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Not always a suicide mission! Q2A Firebee "I go Pogo"

by Roland Sachsenhofer on October 30, 2021 · in Aviation · 11 ≡

About the Ryan Q2A Firebee Often you only have to deviate a little from the usual paths to get to know completely new landscapes - or to discover new perspectives on the familiar. I had a similar experience with this small but insightful [...]

Halloween Special – 1/35th FV101 Build Pt.2

by Kits And Bits Scale Modelling on October 30, 2021 · in Armor · 5 ≡

Part 2 of the AFV Scorpion build, this time, I'm covering priming, bleaching, airbrushing, post shading and gloss coats (link)

Video: Super Detailed BMW 2002tii Scale Model Car | Building the Hasegawa BMW2002tii with USCP Detail Sets

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A Phantom revisited

by Jaime Carreon on October 30, 2021 · in Aviation · 11 ≡

Several years ago, I built a 1/48 F-4 Phantom for my good friend Wally, whose dad, Major Tommy Ray Warren, served as a Stormy FAC in Viet Nam. Major Warren lost his life in this aircraft, 66-8820, in January 1970 after being hit by ground [...]

1/32 ICM Gloster Gladiator Mk.1 (32040)

by Richard Bungay on October 29, 2021 · in Aviation · 5 ≡

This is a beautiful kit in some ways and a bit of a pain in the wahoo in others. The surface detail is first rate as is the detail in the cockpit. I ran into a lot of trouble with the fit of the fuselage halves. Perhaps it was my fault; [...]

1759 ROYAL LOUIS

by Robert Taylor on October 29, 2021 · in Ships · 30 ≡

After 8 Months of loving this build, heavily improvising her with Dowels, ratlines, deadeyes and blocks, Cannon tiebacks and Cannon shot etc.. pushing my capabilities, my 1759 ROYAL LOUIS - HELLER 1/200 is FINISHED. 5 months of building [...]

1/32 Hasegawa P-40E Warhawk “Kay Strawberry Blonde”

by Tolga ULGUR on October 29, 2021 · in Aviation · 15 ≡

Here is another tick on my P-40 Warhawk to do list. This is 1/32 Hasegawa P-40E Warhawk with the markings of “Kay Strawberry Blonde” flown by Sammy Pierce of 8th FS / 49th FG Doboudura, New Guinea in Spring 1943. The inspiration for [...]

End of War...1/48 Messerschmitt Bf109G-10 (Erla), 3./JG300

by Reinhard Spreitzhofer on October 29, 2021 · in Aviation · 10 ≡

And here´s my dad´s second 109 of Eduard´s Wilde Sau Pt II Dual Combo I bought my dad for Father´s Day. Like with the other, mostly built oob. Added brake lines with plastic rods and lead wire, EZ Line for the antenna wires. Towards [...]

Eduard 1/48 Spitfire VIII – Clive Caldwell

by Tom Cleaver on October 29, 2021 · in Aviation · 28 ≡

History: The RAAF was always on the far end of a very long supply line - either from Great Britain or the United States - throughout the Second World War, which meant there was a constant struggle to obtain first-class combat [...]