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Curtiss P6E Hawk

by Steve Oakson on August 22, 2022 · in Aviation · 9 ≡

This is the Silverwings 1/32 resin kit. - This is a very nice kit overall. Since it is resin and limited production, it takes some effort. PE and decals are included. To me, this plane is one of the most [...]

P-26 Peashooter

by Steve Oakson on August 22, 2022 · in Aviation · 8 ≡

This is the old Hasegawa kit. I picked this up from a friend at a contest last year. I had wanted to do one for a long time. I saw Yellow Wings decals for this model when I was perusing the internet one day and knew I had to do this bird. [...]

North American FJ-4B Fury

by Steve Oakson on August 22, 2022 · in Aviation · 7 ≡

This is the ID vacuform kit that I picked up in the sale bin at Colpar’s in Denver about 8 years ago. It really hasn’t been on the SOD that long. We moved from Colorado back to Kansas in 2014. - For a vacuform, this was well [...]

Mitsubishi A5M4

by Steve Oakson on August 22, 2022 · in Aviation · 4 ≡

This is the Special Hobby kit 1/32scale. -The build is pretty much OOB, but take your time with it. It is one of their earlier kits. The stabilizers don’t have any locating pins. So I added some for strength. [...]

Westland Whirlwind

by Steve Oakson on August 22, 2022 · in Aviation · 9 ≡

This is the 1/32 Special Hobby kit. It is built to represent the aircraft flown by Squadron leader Eeles. -This is a wonderful kit in my opinion, but not for a [...]

Monogram 1/48 P-40B Warhawk

by Spiros Pendedekas on August 22, 2022 · in Aviation · 37 ≡

Conceived as a pursuit aircraft, the P-40B was agile at low and medium altitudes but suffered from a lack of power at higher altitudes. At medium and high speeds it was one of the tightest-turning early monoplane designs of the war and it [...]

Review: Revell Messerschmitt Bf109G-2/4 (video review)

by iModeler Youtube Picks on August 22, 2022 · in Reviews

Die Messerschmitt Bf109G-2 war eine frühe Ausführung der mit dem neuen DB 605-Motor ausgestatteten G-Version des Jagdflugzeugs und kam auf allen Kriegsschauplätzen zum Einsatz. Eine der ersten Varianten der G-Reihe Verbessertes [...]

Mustang Mk III

by Steve Oakson on August 22, 2022 · in Aviation · 11 ≡

This is the aircraft of No. 315 Polish Sqn Ldr Horbaczewski post D-Day. He had 16 total kills with 5+1 sh in the Mustang. - this is the Revell P-51D kit converted with Trumpeter spine and Aerocraft [...]

Revell 1:48 kit of the U.S. Marines F4U-4 Corsair VMA-332, USS Bairoko (CVE-115)

by Emmet Molloy on August 22, 2022 · in Aviation · 14 ≡

At Korea, July 1953. This is the second assembly of this model in approximately 6 months. Only on the other one, I used the decals for the Black Sheep Squadron VMF-214. I wanted to see if this purchase required as much cutting, sanding and [...]