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Bill Bosworth does it again: 1/32 scratchbuilt Consolidated PB-2A

by Tom Cleaver on July 22, 2021 · in Aviation · 18 ≡

Another Bosworth masterpiece. The PB-2A, is significant for being the first fighter in United States Army Air Corps service to have retractable landing gear, an enclosed and heated cockpit for the pilot, and an exhaust-driven [...]

Classic Airfix Typhoon (1959) Tweaked Just a bit

by David Garcia on July 22, 2021 · in Aviation · 15 ≡

On this kit I used a replacement Falcon vacu-form canopy, a prop and wheels from the Academy kit. Paint by Tamiya. Even thought it is over 60 years old it does scale well on a Bentley plan. This was a simple and fun build.

1/700 USS Miami CL-89

by Evan Franklin on July 22, 2021 · in Ships · 9 ≡

This is a resin kit that included a few sheets of PE details that I built almost completely out of the box. I did add after-market 5"/38 guns and turrets as well as 40mm Bofors, and 20mm Oerlikon guns. I've found that photoetch AA is [...]

1/144 scale RMAF DHC-4 Caribou

by Mee Wan on July 22, 2021 · in Aviation · 3 ≡

Greetings to all members, This is another 1/144 scale build which is the RMAF vintage air transport the retired DHC-4 Caribou which was decommissioned in the year 2000. The model kit was used was A-Models which had many fitting and gap [...]

Harrier GR.3, 3 Sqn RAF, 1/72 Airfix

by Csaba on July 22, 2021 · in Aviation · 7 ≡

I built this model back in 2019, nearly two years ago. The Harrier has been on my wish list for a very long time, and I finally bought one when Airfix released its new tool kits. I love the new Airfix releases, the designers really manage [...]

Airwar over Austria...Focke-Wulf Fw190F-8, Royal Hungarian Airforce

by Reinhard Spreitzhofer on July 22, 2021 · in Aviation · 5 ≡

Built in 2016. Hasegawa kit with Techmod decals (which weren´t the best, as you may see, the outer areas of the spinner spirale didn´t lie down smoothly), painted with Gunze and Tamiya acrylics, aerials with EZ Line. The book [...]

The F-86-f Sabre in Portuguese service

by Manuel Magrinho on July 21, 2021 · in Aviation · 30 ≡

THE F-86-F SABRE IN PORTUGAL HISTORY On August 25, 1958, the first North American F-86F Sabre of the Portuguese Air Force (FAP) landed at Air Base N° 2 (BA2), Ota. They were part of a shipment of 30 (later 50) planes that were [...]

Project Spike ASAT F-106A, 1/72 Hasagwa.

by Robert Royes on July 21, 2021 · in Aviation · 12 ≡

This F-106A was used on Project Spike which was an ASAT program of the early '70s. Being fired from an F-106, the missile would release a terminal homing vehicle guided by solid rocket motors on a trajectory to intercept a selected [...]

Scratch Build Truck Scale

by Charles King on July 21, 2021 · in Uncategorized · 10 ≡

I was thinking of a complete diorama but the idea I had for it would make the diorama too big. So I opted this method, as a display mantle instead. used lots of styrene and old school cutting to get the job done.

5 – Grumman F8F-1 Bearcat 1/72 from Sword

by Anthony Ricco on July 21, 2021 · in Aviation · 12 ≡

I went into this build just wanting to use this kit as a practice but fell in love with this plane, it was designed to be a massive upgrade to the flying forces in WW2 but got there 2 weeks to late. Because of the lack of it's service I [...]