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Nieuport XXIII from Belgium

by Christian WERY on December 30, 2021 · in Aviation · 31 ≡

This aircraft was flown by Belgian pilot Kervyn de Lettenhove in 1916. He would have shot down 4 confirmed enemy planes and 9 "probable". This the 32-004 Copper State Models kit. Rigging: Modelkasten wire (0.13mm) / Gaspatch [...]

Academy AH-6J & Live Resin SOF Helicopter Assault Team 1/35

by Dennis Meyers on December 30, 2021 · in Figures · 19 ≡

This long term project began when I saw a pre-release article on this Live Resin 6-figure set. I'd built a fantastic Live Resin figure a few years earlier so I was confident that they would be great figures. I had also been wanting to [...]

C-3 105mm Royal Canadian Artillery Howitzer Built from Scratch

by Aaron Bouma on December 30, 2021 · in Armor · 3 ≡

This is the C-3, upgraded C-1 with longer barrel for longer range. This Howitzer is for close support, it is mobile for quick reaction movement for supporting front line units with fire with extended range munitions up to 18km. This Model [...]

1/35 RFM Challenger II TES "Megatron"

by Wes Pennest on December 30, 2021 · in Armor · 6 ≡

4 of 4 for 2021! The Challenger II is one of, if not the best protected MBTs in service today, with heavily sloped composite armor throughout. This is fine for conventional warfare where your tank can hull down with only its turret [...]

Tamiya Tony

by Scott Nelson on December 30, 2021 · in Aviation · 10 ≡

My last completed kit of 2021, here’s my 1/72 Tamiya Ki-61 Hien. This was another fantastic kit from Tamiya. I used the camo decals which worked pretty well. I do wish Tamiya provided an open canopy option since there’s pretty good [...]

1/24 PROFIL 24 E Type Low Drag Coupe

by Clarence Novak on December 30, 2021 · in Automotive · 8 ≡

Rearranging my shelves turns up a kit I've had at least since 2010? Just as I was now starting my second Pocher Alfa by building the wire wheels... and this archived temptation is found?...(they even supplied two vac window sets) "How [...]

Video: Ta 152H-1 Trimaster/Dragon 1/48 Scale Model Aircraft

by iModeler Youtube Picks on December 29, 2021 · in Aviation

Lessons being a YouTuber taught me. Pt. 2

by Kits And Bits Scale Modelling on December 29, 2021 · in Uncategorized

If the algorithm hates you, you're done for. And the YouTube algorithm is a notoriously fickle beast. It's set up in such a way it promotes videos with lots of likes and comments, and then it promotes it on the front page of YouTube to [...]

Wingsy Bf.109 E-1 – “The Bull and the Mouse”

by Pedro L. Rocha on December 29, 2021 · in Aviation · 22 ≡

By the end of this year’s summer I got my eagerly awaited Wingsy bf.109 E-1 thanks to the help of my friend and fellow iModeler Erik Gjørup (@airbum). I immediately challenged him to for a dual build journal since he too wanted to get [...]

"Vörös 2" – "Red 2" in the colors of Royal Hungarian Air Force

by Istvan Havril on December 29, 2021 · in Aviation · 15 ≡

After a year of building, I finished with Sergeant Ferenc Csikós' red 2 "G6. The model is Eduard’s early version of the G6 with BigSin upgrade set, which included the DB 605 engine, two machine guns , a radio compartment, main [...]