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An Old Basset

by Scott Nelson on December 7, 2022 · in Aviation · 20 ≡

I don’t know what possessed me (okay, it was probably the cool box art) but I saw this in the local hobby shop and had to take it home. First issued in 1968 it shows its age with a very simplified cockpit (although I’m sure the real [...]

Box Scale XB-70

by Scott Nelson on December 7, 2022 · in Aviation · 14 ≡

I’ve done a few “nostalgia builds” this year and interestingly (to me anyway) most of them were kits that I wish I had made as a kid but I didn’t. This Lindberg box scale XB-70 sort of falls in that category. I wanted a companion [...]

Special Hobby 1/72 Harvard MkIIA

by Alistair Gauld on December 6, 2022 · in Aviation · 24 ≡

A reboxing of the Academy plastic with some lovely resin bits and transparencies from Special Hobby and surgical instructions to covert the Texan to the Harvard. No real issues with the fit, my only complaint would be that the masking set [...]

B-25 B Airfix 1:72 Dolittle Ride

by capt. R on December 6, 2022 · in Aviation · 26 ≡

Once upon a time, when I was in elementary school, my favorite game was a strategy board game called Hell in the Pacific. Each player took the role of an air force commander and tried to destroy the enemy fleet, primarily aircraft [...]

Tamiya Honda Monkey 1/6th

by Cricket on December 6, 2022 · in Automotive · 21 ≡

Honda Monkey (Z Series) mini bike, 40th Anniversary addition. Tamiya’s Honda Monkey, 1/6th scale, it was called the Monkey because of the way the rider looked on it, arms an legs seemingly hanging out all over. I bought the kit because I [...]

Hi all,Sopwith 5F.1 ‘Dolphin’, Serial No:...

by Mike Norris on December 6, 2022 · in Aviation · 11 ≡

Hi all, Sopwith 5F.1 ‘Dolphin’, Serial No: C4131 of No.79 Squadron RAF during June 1918. As usual there's a fully detailed build log in Adobe PDF format which can be downloaded from my website. Click on the PDF icon on the 'Logs' page [...]

The First and the Last: Junkers F.13 & Mistel 5

by Spiros Pendedekas on December 6, 2022 · in Aviation · 14 ≡

The eerie hissing sound of the three jet engines shattered the night's peace. No time to waste, every pound of fuel was precious. Taxiing the clunky looking but really solid Mistel, many controversial thoughts kept on crossing his mind. [...]

Trumpeter 1/35 Bruckenleger IV

by Rafi Ben-Shahar on December 6, 2022 · in Armor · 7 ≡

Although it looks like another innovative project the German bridge laying tank was far from new and also proved un successful. By the time of its inception the Allies had similar tanks in service. During initial trials it failed to meet [...]

Avro Anson (Airfix 1/48 scale)

by Max Williams on December 5, 2022 · in Aviation · 12 ≡

Airfix have recently produced a new tool 1/48 scale Avro Anson My father, as a staff pilot at No. 24 Bombing, Gunnery and Navigation School based at Moffat in Southern Rhodesia flew Ansons on a daily basis but sadly only took one [...]

Tamiya 1:48 Scale, DeHavilland Mosquito Mk.VI.FB

by Frederick J Seitz III on December 5, 2022 · in Uncategorized · 12 ≡

FINALLY, calling this one as Fini! Tamiya, 1:48 scale, DeHavilland Mosquito FB.Mk.VI TH-H, “Lady Luck” on door. 418 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force, based at Helmsley South, England, April 1944. Pilot: F/L John Phillips, DFC Nav. [...]