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Tamiya 1/48 P-38 Lightning – Miss Virgina

by Chris Wallace on June 4, 2021 · in Aviation · 11 ≡

Wow - what a fantastic model. It went together like butter and it was such a fun build. I was looking forward to a decent Lightning in this scale and I had to do it as Rex Barber's Miss Virgina. There were no build issues and this was [...]

1/48 Hasegawa F-15E Dual Role Fighter

by David Kopielski on June 4, 2021 · in Aviation · 8 ≡

This build of this 1/48 Hasegawa F-15E Dual Role Fighter that was supplied by the client was built mostly out of the box. I added some photo etch accessories, resin bombs, and Afterburner Decals to replace the kit decals which did not age [...]

Thank goodness I managed to get my FJ-3

by Tom Cleaver on June 4, 2021 · in News · 14 ≡

Kitty Hawk/Panda have announced they are shutting down. One of the principals posts at Large Scale Planes and state "we are selling the kits on-hand, there are no new molds." You can bet the price of the FJ-3 has just gone up, so [...]

Review: Dora Wings 1/48 Marcel Bloch MB.155.C-1

by Tom Cleaver on June 4, 2021 · in Aviation, Reviews · 10 ≡

History: The Bloch MB.155.C1 was the last of the MB.150 series of fighters to enter production and see operational service. Arriving in squadrons in the final weeks before the Armistice in June 1940, only some ten were completed before the [...]

Airfix 1/48 Hawker Sea Fury FB.11 in Cuban Guise

by Alistair Gauld on June 4, 2021 · in Uncategorized · 22 ≡

Hi There, I picked this up recently and got to building quite quickly. It all fitted very well with very little filler used. I fancied doing a Cuban version. Would this version have had The Cuban Flag Tailplane, Bombs and the wing fold [...]

Academy 1/700 USS Enterprise aka The Grey Ghost aka The Big E

by Dan Lee on June 4, 2021 · in Ships · 13 ≡

Today is the 79th anniversary of the climatic day of the Battle of Midway so here is a review of a build in honor of today. FYI, I did publish the original photo as part of my collection of PTO models but did not submit the entire review [...]

Review: Special Hobby 1/32 Westland Whirlwind review

by iModeler Youtube Picks on June 4, 2021 · in Aviation, Reviews

Eduard 1/48 Pfalz Diii

by Paul van Acker on June 4, 2021 · in Aviation · 14 ≡

1/48 Eduard Pfalz Diii . Flown by Ltn Hans Muller, Jasta 18 April 1918. Easy build so I've picked something hard next. RFC Be-2.. ugghh... good thing I like rigging ?

1/32 Spanish Bf-109F-4 from 21st Century Toys

by George R Blair Jr on June 3, 2021 · in Aviation · 22 ≡

This is a model that was built from a kit from 21st Century Toys. In case you have never heard of them, this company made "die-cast", already built and painted model aircraft in 1/32 and and 1/18 scales in the 1990s. They later [...]

The Ultimate Dive Bomber

by Robert Knaack on June 3, 2021 · in Aviation · 18 ≡

In this article I must confess to a bit of profound ignorance. Up until recently I was under the mistaken belief that the dive-bomber concept was obsolete by the end of WWII. I thought that the rise of powerful fighter aircraft carrying [...]