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Opération Mousquetaire...1/48 Republic F-84F Thunderstreak, Armée de l´Air

by Reinhard Spreitzhofer on November 20, 2021 · in Aviation · 17 ≡

And my dad has finished another one. This time a French Thunderstreak during the Suez Crisis in 1956, using the Italeri boxing of the Kinetic kit. The fuselage stripes come as decals. There are also decals for the blue wing tips but they [...]

Airfix 1/48 Spitfire XIX

by Riccardo Carturan on November 20, 2021 · in Aviation · 6 ≡

After much searching for this kit finally found one and decided to go for a Swedish example. Hopefully will post more pics later thanks Riccardo

Königstiger Ostfront Tamiya Old Mould 1/35

by Marcus Vinicius Teixeira Borges on November 20, 2021 · in Armor · 5 ≡

Built just for fun,OOB...

Photo inspired, Test pilots and astronauts.

by Robert Royes on November 20, 2021 · in Figures · 8 ≡

A little quickie . Most of the figures are from Monograms 1/72 Phantom kits and one from their X-15 kit. I only had five, the other two are AWOL. lol.

The Invaders!

by Robert Royes on November 20, 2021 · in Sci-fi · 7 ≡

The Invaders: Alien beings from another planet. Their destination: The Earth. Their purpose: To make it their own. It began with a closed deserted diner and a man too long without sleep to continue his journey. It began with a craft from [...]

AMP 1:72 scale Sikorsky H-5/HO3S-1

by Pip Moss on November 19, 2021 · in Aviation · 23 ≡

I generally build in 1:48 except for helicopters, for which I stay in 1:72. This is one of two that I've been working on for my model club's annual group build theme, "Rescue and Recovery." It's a Sikorsky H-5, the first [...]

1/32 Tamiya Supermarine Spitfire Mk XVIe

by David Porter on November 19, 2021 · in Aviation · 14 ≡

This is the Tamiya Mk XVIe kit. A nice kit but I had a few troubles with the cannon inserts and making the cowlings fit. Otherwise an enjoyable build. Painted with Mr Color paints and added HGW belts and some wheels. Otherwise out of the [...]

Tamiya F4U-1A Corsair, 1/48. Ira Kepford's Jolly Roger.

by Harvey R. on November 19, 2021 · in Aviation · 29 ≡

I've always loved the Corsair, particularly the mid-war four-tone scheme, and last year I built my first one which was Tom Blackburn's 'Big Hog'. A year later I wanted to do a new Corsair because I felt my skills had improved and I wanted [...]

Italeri 1/72 F-4G Wild Weasel – Euro Scheme

by Greg Kittinger on November 19, 2021 · in Aviation · 23 ≡

Another addition to my Phantom project - an old Italeri kit. I did extensive riveting, and scratch-built the upper rear instrument panel, and I had to close off the back deck of the cockpit, but that's about all the additions to the box [...]

Flying Leathernecks...1/48 Vought F4U-1 Corsair, VMF-213 "Hell Hawks", USMC

by Reinhard Spreitzhofer on November 19, 2021 · in Aviation · 13 ≡

Here´s my dad´s newest model. Tamiya kit, Eduard seatbelts, EZ line for brake lines and antenna wires, painted with a blue-gray selfmix /Tamiya XF-18 + XF-2) and Gunze H51 Light Gull Grey. Wanted to use HGW wet transfers. My dad tried [...]