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1/8 Aurora "Black Knight of Nurnberg"

by Tom Hering on January 14, 2023 · in Figures · 18 ≡

This is Aurora's 1963 reissue of their 1957 kit. Though molded in black, I sprayed all the armor with Tamiya TS-40 Metallic Black (rattle can). The decoration is Army Painter Pure Red, dabbed on with an 18/0 brush, mostly following the [...]

1/48 HP Halifax BIII – Fonderie Miniature

by Thomas Probert on January 14, 2023 · in Aviation · 24 ≡

This build has been on and off (more off than on to be fair) the bench for the last 7 years! It finally crossed the finish line earlier this week and thank Christ for that! Fonderie kits have a poor reputation but when I first bought this [...]

Revell 1/48 Rafale B Tiger

by guy barker on January 14, 2023 · in Aviation · 16 ≡

Hi everyone. I hope I don't end up boring you silly with my pictures but since taking the plunge into adding models to the imodeler site I feel that I have a bit more drive to complete some more kits 🙂 Thank you. A display by the [...]

Republic P-47D Thunderbolt 1/48 Academy

by Josef Rössner on January 14, 2023 · in Aviation · 10 ≡

Col.David Schilling, 62nd Squadron, 56th Fighter group, UK, 1944 - 22 aerial and 10,5 groud victories This was little complicated. I have some plastic parts from Academy, some parts from Tamiya , seatbelts from Eduard and decals from old [...]

Airfix Hawker Tempest Mk V 1/72

by Felix on January 14, 2023 · in Aviation · 28 ≡

This is the new tooling Hawker Tempest in 1/72nd scale. Ak interactive and Ammo Mig acrylic colors with some panel wash. The finishing AK interactive matte varnish still has a somewhat glossy appearance. I painted the invasion stripes [...]

Republic P-47D Thunderbolt "Razorback" 1/48 Tamiya

by Josef Rössner on January 14, 2023 · in Aviation · 5 ≡

Lt.Frank Klibbe, 56th FG, 6st FS, Halesworth, UK, March 1944 This is only "box building". Classic Tamiya...fun,fun,fun.

Republic P-47D Thunderbolt "Tarheel Hall" 1/48 Tamiya

by Josef Rössner on January 14, 2023 · in Aviation · 6 ≡

When i saw this bird first time, i love in. To build i used Tamiya kit P-47M with some modification, seatbelts from Eduard and Microscale decals. This decals old and horrible. More problems, but this is result.

Supermarine Spitfire Mk.I 1/48 Eduard

by Josef Rössner on January 14, 2023 · in Aviation · 9 ≡

This is from No.19(F) Squadron,RAF Duxford,UK, August 1938. I used overtrees Eduard plastic parts, decals from Airfix and seatbelts and stencils Eduard.

Bell X-1 Revell 1/32

by Jimmy Zed on January 13, 2023 · in Aviation · 24 ≡

You know when you are trolling around the net, casting for kits and get a few nibbles, then one keeps nibbling and finally bites? That was this one. At first when i looked at it, it seemed to basic. A rebox of the original '88 kit with new [...]

2022 Builds

by Dennis Meyers on January 13, 2023 · in Uncategorized · 13 ≡

For me, scale modeling in 2022 had some highs and lows, but mostly highs. It was one of my most productive years—13 kits (15 if you count some figures thrown in). I finished more kits in 2020 by doing a lot of no-frills Covid shutdown [...]