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RAAF Spitfire Mk.Vc, 54 Squadron, Darwin, Australia.

by Tony Prince on October 3, 2021 · in Aviation · 15 ≡

Special Hobby's 1/48 kit was the only one of this mark available until very recently, when Eduard announced their forthcoming kit. I had already ordered the SH one & since all my previous efforts at a Vc had been kitbashed by various [...]

Bf-109D, Dora in WW2 camo scheme

by Bob Dudolevitch on October 3, 2021 · in Aviation · 17 ≡

My latest, Messerschmitt Bf-109D by Hobbycraft is presented for review. This kit from 1992 remains passable and makes very presentable Jumo-powered pre-war fighter. If you only do one of these kits, I would recommend it be a Spanish [...]

Mach-2 1/72 Bell X-1E

by Alistair Gauld on October 2, 2021 · in Aviation · 18 ≡

I bought this a long time ago as it was extremely cheap. I didn't know about Mach-2 at the time and it wasn't as horrible as I thought it might be when I found out. The decals were absolutely horrible and were prone to disintegrate on [...]

1/32 Hasegawa P-40N Warhawk “White 21”

by Tolga ULGUR on October 1, 2021 · in Aviation · 34 ≡

Here's another tick on my bucket list of P-40Ns in 1/32 scale. This is 1/32 Hasegawa P-40N Warhawk with the markings of “White 21” from 74FS 23rd FG (Kweilin – China) flown by Capt Harlyn Vidovich in December 1943. Note that this [...]

On land, on water… and on carrier decks! Grumman’s great J2F Duck

by Roland Sachsenhofer on October 1, 2021 · in Aviation · 32 ≡

The Grumman J2F-5 Duck The end of the twenties and the beginning of the thirties produced a whole series of interesting aircraft designs, whose attraction from today's perspective lies in their character as technical hybrids. In those [...]

McDonnel Douglas F-15C Eagle

by Joe Roamer on October 1, 2021 · in Aviation · 20 ≡

After being away from modeling for over 40 years, I decided to pick my childhood passion back up again during COVID. My wife really encouraged me, so I jumped back in with a Tamiya 1/48 F-15C (one of my all-time favorite jets - she's [...]

Desert Air War Group Build: 1/48 Italeri (AMT) A-20B Havoc, 47th Bomb Group

by Tom Cleaver on October 1, 2021 · in Aviation · 22 ≡

The Airplane: The Army Air Corps issued a new specification for an attack aircraft in 1937. To meet this requirement, Douglas, with a design team headed by Ed Heinemann, developed the Model 7B, powered by two 1,100 hp Pratt & Whitney [...]

1/48 Tamiya Douglas A-1J Skyraider

by Djordje Colovic on September 30, 2021 · in Aviation · 21 ≡

Well, here it is. Skyraider, Sandy, Spad… call it as You wish, but this is the icon from Vietnam war. I was searching for this model for some time, As long as I really wanted to get one from Zoukei Moura, You know… there is always [...]

Winter Yak-9K Gunship – Ark Models 1/48

by Marcus Vinicius Teixeira Borges on September 30, 2021 · in Aviation · 20 ≡

Not top kit or building,but finished in the winter camo of Russian ace Ivan Fedorov of 274 IAP.

MF 1155 Pro Stock Puller

by Robert Knaack on September 30, 2021 · in Automotive · 7 ≡

Hello all, this is my latest attempt at building a modified pulling tractor from one of Ertl’s old line of late 70’s tractor kits. This particular Massey Ferguson kit was actually marketed as a “pulling tractor” and came with [...]