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My one foray in braille scale

by Mark P Hartig on April 2, 2022 · in Armor · 13 ≡

Simon N's excellent work has inspired me to share the results of my only try in small scale. It's Trumpeter's 1/72 scale JS III, very loosely based on photos of abandoned Soviet armor on Shitokan (sp?) Island off the east coast of [...]

Martin B-57B Canberra

by Martin Trachsel on April 2, 2022 · in Aviation · 13 ≡

The kit, 1/48 by Classic Airframes, out of the box. Painted with Humbrol and Modelmaster. Thanks for looking

JEEP 1/35 TAKOM

by DIONYSIOS MOYKRIOTIS on April 2, 2022 · in Armor · 6 ≡

Nice built. Beautiful model with excellent fit and very good details. But too many small pieces for my age... Hehe Painted with gunze colours Varnish Galleria Windsor Hope you like it. Thank you very much!

Monogram 1/16 Kenworth Conventional Aerodyne W 900

by Mark P Hartig on April 1, 2022 · in Automotive · 24 ≡

For years I'd wanted to do one of these and in early 2017 I found one in the LHS so home with me it came. If I'd kown what was coming at me it may have stayed at the LHS. For something of this size detail was very sparse, and some [...]

1/72 Hawker Sea Fury FB 11 – Frog F221F

by George Schembri on April 1, 2022 · in Aviation · 26 ≡

Scalemates shows this F221F bagged kit was released in 1969, with the original Frog mold from 1963 - before I was born - now that's OLD! I remember reading the the Sea fury was originally ordered as a simplified Hawker Tempest Mk II, they [...]

HeritageCon 2022: The Return of a scale model show and contest!

by Chris Wallace on April 1, 2022 · in Show Reports · 7 ≡

After an unfortunate hiatus due to factors beyond anyone's control, March 27, 2022 saw the triumphant return of HeritageCon at the unique and wonderful Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum on a cool windy day in Hamilton Ontario. For those [...]

Guerre d'Indochine...1/48 Bell P-63C Kingcobra, Armée de l’Air

by Reinhard Spreitzhofer on April 1, 2022 · in Aviation · 7 ≡

And my dad´s next addition to the French at war theme. AMG kit which is somewhere between shortrun and mainstream. Dryfitting is important Painted with Tamiya X-32 Titanium Silver. Plastic rods used for the missing nose gun barrels. Also [...]

Albatros W.4 takes float.

by Paul van Acker on April 1, 2022 · in Aviation · 16 ≡

1/48 Eduard Albatros W.4 Warnamunde Air Station, Baltic Sea May 1917. EZ line rigging. Fun build and looks great with my other albatrosess...albatrosii... whatever. Lol. Thanks for looking all.

Supermarine Batfire Mk. I

by Aldo Missio on April 1, 2022 · in Uncategorized · 16 ≡

While the whole world was embroiled in the dark days of WWII, in Gotham City a battle still raged for the soul of the Metropolis. Bruce Wayne had the resources to battle the endless parade of archvillains, but how to best use his wealth? [...]

1/48 FM F9F-8 Cougar converted to F9F-8P

by Dan DeSilva on March 31, 2022 · in Aviation · 20 ≡

I bought a 1/48 FM (Fonderie Miniature) Cougar years ago in my pursuit of building one of each of the Blue Angels display aircraft in 1/48. In time I learned that it was essentially a Monogram 1/48 Panther kit that had been modified [...]