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No 5 Sq RAF Mohawk IV Akyab Burma March 1942

by Christian Dahl on March 17, 2023 · in Aviation · 12 ≡

Curtiss Mohawk IV (P36-A4) No 5 Sq RAF Akyab Burma March 1942 This is the 1/48 Hobby Craft kit. Not bad and the only game in town until Clear Prop releases the later version Hawks. This is the short nose Cyclone powered version. You get [...]

Do you APES want to live forever!??!? 1/12 Wave Starship Trooper Kit

by Dan Lee on March 17, 2023 · in Sci-fi · 13 ≡

INTRODUCTION “BUGS, Mr RICO! ZILLIONS of THEM!” Robert Heinlein’s Starship Troopers is one of the seminal and controversial classics of Science Fiction. Viewed by many as an idealized fascist paradise and by others as an important [...]

Here’s another one. The F84G Thunderjet.

by Alfred van Paaschen on March 16, 2023 · in Aviation · 12 ≡

Because of the warm welcome I thought it would be nice to do another post today. Hope you like this old 50’s jet. This warbird flew with RNLAF from 1952 until 1956. It was quite rudimentary and notorious because of its unreliability, [...]

My first post, the RNLAF (KLU) F-104G Starfighter

by Alfred van Paaschen on March 16, 2023 · in Aviation · 27 ≡

Hi all, I am from the Netherlands and picked up scale modeling again a few years ago after a break of some 40 odd years. Currently I am working on a series of planes that have flown or still fly in the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) [...]

1/48th Monogram/Hasegawa F4U-5 Corsair

by Jim Sullivan on March 16, 2023 · in Aviation · 28 ≡

From time to time, when a picture grabs my attention, I often consider attempting to model it. This was the case with the F4U-5 that I wanted to replicate. The Monogram version of the Hasegawa F4U-5 kit was good to work with for the most [...]

1/700 U-48 type VII u-boat

by Slava Sidelnik on March 16, 2023 · in Ships · 9 ≡

This was my first experience in 700 scale. And I think the last one. After watching a video on my respected Scaletone channel, I was inspired and bought this model. I certainly enjoyed the project, but the result was mixed. The whole [...]

Review: AMK 1/48 Mi -17 HIP Review

by iModeler Youtube Picks on March 16, 2023 · in Reviews

1/48 USAF F-16C - Tamiya

by Richard Bungay on March 15, 2023 · in Aviation · 12 ≡

See all my models at: (link) Photograpy: Nikon D7500; Focus Stacking using Helicon Focus; Editing using LightRoom Kit: Tamiya No. 101 Paint: Topside - Tamiya AS-27 Gunship Grey (decanted and airbrushed) Bottom - Tamiya AS-28 Medium Grey [...]

Review: PM Models show 15th March 2023

by iModeler Youtube Picks on March 15, 2023 · in Reviews

My 1/12 scale GT-40

by Rick Schad on March 14, 2023 · in Automotive · 26 ≡

Here is my Trumpeter? 1/12 Scale GT-40! This kit was a lot of work with lots of scratch building involved, due to this kit was a toy in some form at one point. Kit on it's own is very simple so a lot of creativity is involved in getting [...]