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by Jaime Carreon on October 24, 2021 · in Sci-fi · 6 ≡

For me, anyway! This is an RX-78-01(N) Local (North American Type) combat robot, or mecha, from the Japanese cartoon series "Gundam". According to the Wiki site, he is 18 meters tall, manned by a single pilot in a torso [...]

Korean War Group Build – North American LT-6G Texan FAC

by Jaime Carreon on October 24, 2021 · in Aviation · 12 ≡

This one started as a decal sheet. Friend Tom Bebout had some decals left over from his T-6 build and he kindly sent me the markings for a second airplane, an FAC bird named "Night Train". I didn't have the model yet, so I [...]

1/72 Airfix Hawker Hurricane

by Michael Smith on October 24, 2021 · in Aviation · 13 ≡

Airfix’ 2013 new tool 1/72 Hurricane shows the aircraft at the beginning of its career with a fabric covered wing, and options for the original wooden two-bladed Watts propellor and the later three-bladed DeHavilland, as well as fuselage [...]

Be I the One? The Soviet attempt at fighter rocketry.

by Kyle Koppos on October 24, 2021 · in Aviation · 12 ≡

Many nations in the 30s and 40s courted the idea of a rocket-powered fighter or interceptor. The Bereznyak-Isayev BI program was the Soviet Union's attempt at a "short range fighter" powered by a rocket engine. Like it's [...]

Video: TAMIYA P-51D Full video build (Custom 1/32nd scale kit)

by iModeler Youtube Picks on October 24, 2021 · in Aviation

TAMIYA North American P-51D Mustang scale kit in 1/32nd scale. Highly recommended! DISCLAIMER: I am NOT! being paid to promote this kit, paints, tools and to make this video! Thanks! Thanks for watching! All the best! Dusan

1/32 Special Hobby Hawker Tempest Mk.V (JN766 SA-N)

by Tolga ULGUR on October 24, 2021 · in Aviation · 26 ≡

This is 1/32 Special Hobby Hawker Tempest Mk.V with the markings of JN766/SA-N of 486 (RNZAF) Squadron RAF at Castle Camps Cambridgeshire in January 1944. Cockpit modified with CMK seat and Eduard instrument panel. I have used [...]

Another one rolls off the assembly line.

by Paul van Acker on October 24, 2021 · in Aviation · 12 ≡

Spad XIII believed to be flown once or twice by 1Lt Ralph L Hartman, 93rd Aero Squadron 1918. 1/48 Eduard kit. Nice build. Going Italian next. ?

11 - Academy 1/48 Hughes 500d – Isreali Scheme

by Anthony Ricco on October 23, 2021 · in Aviation · 16 ≡

A nice quick and quite simple build that I put some extra effort into - I wanted to do an Israeli scheme but didn't have the decals to so I made a mask of the Yellow V with tape and got a friend to cut a mask of the Israeli roundels for [...]

Great Wall Hobby 1/144 B-52H Stratofortress (L1008)

by Richard Bungay on October 23, 2021 · in Aviation · 12 ≡

The GWH B-52 is a great model. The fit is excellent and the surface details are appropriate for this scale. The only curiosity is that, although the builder has the option to pose the bomb bay doors open, there are no bombs to put in it. [...]

Hasegawa 1/24 Lancia Stratos HF "1977 Monte Carlo Rally Winner"

by dagored on October 23, 2021 · in Automotive · 17 ≡

Hasegawa 1/24 scale kit This Stratos in Alitalia color was one of the cars that I wanted to finish someday. The rear fenders have been modified to smooth lines with no seams, and catch pins and antennas have been replaced. The Alitalia [...]