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Airfix Phantom Fg.1 in 1/72

by Djordje Colovic on June 21, 2019
in Aviation — 19 Comments

My imagination was always full of sounds from the past. But, my interest in history would always stop at some point. That point would be 1945. I was stunned with ancient history in which someone had to be brave, so I wasn’t even interested to th[...]

Airfix 1/48 Spitfire FR XIV as an FR 18

by Tom Cleaver on June 21, 2019
in Aviation — 14 Comments

It's a strange but interesting fact that the only "built for that specific powerplant" Spitfire to achieve a large production run was the Mk.I; while there were several other Marks specifically designed to make maximum benefit of the additional [...]

Lovin’ Russian

by Justin Rogers on June 20, 2019
in Armor — 6 Comments

Fresh from the Urals.. I have here for you one of my favorite modern Russian armor vehicles... Trumpeter's 1/35 BMP-3E IFV, and what a delightful kit.. I have built another variant of this vehicle by Trumpeter as well and it was wonderful to bu[...]

ModellBrno 2019 – The 1/144 Galore!

by Marek Targowicz on June 20, 2019
in Aviation — 13 Comments

Hello, Last weekend we have spent in sunny Czech Republic attending the bi-annual Modell Brno event as a Shelf Oddity team. Organized by Eduard gathered a vast quantity of small scale models and modellers from many countries. Beside the all-tim[...]

Monogram 1/48 Vought O-S2U “Kingfisher” land plane

by bob mack on June 20, 2019
in Aviation — 38 Comments

used as trainers, squadron hacks and observation platform scout

1:25 Revell 1965 Chevrolet Malibu SS 396 Z-16

by Matt Minnichsoffer on June 20, 2019
in Automotive — 10 Comments

It’s said that John DeLorean created the Muscle Car era with the 1964 Pontiac GTO (BTW- building one soon), but friends the 1965 Chevrolet Malibu SS 396 Z-16 kicked the muscle car era into full swing. Read on… Throughout the ’60s, Chevrolet’s[...]

Speed Silver Spit! 1/48 Airfix Spitfire Mk.XIV

by Daniel PerezVertti on June 19, 2019
in Uncategorized — 17 Comments

OOB Airfix 1/48 Spitfire Mk.XIV Box Packaging/Decals/Pubs: 10 When Airfix went to the red box, it was a revelation. One that signaled that they could indeed make attractive boxes that made you want to buy the kit. Adam Tooby’s fantastic modern [...]

1/72nd Hasegawa Ki-43 II Oscar

by George R Blair Jr on June 19, 2019
in Aviation — 7 Comments

Well, there I was waiting for decals to arrive from Hannant's for my Monogram Fw-190 when I came across an old Hasegawa Ki-43 sitting in the consignment section at my local hobby store. I remember these early Hasegawa kits were simple to build[...]

B-25D Mitchell

by IAN JACKSON on June 18, 2019
in Aviation — 21 Comments

So here's my take on the Airfix B-25. One of my all-time favourite aircraft. Let's start with the kit, I could do pages on the fit, the quality of the engineering, the 'buildability' etc, etc. So long story short, folks, it's bl**dy superb - wha[...]