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Spanish Civil War...1/48 Messerschmitt Bf109A, 2.J/88 Legion Condor

by Reinhard Spreitzhofer on June 7, 2021 · in Aviation · 8 ≡

Like the recently posted "6o30", also this model was built somewhere between 10 and 15 years ago. Hobbycraft kit, AFAIR my dad did some minor corrections to the nose or did some rescribing to get a more correct "A", [...]

1/48 Hasegawa Ki-44 -II Otsu "Tojo"

by Darren Dickerson on June 7, 2021 · in Aviation · 15 ≡

This great little kit is OOB bar me painting the main markings except for the tail flash and numbers. Paints are Tamiya, Mr Hobby & Alclad. Happy Modelling Darren

D-Day flashback

by Jaime Carreon on June 6, 2021 · in Aviation · 15 ≡

Several years ago, there was a D-Day group build here on iModeler. My submission was an AMT 1/47 A-20G, representing an airplane assigned to the 646th Bomb Squadron, 410th Bomb Group, 9th Air Force. I felt it was appropriate to post this [...]

Hydraulic Jack

by Charles King on June 6, 2021 · in Uncategorized · 15 ≡

Another weathering test subject. This time a simple hydraulic jack. What do you guys think? What I used to weather: Tamiya Black Panel Line solution Tamiya Brown Panel Line solution Mig Black and Light Rust pigments Another odd brand [...]

Roland DVIa

by Riccardo Fortina on June 6, 2021 · in Aviation · 8 ≡

I built this 1/32 WNW Roland DVIa few years ago. The idea was to do a diorama with pilots, mechanics and other things. I started building the cart but then I started a new project and... Looking at the model now, I think there are still [...]

Tempest Mk. V, ‘JN 862’, 3rd RAF Squadron, 150th Wing

by Yann Bertholet on June 6, 2021 · in Aviation · 18 ≡

Hi folks, Again, I enjoyed our ‘Belgian Sun’ (which is not shining so often those last days) and decided to take few shots of my Tempest, built last years. I chose this famous day of the 6th of June to post this article. 77 years ago [...]

77 Years Ago…

by Tom Cleaver on June 6, 2021 · in Uncategorized · 14 ≡

Dawn comes early in England during the summer. At 0200, June 6, 1944, the rumble of 48 Pratt and Whitney R-2800s reverberated over the quiet English countryside surrounding the former RAF base of Beaulieau Roads between Southampton and [...]

Special Hobby 1/48 AJS-37 Viggen

by Ruben A. Torres Borrego on June 6, 2021 · in Aviation · 35 ≡

This was a long project, it began on March 2020 and finished on May 2021, I have always liked the Viggen with its splinter camouflage, therefore I wanted to do this one with all possible improvements. All of the surface received lines of [...]

Fokker EV 1/32

by Riccardo Fortina on June 5, 2021 · in Aviation · 13 ≡

Micro Mir, Aviattic and Pheon decals, Gaspatch Spandau, Tamiya, and me...

Monogram 1/48 TBD-1 Devastator – USS Enterprise

by David Mills on June 5, 2021 · in Aviation · 42 ≡

This build has been a long time in coming! A few years ago now Louis Gardner @lgardner organised a Group Build to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Midway. This build was to be my main contribution to that group build, [...]