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1/144 KC-135R.

by John Healy on August 2, 2024 · in Aviation · 22 ≡

This is the newly released Academy model. It’s actually a re-pop of the Minicraft kit. Academy has been slowly reissuing Minicraft’s more popular kits recently. I always wanted one of these but waited too long as Minicraft went out [...]

Italeri 1/32 Macchi MC.202 Folgore

by Alistair Gauld on August 2, 2024 · in Aviation · 26 ≡

One I fancied doing since it was announced. The majority of the kit fits and goes together without any major issues but it is plagued with some strange engineering decisions. Having to place the landing gear so early in the build makes for [...]

An early B-17: before the Flying Fortress became a legend!

by Roland Sachsenhofer on August 2, 2024 · in Aviation · 26 ≡

Does a B-17 Flying Fortress really need to be presented in modelling circles? Probably not, if it is a representative of the thousands of E, F or G versions built, but very well, if one is faced with the early variant B-17B as in this [...]

Review: Special Hobby 1/48 Fairey Barracuda Mk. V

by Tom Cleaver on August 2, 2024 · in Reviews · 19 ≡

The Airplane: As the premier provider of aircraft for the Fleet Air Arm since the introduction of the Flycatcher and the IIIF in the 1920s, Fairey Aviation tried twice to produce a replacement for their Swordfish [...]

Review: Amusing Hobby 1/35 T-72AV Ukraine MBT Review

by iModeler Youtube Picks on August 1, 2024 · in Reviews

Messerschmitt Jet Bomber: Trimaster Me 262A-2aU2

by Rafi Ben-Shahar on August 1, 2024 · in Aviation · 12 ≡

Following Hitler's outburst when he found out that the new and promising jet aircraft would not be suitable to bomb England, the A2 variant was developed for bombing missions with two bomb racks. Later, a dedicated bomber was designed with [...]

Dassualt Mirage IIIS J-2306 Squadron 17 Payerne Swiss Air Force

by Hans Peter Tschanz on August 1, 2024 · in Aviation · 5 ≡

Combat effectiveness improvements Over the Course of its long service Life, the Mirage Fleet has been continually modified to increase its combat effectiveness, with the aircraft undergoing electronic and Aerodynamik improvements. The most [...]

Hasegawa 1/48 Austrian Draken

by Rafi Ben-Shahar on August 1, 2024 · in Aviation · 12 ≡

The "Dragon Knights" of 1 Staffel, Austrian Air Force Draken was one of Hasegawa's model topics. I repainted the dragon drawing because the decal representing the nose art had sharp and incorrect edges.

Sdkfz 253 Communications Halftrack - Wehrmacht,Ostfront – Dragon 1/35

by Marcus Vinicius Teixeira Borges on August 1, 2024 · in Armor · 7 ≡

Old building refreshed by a winter camo and some weathering.Hope you like it!

PLAAF Kong Jiang-1 AWACS Conversion

by Jeff Groves on August 1, 2024 · in Aviation · 13 ≡

In 1953 the Soviets transferred twenty-five Tupolev Tu-4 “Bull” bombers (a direct copy of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress) to the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Air Force. The Chinese flew these aircraft in front-line units as [...]