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An "Air Force" T-6

by Bruce Archer on March 29, 2023 · in Aviation · 11 ≡

Hi All! The movie “Air Force” is well worth watching if you like airplanes. It is not historical, there are many myths contained in the film, but the airplanes! Seen are RB-17C/B and D Fortresses, P-43s, P-39s, P-35s,Short Wing B-26s [...]

Ho-229 The main fuselage area is almost done

by George Johnson on March 29, 2023 · in Aviation · 12 ≡

Here's the 1/32 Zoukei-Mura Ho-229 I'm building at the moment. I opened up the two panels on the nose section in order to expose more of those fabulous engines. The tail section has been pre=painted with rust shades and will get a heafty [...]

Trumpeter 1/32 BAC Lightning F3

by Kevin Rowbotham on March 28, 2023 · in Aviation · 14 ≡

Modified Trumpy 1/32 Lightning, fuselage extended by 5mm (kit fuselage too short), undercarriage (height and stance)corrected, fuselage below canopy corrected and inflight refuelling probe added. Finished with Vallejo metallics and [...]

B-24H "TWO TON TESSIE"

by Robert D Carley on March 28, 2023 · in Aviation · 19 ≡

I built this model from Revell kit number 5629 to honor my Uncle Harold Fox Jr.. He was the ball turret gunner aboard the aircraft when it was shot down over Austria in May of 1944. He bailed out and survived. I did a lot of research to [...]

1/48 Curtiss CW-22B - RNEIAF.

by John Healy on March 28, 2023 · in Aviation · 22 ≡

This is the new Dora Wings kit. Truly something that I didn’t think we would see molded to this high of a standard. This is the third Dora Wings kit that I’ve built and was the most enjoyable of the trio. The P-43 and Vengeance were [...]

The Italeri 1/9th scale WLA Harley Davidson WW2 motorcycle build in progress.

by Rick Schad on March 28, 2023 · in Automotive · 9 ≡

Hi friends, I have started this 1/9th scale WLA for a customer. I don't normally build motorcycles but I am finding this to be great fun! Kit is going together without much problems other than the parts are not numbered and the sprues have [...]

Airfix 1/72 McDonnell Douglas Phantom FG.1

by Alistair Gauld on March 28, 2023 · in Aviation · 27 ≡

I really enjoyed this coming together, well, except for all those flaming stencils. Yes they are all on and I totalled the time out at 10 1/2 hrs for the main fuselage ones alone. There were one or two tricky moments with the intakes [...]

The North American F-86K(aasjager) of the RNLAF (1956-1964)

by Alfred van Paaschen on March 28, 2023 · in Aviation · 17 ≡

This kit from Special Hobby sure has it's challenges. Most difficult part was connecting the wings to the fuselage as the fitting was quite dramatic. All in all, I am happy with the result. What do you all think? Below a little history on [...]

Korean War Group Build – Vought F4U-4 Corsair, Hobby Boss 1/72

by Jaime Carreon on March 28, 2023 · in Aviation · 9 ≡

Sometimes, things that weren't planned work out pretty well, and this was one of them. The spark for this one came from our club's contest theme for this year, Big and Little, in which the subject is built in two different scales with the [...]

Messerschmitt Bf-109E-3 JG 51 Early War Period Hasegawa 1/48

by Marcus Vinicius Teixeira Borges on March 27, 2023 · in Aviation · 8 ≡

Hi folks, this was a project I had to finish,for it was initiated by a dear friend. Although it is not a top job,I am at least glad to finally conclude it on behalf of this friend of mine. Hope you like it. Marcus