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Tamiya Ki-61 with 'that' colour scheme

by Justin Bronk on June 20, 2021 · in Aviation · 36 ≡

This was a quick build of Tamiya's beautifully engineered Ki-61-Id Hien kit in 1/48 scale which I bought on a work trip to Tokyo years ago and have only just got around to building now that lockdowns are over and I can access my workshop [...]

Tamiya 1/48 F4U-1A "Birdcage" Corsair

by Jordyn Collier on June 20, 2021 · in Aviation · 26 ≡

Having only ever built mostly revell, and one academy, Corsairs, I never realized the quality I was missing out on with the kits from Tamiya. So when my chance at christmas came to get one as a gift, I was more than happy to build it. And [...]

Revell VW Golf 1 GTI

by Marcin Pacyna on June 20, 2021 · in Automotive · 13 ≡

Hello! I would like to show my last model of VW Golf 1 GTI in 1:24 scale. I worked on this model very long time due to having more work and this pandemia stopped me also. But things are going to be less complicated lately and I have more [...]

Massy Fergusson 20 Farm Tractor – ‘Renovation time’

by Charles King on June 20, 2021 · in Diorama · 34 ≡

I had bought this 1/24 scale MF20 a long time ago. It's been stashed away waiting for the right moment to decide on what I was going to do with it. Now I have.

Under new Management…1/48 Messerschmitt Bf109G-10 (Mtt.Regensburg), 401 Sqn RCAF

by Reinhard Spreitzhofer on June 20, 2021 · in Aviation · 7 ≡

Built in 2019. Hasegawa kit with Rising Decals, plastic rods and lead wire for the brake lines, Eduard seatbelts, EZ Line for antenna wires, exhaust flame dampers are PE parts from the Eduard G-10 kit, Gunze, Tamiya, MRP and AK paints [...]

RSAF J9 / P-35 1/48 Dora Wings

by dale travis on June 19, 2021 · in Aviation · 19 ≡

Dora Wings have done an excellent job capturing the overall shape of this plane, it's light years more accurate than the old Hobby Craft kit. The build is fairly labor intensive and test fitting of parts is a must as with all limited run [...]

Luft ´46...1/48 Focke-Wulf Triebflügel VTOL Fighter

by Reinhard Spreitzhofer on June 19, 2021 · in Aviation · 7 ≡

My dad isn´t usually a friend of whiffers and Luft 46 subjects. But the Amusing Hobby kit of the Triebflügel is rather simple, hasn´t many parts, so he decided to give it a try. Painted it in prototype style, some metal some primer some [...]

Review: Looking for an excuse to drag out your F-89 kit? Here it is!

by Tom Cleaver on June 19, 2021 · in Aviation, Reviews · 17 ≡

It's certain that there are a large number of modelers who have Revell's big 1/48 F-89D/J Scorpion sitting on the Shelf of Doom. Here's a reason to drag it out and set to work. Chad Summers (Flying S Models) has created a 3D-printed resin [...]

Special Hobby 1/48 Tempest Mk.II

by Jeff Carle on June 18, 2021 · in Aviation · 20 ≡

I saw this item as a new arrival at Sprue Brothers, and looked at Special Hobby’s website. I read that they had consulted with Eduard on the kit, and ordered it immediately. To my great pleasure, it appears to be the Profi Pack Eduard [...]