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Romanian IAR-81 C in 1/32 from Special Hobby

by George Damian on May 11, 2023 · in Aviation · 9 ≡

This was my first kit in 1/32 scale and it was a though one. It was a long run project, I started to document it since September last year in order to have as much as possible a clearer picture of what I can do. Used also some goodies: [...]

Dragon 1/35 StuG.III variants

by Rafi Ben-Shahar on May 11, 2023 · in Armor · 12 ≡

Long gone the days when I was able to purchase online Dragon Smart kits for $20 (shipping included.) Nonetheless, I was well aware of the opportunity at that time. One of the outcomes is presented here. Three StuG III variants that are [...]

U.S. M1114 HMMWV "Humvee" (1/72)

by Simon Nagorsnik on May 11, 2023 · in Armor · 4 ≡

A quite nice kit from T-Model. (TM-7201) Good molded parts with nice and sharp details. This kit is able to be expanded with other enhancement sets from the same manufacturer. (Mod. US HMMWV Upgrade Kit, Mod. U.S. M153 CROWS II System) The [...]

Review: PM Models show 10th May 2023

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Airfix Sea Hurricane 1/48 scale

by Matt Dyer on May 10, 2023 · in Aviation · 16 ≡

My inspiration for this model was a profile painting in Richard Franks’ The Hawker Hurricane, a truly fantastic compendium of information about the Hurricane. Check out all his exceptional books published by Valiant Press in the [...]

Painting wood panels on the Zoukei-Mura 1/32 Ho-229

by George Johnson on May 10, 2023 · in Aviation · 13 ≡

This turned out to be a lot more complicated than I originally thought. The final model is going to be a weather-worn example with lots of faded paint and rust. I performed some tests and came up with a scheme. The panels that weren't [...]

Belgian Thoroughbred

by Christopher Amano-Langtree on May 9, 2023 · in Aviation · 8 ≡

In 1930 the Belgians were considering what their new fighter aircraft was to be. They'd held a competition and settled on the rather pedestrian Dewoitine D.27 and the Czech Avia BH-33. However, the air force staff attended the Hendon Air [...]

1/32 Scale Tamiya F-4 Phantom II VMFAT-101 SharpShooters

by Rick Schad "The Pope of Plastic" on May 8, 2023 · in Aviation · 22 ≡

Hello again! Here is my latest build for a former F-4 pilot and member of USMC VMFAT-101. This kit is the Tamiya 1/32 scale kit. From what I can tell this is an older kit, but still a fairly straight forward. Added a real aluminum exhaust [...]

Tamiya 1:48 Focke-Wulf Fw-190F-8/9 Kit #61104

by George Henderson on May 8, 2023 · in Aviation · 21 ≡

Just your "bog standard" Tamiya kit with its minor wheel issues. Fw 190F-8 W.Nr. 583234. A war trophy of 511th FS/404th FG in Kitzingen. I couldn't find a photo of the aircraft so I'm relying on Karaya Decal for the info such as [...]