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Weather warning: Typhoon over Normandy! Hawker Typhoon Ib, No. 198 Squadron

by Roland Sachsenhofer on July 19, 2022 · in Aviation · 18 ≡

Hurricane, Tempest, Tornado, Whirlwind, Thunderbolt - and Typhoon: energetic weather phenomena as namesakes are very popular with aircraft manufacturers. Hawker Aircraft in particular seems to have subscribed to these names. Many of these [...]

Revell's 1/72 Hawker Sea Hurricane Mk.IIc, kit No. 03985

by Bob Torres on July 18, 2022 · in Aviation · 26 ≡

My second Hurricane build in the past 6 weeks. I’ve been involved on a few different group builds in Facebook since April. One was “The Shelf of Doom” in which I finally completed my recent Sea Fury and Vacuform MBR-2. The other two [...]

Budget kitbash I had to do it!

by California Steve on July 18, 2022 · in Uncategorized · 17 ≡

Soooo. I was in this thrift shop and they had this HO scale rail gun. You know the one. It was a dollar. No trucks just the cannon. How could I pass up a dollar cannon!. I took it home and threw it with the "Why do I buy this stuff [...]

1/72 MPC Mark IX Hawk from Space 1999

by Dan Lee on July 18, 2022 · in Sci-fi · 15 ≡

INTRODUCTION Gerry Anderson along with his ex-wife, Sylvia Anderson, made names for themselves with such great kid SF TV shows such as the the Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlett and Fireball XL-7. They were noted for their strong use of [...]

F-8E Crusader Mig Killer June 21, 1966

by Wayne Landis on July 17, 2022 · in Aviation · 34 ≡

This is the Hasegawa 1/48th kit of the F-8E Crusader with decals from the Furball, Mig Masters F-8 Crusaders of the Vietnam War. The model depicts aircraft F-8E 150300 Nickel 104 VF-211 (Fighting Checkmates, call sign Nickel aka The Mig [...]

Mobutu's Mirage V in 1:48

by Brian Kirwan on July 17, 2022 · in Aviation · 17 ≡

Here is one I finished up recently it's the old FM Mirage V 1:48 kit finished in the colours of the air force of the now defunct state of Zaire ( DR Congo). Despite FM reputation this went together reasonably well and without too much [...]

An-2 Hobby Boss 1/48

by Zoran Sivcev on July 17, 2022 · in Aviation · 9 ≡

Curtiss P-40E Warhawk

by Jay Mitchell on July 17, 2022 · in Aviation · 25 ≡

A few months ago, Greg Kittinger @gkittinger invited me to his home where he had a collection of kits someone in his model club had inherited. He kindly gave me the chance to pick some of them I wanted. This Revell 1/32 P-40 is one that I [...]

1/35 Academy OH-58 Kiowa

by Boris Grgić on July 17, 2022 · in Aviation · 6 ≡

First out of two Kiowas in my stash is completed. I've started simultaneous build of both Academy and Revell models. One is for myself, other one is commission build. Since I have to put commission build model in more or less [...]