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Tamiya 1/35 M-51

by Dennis Meyers on September 8, 2022 · in Armor · 7 ≡

A few months ago, while visiting family in Joliet and Chicago I paid a visit to Walt's Hobby Shop in Joliet, another really great hobby shop with tons of models and train stuff. I picked up the Tamiya M-51 kit because many years ago I [...]

Italeri 1/48 Hs 123

by Spiros Pendedekas on September 8, 2022 · in Aviation · 42 ≡

Soon after Hitler's rise to power, Henschel started designing aircraft. One of the first was the Hs 123, aimed to meet the 1933 dive bomber requirements for the reborn Luftwaffe. The prototype performed its maiden flight on 1 April 1935. [...]

Revell 1/32 Messerschmitt Me-262B 1a/U1

by Rafi Ben-Shahar on September 7, 2022 · in Aviation · 24 ≡

Here is my favorite topic, unfortunately limited due to the handful of aircraft produced. The model plastic is nicely engraved and separated control surfaces are provided including slats. However, the model does not offer more details by [...]

Great Hobby Shop Find

by Dennis Meyers on September 6, 2022 · in Uncategorized · 10 ≡

On a recent visit with my brother we discovered the Hillsboro Hobby Shop a few miles east of Portland, Oregon. This is a great classic main street hobby shop. Their stock runs the gamut...scale models, RC, rockets, doll houses, etc. [...]

Building a 1:50 Scale Truck Dock - Part 2

by Charles King on September 6, 2022 · in Diorama · 22 ≡

A little update. I've added a third dock to the the already two that I had already made. At the very corner of the dock will be a wall, which I'm presently working on. I added another big extension to the docking bay end. This was mainly [...]

1/72 Eduard (Hasegawa) B-26B From "Wine Women and Song"

by Dan Lee on September 6, 2022 · in Aviation · 29 ≡

The 344th Bombardment Group (Medium) was activated in 1942 as a B-26 Marauder unit at Drane Field which was an auxiliary field of MacDill AAFB in Florida on Sept 8, 1942. It was a training unit till January 1944 when it transferred to [...]

1/35 Dragon Panzer IV Ausf F1

by Scott Lyle on September 6, 2022 · in Armor · 15 ≡

Here is Dragon's 1/35 Panzer IV Ausf F1 in an Eastern campaign winter whitewash. Built pretty much straight out of the box except for some stowage items from an old Verlinden set. Painted with Tamiya paints. Thanks for looking - more [...]

Two Old 1/72 Model Kits of the Grumman Wildcats (Revell and Frog)

by Bob Torres on September 5, 2022 · in Aviation · 26 ≡

A couple of months ago I started work on these two kits, Revell's and Frog's F4F-4 Wildcats. I wanted to build them together like the way I did with my Bearcats back in March and enjoy the whole process. My original game plan was to build [...]

Westland Lynx AH-7 – Airfix 1/48

by Colin Gomez on September 5, 2022 · in Aviation · 18 ≡

Here is my Airfix Westland Lynx AH-7, representing a British Army machine serving in Afghanistan. It is my first helicopter ever. I took care to preserve all of the beautiful rivet detail of the kit through careful fitting and no excess [...]

Italeri 1/48 Aermacchi MB-326 ( Brazilian Air Force AT-26 Xavante)

by George V Guimaraes on September 5, 2022 · in Aviation · 32 ≡

Hello! This is the Aermacchi MB-326, a reboxed kit released by Italeri , which has been around for quite sometime now. Not a very detailed or free of issues one, but since we have no other choices... Cockpit, seats and wheel bay areas [...]