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My year’s modelling work

by George Williams on December 17, 2022 · in Automotive · 39 ≡

I managed to keep one of my new year’s resolution - no military models - and kicked off 2022 with Tamiya’s 1/12 Yamaha XV 1600. This was followed by the then new Suzuki Ecstar GSX-RR ‘20, as ridden by 2021 world champion Joan [...]

Year in review, let's see yours too!

by Rob Anderson on December 16, 2022 · in Uncategorized · 10 ≡

I always enjoy year in review posts. I have a figure I may get in before the 31st, but if I do I will add it later Here is my year. Revell box scale X-3, Monogram "white box" 1/48 FW-190, Monogram Sand Crab, one and only issue, [...]

Eduard 1/48 A6M3 Model 32 Zero

by Tom Cleaver on December 16, 2022 · in Aviation · 18 ≡

The Airplane: The A6M2 Model 21 Zero revealed it was slightly underpowered when it entered combat in 1941. Mitsubishi answered this problem with the A6M3, powered by an uprated Sakae 21 engine, which used a two-speed supercharger for [...]

Video: A10 Thunderbolt II Black Snake - Italeri 1/72 – Aircraft Model

by iModeler Youtube Picks on December 16, 2022 · in Aviation · 1 ≡

Testors 1/48 SR-71 Blackbird

by Spiros Pendedekas on December 16, 2022 · in Aviation · 40 ≡

Known to pilots with many nicknames ("Sled", "Habu", "SR", "Lady in Black" and, of course, "Blackbird"), with performance that in many aspects still remains unsurpassed today, the SR-71 [...]

La Poste - Part 1

by Christopher Amano-Langtree on December 16, 2022 · in Aviation · 16 ≡

I've always been fascinated by the interwar French airmail arrangements and by the books of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry where he writes about his and his colleagues experiences. St. Exupéry started out with the Compagnie Latécoère in 1926 [...]

Trumpeter 1/48 Mig 21UM

by Rafi Ben-Shahar on December 16, 2022 · in Aviation · 22 ≡

A well photographed Croat Mig Mongol that I thought would be a weekend project, but remained un-finished for some time. As it turned out the problem was not with the kit. Trumpeter's Mig 21UM is a good kit. By comparison in terms of [...]

1/48 Douglas TBD-1 Devastator Midway from Great Wall Hobby

by Russ King on December 15, 2022 · in Aviation · 17 ≡

Mostly OOB. Got the Eduard masks for all those windows. Tamiya surface primer. Tamiya and Vallejo acrylics. AK Gauzy intermediate shine enhancer and Mr Surface Clead Matt gloss. Flory wash and Tamiya weathermasters. 20g wire for torpedo [...]

Another weathered 1:50 Scale Truck Commission

by Charles King on December 15, 2022 · in Automotive · 16 ≡

Yep! It's another 1:50 scale commission job from the same customer, who commissioned the truck dock/bay. The customer partner, Tobias Oscarsson, has the exact same truck in real life. This time, its a simple weathering job. I decided to go [...]

Little Friend

by Butch Bryan on December 15, 2022 · in Uncategorized · 34 ≡

This is the Hasegawa 1/48 P-51D dressed up in Captain Ted Lines "Thunderbird" livery. Out of the box build except for the Eduards seatbelts. NMF is AK Extreme metallics and Vallejo metallics over a white primer base. Lightly [...]