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Uncle's B-24H and Some D-Day Aircraft

by Robert D Carley on March 1, 2023 · in Aviation · 23 ≡

I've been building World War II plastic models in 1/48th scale for about 60 years. I've built over 100 models. The B-24H model I built to honor my Uncle Harold Fox who was a ball turret gunner on Two Ton Tessie. The other models are D-Day [...]

Airfix 1/24 F6F-5 Hellcat

by Scott Murphy on March 1, 2023 · in Aviation · 4 ≡

I have been on a long modeling hiatus but broke ground on the magnificent 1/24 F6F-5 Hellcat about two and half months ago. It is a really amazing kit, but true to form, I have added a lot of details to the kit. The WIP build to date can [...]

1/35 Tamiya Merkava Mk.I

by Erik J Kidd on March 1, 2023 · in Armor · 7 ≡

Getting back into armor kits, here is the old Tamiya Merkava straight out of the box with stowage from the spares bin and an orange tissue paper identification tarp. Painted with a rattle can and weathered with chalk pastels and Vallejo [...]

Pilatus P3-2 /3 Swiss Air Force

by Hans Peter Tschanz on February 28, 2023 · in Aviation · 10 ≡

The Pilatus P 3 was a Swiss Air Force training aircraft built by the Pilatus work in Stans. The aircraft had already been replaced in flight operations by the new Pilatus PC-7 Turbo Trainer in 1983. The last P3 were auctioned on April 22, [...]

MiG-15bis Nightfighter Korean War Tamiya 1/48

by Marcus Vinicius Teixeira Borges on February 28, 2023 · in Aviation · 11 ≡

Hi folks, Got an old kit disposed by,and decided to finish it,even being the Tamiya one,of which two had already been built. I tried,somehow,to represent one of those pesky nightfighters,which caused so much trouble for ONU aircraft in the [...]

Machine gunners of the 5th SS Wiking Division, Hungary January 1945, Alpine Miniatures 1/35

by Roman Fittl on February 28, 2023 · in Figures · 11 ≡

After a long time I managed to finish another piece, to create a vignette from Hungary I used Alpine Miniatures figures, I replaced the original heads, one is from the Hornet offer, the other is from another Alpine Miniatures figure, [...]

Korean War Group Builds-North American F-82G Twin Mustang

by Bruce Archer on February 28, 2023 · in Aviation · 14 ≡

Here is my first contribution to the Korean War Group Build, a Modelsvit F-82G. Nice kit but I had a slightly warped part, not noticeable but wreaked havoc with fit until I found, and corrected the part. The rest of the kit went together [...]

1/48 F9F-5P Panther – Korean War Group Build.

by John Healy on February 28, 2023 · in Aviation · 48 ≡

This is the 1990s Monogram kit which was apparently modified from the original -5 fighter molds. Both kits are excellent models. In fact, the Monogram Panther is one of my all time favorite kits. Definitely in the top five. I decided [...]

The blue dream flies on! Bugatti 100P, a racing aircraft of the 1930s.

by Roland Sachsenhofer on February 28, 2023 · in Aviation · 11 ≡

Many articles on aircraft models begin with the statement that the original of the presented model is particularly unique. As appropriate as this may be, the Bugatti 100P shown here opens up yet another category of uniqueness all its [...]