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FNC1A1 Canadian Army

by Aaron Bouma on January 21, 2022 · in Uncategorized · 10 ≡

This is one of my orders. Built from scratch FNC1A1 Rifle. This is one of Canadas main Cold War battle rifles. Basically the Canadian version of the British SLR version of the FAL. Which is semi automatic. Chambered in 7.62x51 standard [...]

F6F-3 Hellcat kit from Eduard "weekend edition" 1/48

by Andreas Fey on January 21, 2022 · in Aviation · 33 ≡

Hello friends, today I have another US NAVY aircraft for you: It is the nice F6F-3 Hellcat kit from Eduard. The kit: "Eduard 84160 F6F-3P weekend edition" The model is almost completely build from the box, I only added seat [...]

Eduard 1/48 A6M2b Model 21 Zero (Mitsubishi-built)

by Tom Cleaver on January 21, 2022 · in Aviation · 22 ≡

The Airplane: At the time of its appearance in combat over China in September 1940, the Mitsubishi A6M2 "Zero" was arguably the most advanced single-seat single-engine fighter in the world. That it was designed to fly from [...]

Junkers EF 126, Das Werk 1/32, 'First and Last' Project

by Paul Barber on January 21, 2022 · in Aviation · 25 ≡

After the 'Flight 19' lost Avengers project, a mini-group build instigated by our absent but not forgotten friend David Leigh-Smith, the small group of friends who had participated decided we might use the title of Adolf Galland's book and [...]

Eduard 1:48 F6F-3 Hellcat

by Pip Moss on January 20, 2022 · in Aviation · 28 ≡

It had been way too long since I'd built a USN plane in the four-color scheme, so I went with the Eduard kit that's been sitting in my stash for quite a few years. I've done two 1:48 Hellcats in the past: a Hasegawa F6F-3 many years ago [...]

Weathered/damaged tyres & Wheels

by Charles King on January 20, 2022 · in How-to · 29 ≡

Weathering tyres can be just as satisfying as modeling an entire model. Here are some that I did, which most of you have already seen. I used Citadel Mournfang Brown, and graveyard brown, and earth/brown filter/shade colors to add depth. I [...]

1/35 Academy Jeep with DSHK.

by Adam Taylor on January 20, 2022 · in Diorama · 5 ≡

I built this model many years ago after i saw a picture of something similar in a magazine. I had an old 1/35 Academy Jeep laying around.I started by removing the pasenger seat.i then used some sheet plastic i found in the bottom of an [...]

Academy P-47 D, 1/48, 1st Brazilian Fighter Squadron

by Thiago C. M. Pacheco on January 20, 2022 · in Aviation · 19 ≡

Salute, gents. This is Academy's P-47 D in 1/48, a well known kit which was superseded by the Tamiya offering. It is not a bad kit, but can use some improvements. Ultracast resin wheels, seat (with molded harness) and propeller were used. [...]

A-10A Thunderbolt II

by Manuel Magrinho on January 19, 2022 · in Aviation · 36 ≡

Having fun with the ancient Tamiya A-10 kit The kit really shows its age (not Tamiya’s best) with some fit problems joining the fuselage halves and a few raised panels. But, when it’s solved, all the rest goes quite right. Until [...]