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M113 Desert Version Tamiya 1/35

by Russ King on December 14, 2022 · in Armor · 19 ≡

Hi. First post. Built this last month. I usually stick to airplanes, mostly WW II era. However, since my son is in the army and this is his primary vehicle, I thought I would build it. Enjoyed putting this together. Only used some of the [...]

ICM 1/72 Tupolev Tu-2T

by Greg Kittinger on December 14, 2022 · in Aviation · 21 ≡

I built this kit for a review article for IPMS USA, so can only post a few photos. To see more, and read the build review (tough kit to put together!), visit the review article: (link) As much of a slog as it was (slowed me down for [...]

F-5A/B HAF kinetic 1/48

by Tzigkounakis Tasos on December 13, 2022 · in Aviation · 11 ≡

A most unusual sight: Saunders Roe SR. A-1 flying boat fighter

by Roland Sachsenhofer on December 13, 2022 · in Aviation · 20 ≡

My first reaction to the film footage of an SRA-1 in flight can be summarised as: "what an elegant and impressively agile aircraft this flying boat was! This impression surprised me myself, because when one sees this machine in still [...]

Mirage 2000 Kitty Hawk 1/32

by Giannis Asimakos on December 13, 2022 · in Aviation · 12 ≡

By Giannis Asimakos Kitty Hawk's Mirage 2000 kit in 1/32 was released in 2019 and is the only one in this scale. Opening the very large and heavy box we find 13 light gray plastic frames, one transparent with excellent clarity frame, three [...]

SAVOIA MARCHETTI SM 81 ( PIPISTRELLO)

by Valter vaudagna on December 12, 2022 · in Aviation · 22 ≡

Italeri 1/72 kit. Elaborated following the maintenance manual drawings. With the use of rod and evergreen stripes. 2 Engine are elaboration of the Engine of the kit ,one instead is a resin production of the Radial Engine & [...]

Trimaster 1:48 Fw 190 A-8/R-11

by Pip Moss on December 12, 2022 · in Aviation · 24 ≡

Formed by a number of ex-Hasegawa employees, Trimaster was active from 1987 to 1991. During that time the company produced some of the first “mixed-media” kits with photo-etch, metal tubing and white metal parts along with molded [...]

1/35 PzKpfw Nb.Fz Panzerkampfwagen Neubaufahrzeug

by Rafi Ben-Shahar on December 12, 2022 · in Armor · 8 ≡

Tha German Panzerkampfwagen Neubaufahrzeug (new construction vehicle) was used mainly for propaganda purposes back in 1935. Of the five tanks produced, three arrived to Norway in 1940 to support the ground forces. Only one made it to the [...]

Dassault Rafale.

by Tony Prince on December 12, 2022 · in Aviation · 20 ≡

Another pretty French aircraft in my opinion. This is the Hobby Boss 1/48 scale kit, which is labelled as the 'C' model. After studying dozens (hundreds?) of photos on the web I concluded that it was probably one of the early ones as [...]

Harrier G.R.1A (AMMO/Kinetic 1/48)

by Dmitry Stropalov on December 11, 2022 · in Aviation · 16 ≡

Harrier is a special subject to me, because FROG's (produced by NOVO actually) G.R. Mk.I was one of my first plastic kits, if not the very first one. Modern aviation is not my usual subject, but I've made an exclusion for this build. This [...]