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Kinetic 1:48 CF-188A Anniversary Hornet

by Pip Moss on December 23, 2022 · in Aviation · 12 ≡

My club has an annual group build theme that culminates with a Show-and-Tell display at our December meeting. Our 2022 theme was "O Canada" comprising any subject built by Canada, manned in Canadian service, or manned by [...]

2022 in review

by Robert Royes on December 22, 2022 · in Uncategorized · 18 ≡

My 2022 builds. Happy Christmas, and a Merry New Year, a Peaceful one.

BoB Hurricane I 1/48 Hasegawa 238 Squadron-

by Christian Dahl on December 22, 2022 · in Aviation · 18 ≡

First model in a very long time. At least 10 years. All my old testors enamels were dried up so I used AK real colors. Very easy to work with. Decals are from different sheets, different companies. Did splurge on the quick boost head rest [...]

1/72 Academy Republic P-47D Thunderbolt 1st Aviation Fighter Group

by Marcus Vinicius Teixeira Borges on December 22, 2022 · in Aviation · 9 ≡

Hi folks, this is a very nice kit to build,and this one has been built for a great friend... It represents the aircraft of Lt Alberto Martins Torres,who flew 100 missions in Italy during WW II,in support of the interdiction efforts of the [...]

Warhammer 40K – Acastus Knight Asterius

by Brian Mennenoh on December 22, 2022 · in Sci-fi · 19 ≡

One of the more elaborate projects I've ever worked on. This was a present for a friend I teach with. The other instructors and myself all chipped in to buy this stupidly expensive model kit, I ended up purchasing a bunch more parts from [...]

Hasegawa, 1:48 Scale P-400, "Airacobra"

by Frederick J Seitz III on December 22, 2022 · in Aviation · 28 ≡

This is the Hasegawa 1:48 scale P-400. Nice kit. Goes together very well, has really nice detail inside and out. Even the doors fit without too much tweaking. A friend of mine, Nick Buro, was a crew chief on these birds. He was asked [...]

Tamiya 1/48 Mustang completed.

by Alan Price on December 21, 2022 · in Aviation · 19 ≡

This is the Tamiya Mustang P51B/C kit which I have just completed as a commission build, built from a photo the client had of the aircraft, which his father had flown at the end of the War. He wanted the aircraft to look suitably tired as [...]

F-84 F Thunderstreak KINETIC 1/48

by Giannis Asimakos on December 21, 2022 · in Aviation · 16 ≡

F-84F Thunderstreak KINETIC 1/48 by Giannis Asimakos Opening the box found 88 pieces in light gray plastic and 7 in transparent. The strongest point of the kit is found in the realistic exterior detail that has a subtle line. The cockpit [...]

A real Squirt: Saunders Roe SR.A-1 takes off!

by Roland Sachsenhofer on December 20, 2022 · in Aviation · 19 ≡

Like any aircraft design, the unusual Saunders Roe SR. A-1 is a compromise of various prerequisites and technical conditions on the one hand and ideas and conceptions on the other. Rarely, however, does this compromise result in such an [...]

1/48 TF-104G

by John Healy on December 19, 2022 · in Aviation · 25 ≡

This is the well known Hasegawa kit. I originally bought it with the intention of doing a camouflaged German example using the excellent Victory Models German Starfighter decal set. When I realized that the kit’s “Boelcke Special” [...]