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Fujimi’s A5M4 in 1/72

by Scott Nelson on September 12, 2023 · in Aviation · 13 ≡

I’ve had this one in the stash for awhile and it was an older kit when I got it. That meant the decals were not of much use as they yellowed considerably. So I masked everything on this one. I also used a trick from Tom Cleaver to get [...]

Special Hobby's 1/48 scale He115B-2/C

by Paul Higgins on September 11, 2023 · in Aviation · 13 ≡

Hi, guys... this is my latest completed kit and another return to a kit I tried a few years back, and arguably, a better outcome this time. As anyone who has attempted this model will know, it's a difficult kit in places but certainly [...]

Searching for "Akagi" right now!

by Tom Cleaver on September 11, 2023 · in News · 11 ≡

Robert Ballard's team is diving today in search of the Japanese carrier Akagi, which they think they have found at a depth of 17,500 feet. Here's the livestream: (link) (link)

Show report: Blue Angel Modelfest in Milton, FL.

by John Healy on September 10, 2023 · in Show Reports · 23 ≡

I attended the Blue Angel Modelfest in Milton, Florida yesterday. The show was sponsored by the Pensacola Modeleers. This was a fun way to spend a day with fellow enthusiasts from the Florida panhandle and south Alabama. It was a really [...]

DC 2 J-BBOT „Aso“: lost over the vastness of the Pacific – and actually rescued!

by Roland Sachsenhofer on September 10, 2023 · in Aviation · 26 ≡

A fuselage with metal covering, in which the glazed, closed cockpit is just as aerodynamically cleanly incorporated as the engine nacelles are blended into the shapes of the wings, a retractable landing gear, variable pitch propellers: [...]

Gulfstream U-4 (G-IVSP)

by Ray Seppala on September 10, 2023 · in Aviation · 10 ≡

This is the 1/72 Welsh Models Gulfstream G-IV built as a U-4 of the JASDF. The kit was built OOB with the addition of type-specific antennas. Decals are by Draw Decal. The U-4 Multi-Purpose Support Aircraft is a Gulfstream Aerospace [...]

Eduard 1/48 Messerschmitt Me109G-6

by Paul van Acker on September 10, 2023 · in Aviation · 10 ≡

Eduard 1/48 Messerschmitt Me109G-6 flown by Ofw Alfred Surau 9/JG3 Bad Worishofen, Germany 1943. Surau last saw combat on October 14th (famous Schweinfurt raid) in this aircraft, when it was hit by B17 defensive fire from his 46th and [...]

Lockheed C-130J-30 Hercules, 37SQN, RAAF Richmond

by Ray Seppala on September 9, 2023 · in Aviation · 10 ≡

This kit started life as an Italeri boxing of the AMT/Esci AC-130H. It is hard to believe I started it back in 2017 (well not that hard with my track record). The conversion involved: Plugging the 'AC' holes Lengthened the fuselage for [...]

P 38J Tamiya 1/48

by Russ King on September 9, 2023 · in Aviation · 20 ≡

P 38 J Lightning #131 Major Thomas McGuire. 431st FS, 475th Fighter Group. Pudgy III Tamiya 1/48. Out of box except for eduard seatbelts. Vallejo metals over primer and Mr color GX2 gloss black. Tamiya and Vallejo acrylics. Really great [...]

Tamiya, 1:48 scale, Mitsubishi G4M1, Model 11, "Isshikirikko", (Land Attack Plane), Reporting Name - 'Betty'

by Frederick J Seitz III on September 9, 2023 · in Aviation · 15 ≡

Howdy Y'all This is an older build from a few years back. Pretty much OOB, except for the True Details weighted wheels. Paint was the old Aeromaster Enamels line, (Think Floquil Military). Decals are from the kit, aerial is stretched [...]