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Serving Under Another Flag GB: Red Star 1/72 Captured MiG-3 in Romanian Colors

by Bob Torres on February 24, 2022 · in Aviation · 12 ≡

Red Star was a small model company in England that used four molds that were made by Frog around 1976. That year Frog folded and was not able to release their newer kits. While most of their molds went to Novo and Matchbox/Revell, the [...]

Dragon Wagon 1/35 Tamiya

by DIONYSIOS MOYKRIOTIS on February 24, 2022 · in Armor · 8 ≡

Exceptional kit with perfect fit! Painted with Gunze Colours (Mr Hobby) Varnish: Galleria Gloss and Matt I would do it again this model for sure. I hope the friend it is for will enjoy it in his office. I hope you like it. Thank yo very [...]

Italeri 1/72 FIAT BR.20 ”Cicogna”, I-Type (私はタイプする), IJAA, 12th Sentai, China 1939

by Spiros Pendedekas on February 24, 2022 · in Aviation · 32 ≡

Hi everyone! This is my Italeri1/72 FIAT BR.20 "Cicogna" finisehd as a Japanese bird. The BR.20 Cicogna (stork) was a low-wing twin-engine medium bomber that was developed and manufactured by Italian aircraft company Fiat [...]

Review: IBG 1/72 FW190D-15 review

by iModeler Youtube Picks on February 24, 2022 · in Reviews

A truly rare bird: Flettner FL 282 "Kolibri" V23 as US-prize aircraft, summer 1945

by Roland Sachsenhofer on February 24, 2022 · in Aviation · 12 ≡

I would like to begin my contribution to the presentation of the FL 282 with a personal thought: my approach to aircraft modelling is fed by several sources, as is probably the case with most of us. One of them is the fascination with the [...]

1/48 Hasegawa F/A-18B VMFAT-101 Sharpshooters

by Eric Salazar on February 24, 2022 · in Aviation · 16 ≡

This is my 1/48 Hasegawa F/A-18B VMFAT-101 Sharpshooters. Painted with Gunze/Tamiya acrylics. Decals (Twobobs) were used as template and painted all markings except slime lights and stensils. Ejection seats from Blackbox resin, Eduard pe [...]

1/35 M4A3E8 Sherman Easy Eight by Tamiya

by Ko Lok Kan, Arthur on February 24, 2022 · in Armor · 13 ≡

It’s done! This is the Tamiya M4A3E8 Sherman Easy Eight (European Theater) in 1/35 scale. First of all, this is another great kit by Tamiya. There’s really no problem to build smoothly. The rubber tracks are good too. but personally [...]

Italeri M-4A1 and Tamiya Cromwell

by Mark P Hartig on February 23, 2022 · in Armor · 14 ≡

This is another older project from 2018. For me, a very large diorama, much bigger than I usually like to do, it took a long time to finish up. The old Italeri Sherman is still a good kit. This one was improved with stippled on and lightly [...]

VW R8 Samba "Sleepah"

by Gavin Snowdon on February 23, 2022 · in Automotive · 8 ≡

This is a little kit bash project that I did a while back, having been inspired by a monster VW bus built by the crew on Gotham Garage (Netflix or Prime), can't quite recall. Anyway they inspired me to build a VW Samba bus rat rod that was [...]

Miles Sparrowhawk 1:72 – or how a model kit born

by Gábor Szabó on February 23, 2022 · in Aviation · 11 ≡

Hi Everyone! This article is for mainly whose interested in the model kit making process and also the end of a long and interesting journey (at least for me). If anybody remembers this Miles M.5 Sparrowhawk was my first 3D designed model [...]