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RENO 2023 IS THE LAST ONE

by Tom Cleaver on March 12, 2023 · in News · 11 ≡

Reno Air Racing Association announced on Thursday that this year's event will be the last. The Tahoe Reno Airport Authority is ending their support for the show and no longer allowing it to be held at Reno-Stead field. 40+ years ago when [...]

USS Enterprise Star Trek refurb,AMT/Lesney 1/650

by Robert Royes on March 12, 2023 · in Sci-fi · 8 ≡

Instead of buying an overpriced kit whose molds have been around since 1967.I thought maybe I could refurbish one that was hanging in the detached garage for over twenty years and had endured all those winters and summers, plus one roof [...]

1:48 Eduard P-51 Mustang & FW-190 Dogfight Diorama

by Matt Minnichsoffer on March 11, 2023 · in Aviation · 14 ≡

Prior to the whole pandemic kerfuffle I had an idea to build a dogfight diorama. I purchase the two Eduard Profi-PACK kits back in 2020 and promptly put them on the shelf until the time was right. After a little research I knew the Mustang [...]

1/48 Hasegawa Ki-44-II Hei Shoki

by Steven Brandon on March 11, 2023 · in Aviation · 11 ≡

Here are some photos of my recently completed 1/48 Hasegawa Ki-44-II Hei. First released in 1995, I think, this is the newest 1/48 scale Shoki kit available, so if you’re listening, scale model industry, it’s about time for a modern [...]

Jeep Willys MB 4x4. Tamiya 1/35

by Russ King on March 11, 2023 · in Armor · 20 ≡

The classic Jeep Willys from Tamiya. Fun little kit. Added the Eduard photoetch set (110 pieces), so took a little longer than expected but adds some nice detail. Many of the PE pieces go unseen. Made an antenna from a piece of toothpick [...]

RAAF Kittyhawk P-40E.

by Tony Prince on March 11, 2023 · in Aviation · 31 ≡

The role of the RAAF Kittyhawks in the defence of Milne Bay in 1942 has been well documented elsewhere & this particular aircraft was in the thick of it with 75 Squadron. Apparently flown for the most part by Flying Officer Geoffrey [...]

Trumpeter 1/48 Wyvern S. Mk. 4

by Tom Cleaver on March 11, 2023 · in Aviation · 33 ≡

The Aircraft: The Second World War saw the development in naval aviation of a single-seat strike fighter concept that performed both fighter-bomber and torpedo-strike. In the U.S. Navy, this ed to the Douglas Skyraider, one of the most [...]

Takom 1/72 Silbervogel "Amerika Bomber"

by George R Blair Jr on March 11, 2023 · in Aviation · 25 ≡

This is the second model I have built during my forced downtime due to stomach surgery. I don't normally build hypothetical planes, and I also don't like to build models with a natural metal finish (because I don't do NMF very well), but [...]

KP 1/72 Cessna Crane Mk.1A

by George R Blair Jr on March 10, 2023 · in Aviation · 22 ≡

I don't usually build 1/72 scale models, but I have liked this plane since I first saw it in the old TV series Sky King (Yes, I am that old). I thought this kit might be a challenge when I got it, but I am recuperating from some surgery [...]

1/72 AZ Models X-3 Stiletto

by Brian Powell on March 10, 2023 · in Aviation · 8 ≡

The Douglas X-3 Stiletto has the perhaps singular distinction among airplanes as not being nearly as cool as it looks. I mean, it screams FAST. Instead, it was stubbornly subsonic and exhibited potentially catastrophic roll [...]