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80 Years Ago: TORA! TORA! TORA!

by Łukasz Matuszczak on December 7, 2021 · in Aviation · 9 ≡

FROM THE AUTHOR: I would thank the group of "The 80th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor [..]" to invite me to do some of the group build. The time frame was very tight. Aproxymately I had two an a half week to complete [...]

80 Years Ago: "I Knew My Plans Had Changed"

by Tom Cleaver on December 7, 2021 · in Uncategorized · 11 ≡

The flight deck of USS Enterprise (CV-6) echoed with the command over the loudspeaker from the bridge: “Pilots! Man your planes!” Thirty-one year old Lieutenant Richard H. “Dick” Best Jr., operations officer of Bombing-Six, watched [...]

Hasegawa 1/72 Mitsubishi F-2A

by dagored on December 7, 2021 · in Aviation · 16 ≡

Hasegawa 1/72 scale kit I assembled the 1/72 F-2 from the standard box. I made some modifications to the nose cable, AOA sensor, pitot tube, wing tip cables and nozzles, but the rest of the kit is as is.

1/25 Revell Snap Tite Peterbuilt 387 log truck conversion

by Mark P Hartig on December 6, 2021 · in Automotive · 8 ≡

I also like heavy trucks and do a few from time to time. This was a cheap kit at the LHS that I decided to test my scratching and grafting skill level on...and it occupied the bench for a fair amount of time. The dump box is from an AMT [...]

Video: Kriegslokomotive BR 86 - Hobby Boss 1/72 – Train Model

by iModeler Youtube Picks on December 6, 2021 · in Aviation · 1 ≡

1/48 Hasegawa A-7E Corsair II

by Mark P Hartig on December 6, 2021 · in Aviation · 14 ≡

I mostly model armor but lately I've wanted to try an aircraft as it's been probably forty years since I've built one. This one I found in the LHS and began it in late October, finishing it up the first week of December. I used the Eduard [...]

Revell of Germany M-48 A2C 1/35

by Mark P Hartig on December 6, 2021 · in Armor · 6 ≡

One of the ROG M-48 kits built and slightly converted into a Vietnam era A2. Finished it a few months ago, a surpisingly good kit with the mantlet face as the only weak spot. I sharpened up the bow a bit, scratched the American style [...]

Panther Ausf.G MAN

by Robert Swislocki on December 5, 2021 · in Armor · 12 ≡

Very interesting IIWW german tank. It's a paper model [Angraf] in 1/25 scale. Painted and weathered.

Whoops .....Tamiya R35 in 1:35

by Brian Kirwan on December 5, 2021 · in Armor · 17 ≡

Hi gents Hope everyone is keeping well. I have been away for a while but though it was time to add some stuff to Imodeller. This is a little diorama I made last year using the wonderful Tamiya 1:35 kit. The setting is inspired by a series [...]

Revell 1/72 Spitfire Mk Vb

by Alistair Gauld on December 5, 2021 · in Aviation · 18 ≡

What can I say, not a bad little kit. It went together quite well with minor scraping and filling. Built OOB the only additions were a small piece of brass tube for a short shot in the cockpit and scrap photoetch for the rear view [...]