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M3 Scout Car, IDF, 1/35

by Juan Ravizzoli on April 7, 2023 · in Armor · 8 ≡

Greetings to all forum members. Today I want to show you the last military vehicle I could finish. It is a M3 Scout Car from HobbyBoss in 1/35 scale. It is a kit known to all. It has a quite correct detailing, with a very good fitting of [...]

T-28 from Argentine Navy, 1/48

by Juan Ravizzoli on April 7, 2023 · in Aviation · 28 ≡

Greetings to all forum members. On this occasion I wanted to show you a kit that I recently finished. It is Roden's T-28 Trojan in 1/48th scale. It is an adequately detailed kit, although some things could be improved, such as the [...]

Matchbox Replacements: 1/72 Curtiss SB2C-4E Helldiver & Vought F4U-1D Corsair

by Michael Smith on April 7, 2023 · in Aviation · 10 ≡

These two new completions - an AMT SB2C-4 Helldiver and a Hasegawa F4U-4 Corsair - will be significant upgrades from the Matchbox models they replace in the display cabinet. The AMT Helldiver kit is actually older than the Matchbox - it [...]

Review: ICM 1/48 Polikarpov I-16 type 24

by Tom Cleaver on April 7, 2023 · in Reviews · 11 ≡

Nikolai Polikarpov was perhaps the leading Russian aircraft designer in the early days of the Soviet aircraft industry. In 1918, he was put in charge of preparing manufacture of the DH-4 at the GAZ-1 facility where at least 63 were [...]

Airfix 1/72 P-38F/G Lightning

by Bob Torres on April 6, 2023 · in Aviation · 28 ≡

I have to thank Jay @ssgt, for providing me this kit to build. This is my second build from the four that Jay has sent to me, my first was the Hasegawa 1/72 Hi-61. I have two more to go. This is the Airfix 1/72 Lockheed P-38F Lightning [...]

Review: Rubicon Models 1/56 Bofors 40mm Gun Review

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Review: Rubicon Models 1/56 Truck Review

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1/8 Aurora "Red Knight of Vienna"

by Tom Hering on April 5, 2023 · in Figures · 18 ≡

This model of Medieval jousting armor is Aurora's 1963 reissue of their 1958 kit. The red color is the kit's metallic red plastic. The blue-green is Army Painter's "Wizards Orb." The gold is a 50/50 mix of Testors' Metallic Gold [...]

Kinetic MQ-9 Reaper

by Brian Powell on April 5, 2023 · in Aviation · 13 ≡

Sometimes all it takes is a little international incident to remind you of what’s in your stash. On March 14, 2023, two Russian SU-27 aircraft intercepted a USAF MQ-9 patrolling in international airspace; they dumped fuel on it and [...]

1/48th Tamiya F4U-1D as Vought XF4U-3B

by Jim Sullivan on April 5, 2023 · in Aviation · 24 ≡

Here's my latest model completion. It's the 1/48th Tamiya F4U-1D kit converted to an XF4U-3B. That version was an attempt by Vought to boost the Corsair's top speed by way of a supercharged engine. The plane never went into production as [...]