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Random thoughts on Japanese colors. The Japanese A6M Zero…Part 1

by Louis Gardner on April 20, 2019
in Aviation — 20 Comments

Japanese A6M Zero Colors.......... Part 1 I recently posted a similar article to this one about WW2 Japanese Aviation colors. It was not completely prepared so I removed the original posting. This is along the same line as my original inte[...]

BB-64 USS Wisconsin Visit

by gary sausmikat on April 19, 2019
in Photo Collections — 9 Comments

Hi Fellow iModelers: Today my daughter, Rebekah, and I had the pleasure and honor to visit BB-64, USS Wisconsin, berthed as a floating museum in Norfolk, Virginia at the Nauticus facility. This post somewhat fits in with David's "On This Day" [...]

1/35th JGSDF Type 90 “Polka Dot”

by Jason Vukovich on April 19, 2019
in Armor — 8 Comments

My final winter build of the year since it's spring (even if we got a foot of snow here in Alaska today) -Tamiya's 1/35 Type 90. I think this is a pretty well known subject from a few years ago, a Type 90 on winter maneuvers in Japan with field[...]

08-open in stockholm 13-14 march.

by Ulf Lundberg on April 19, 2019
in Show Reports — 13 Comments

It’s a bit strange, that there has been no article about the 08-OPEN here on imodeler, considering the fact that the founder of the site and some of the editors come from the club that arranges it, IPMS-Stockholm. So, I think it’s about time tha[...]

On This Day…April 19th

by david leigh-smith on April 19, 2019
in Photo Collections — 9 Comments

The USS Iowa ( BB-61) was decommissioned in Mar 1949, but the war in Korea brought her back into service in Aug 1951 where she was the flagship of the Seventh Fleet under Vice Admiral Robert Briscoe. Her 16 inch guns regularly bombarded North [...]

Tamiya 1/48 FW 190D9.

by Eduardo Augusto Rodrigues Conci on April 19, 2019
in Aviation — 7 Comments

Hello friends, this time one of my favorite WWII German fighters, FW 190 "dora 9". With camouflage and markings from "defense of the reich" units, some wear and weathering, the final result pleased me a lot ... always improving, always. The Tami[...]

HobbyBoss 1/72 P-40 B/C – finished

by Andrey Rybushkin on April 19, 2019
in Aviation — 13 Comments

Good day! Model series is easy kit. Very weak detailing, so many homemade parts. Cockards and alphabetic codes infused with paint through a stencil. The model depicts the aircraft No. 250 Sgn., 262 Wing, Desert Air Force, RAF, 1942 Flown by Fln.[...]

1/48 JA-37 Saab Viggen

by Kelly Cottle on April 18, 2019
in Aviation — 19 Comments

Just finished my Viggen This is a Tarangus Kit . Very nice, Only added A resin seat from CMK. Painted with Modelmaster paints and did some highlights and and fade also used pencil on panel lines. Please enjoy the photos.

Fiat G.50bis – SBS Models – 1/72

by Bogdan Ionete on April 18, 2019
in Aviation — 12 Comments

My first resin kit, a little gem I guess, the next one will be better 😉. Highly recommended to all those fans of Regia Aeronautica.

Very early RB-57E Patrica Lynn Canberra

by John Sheehan on April 18, 2019
in Aviation — 18 Comments

Hello all, This is my attempt at producing an accurate 1/72 scale rendition on the RB-57E. For many years the Italeri B-57 was regarded as the best option but unfortunately the kit is deeply flawed, the issues are too many to go into here, but s[...]