/2 years, +3500 parts and +1000 hours of work, finished the USS Enterprise, renovated and upgrade model. Added many(many) improvements… Styrene plastruct sheet, rod, strip..hanger deck, ss radars and platform island, [...]

Just landed on my porch! Arma 1/48 Hurricane IIc

by Tom Cleaver on July 28, 2023 · in News · 10 ≡

So, after a wandering trip from Poland through the US Postal System (thanks, Louis DeNoJoy) of 9 days once the package landed in Florida, my order for two of the new Arma 1/48 Hurricane IIc's landed on the front porch this morning. Initial [...]