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1/72 Hasegawa CAF CH-118 Iroquois By Don Weixl

by Don Weixl on February 25, 2022 · in Aviation · 7 ≡

I started this 70’s era kit around 1979 when I was still in college. I got around to painting the interior and then it got put away. I found the barely started kit hiding behind some kits in April of 2021 over 40 years later. I was [...]

Ukraine and the plastic modeling community

by Tom Cleaver on February 25, 2022 · in News · 43 ≡

The following companies are all in Kyiv: My friend Eugen Evtushenko at Dora Wings has let me know everyone he knows in the scale modeling community are sheltering. Armory Models Group Big Planes Kits A&A Models Dora Wings ICM [...]

North American F-86D "Sabre Dog" – Revell 1/48

by Andrew H on February 25, 2022 · in Aviation · 37 ≡

Good day iModelers, today I wanted to share my first completed kit of 2022. This kit is the well known and widely available Revell F-86D in 1/48 scale. This kit is about 20 years old now, but if I didn't know better, I might've guessed [...]

"Overwatch" – 1/72 Macross Destroid Defender by Bandai

by Gavin Snowdon on February 24, 2022 · in Sci-fi · 6 ≡

This one I completed just recently. Ever since I first watched the anime series Robotech in the early to mid 80's, I have had a love for mecha. This is linked to the Macross saga with which many are also familiar with. Some may have seen [...]

1/48 Kinetic Pucará IA 58A – Guerra de las Malvinas (group build)

by Eric Berg on February 24, 2022 · in Aviation · 33 ≡

The IA-58 Pucará is an Argentine ground attack/counter-insurgency aircraft manufactured by Fábrica Militar de Aaviones (FMA) and capable of operating from less than ideal airstrips that were too short or rough for jet fighters. Pucarás [...]

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 [...]