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Hasegawa 1/72 P-47D Engine run up

by David Garcia on July 8, 2021 · in Aviation · 13 ≡

I enjoy photographing my models just as much as I like building them. Here's an example. I shot this scene with a Nikon Coolpix 950 ($18 on eBay). This camera has excellent depth of field. Tarmac is sand paper, crew chief is from the [...]

Classic Kit: Matchbox 1/72 Spitfire Mk IX PK-2

by David Garcia on July 8, 2021 · in Aviation · 25 ≡

Hello everyone, this is my first post here. I build old kits, the older the better. I especially like Revell, Aurora, HAWK, Matchbox and Airfix from the 1950s and '60s and 1970's. This Matchbox PK-2 of the 1/72 Spitfire Mk IX upgraded [...]

T29

by Amari Luu on July 8, 2021 · in Armor · 8 ≡

Out of the US heavy tanks prototypes of WW2, the T29 is one of my favorite due to its large rangefinders. This is also my first time building a Takom model and I enjoyed it very much. While building, I also heard the story of and IS2 named [...]

1/35 Takom Jagdpanther and flat-bed railcar (Plattformwagen)

by Carl Christensen on July 7, 2021 · in Armor · 13 ≡

This is a 3-in-1 kit containing the tank, railcar, and railway tracks. So with just a few wee added extras and some figures it really came to life. I wanted to show a bit of life with the tank getting ready for transporting instead of it [...]

AMT 1/48 Grumman F7F-2N Tigercat “Big Bird”

by Gary Brantley on July 7, 2021 · in Aviation · 32 ≡

The kit directions have a note that I started putting paint to plastic on July 16, 2020 and I finished the model July 5 of this year. During that time, I did manage to complete one other model that had been set aside, and also started [...]

Review: Hobby Boss 1/48 F/A-18E Super Hornet review

by iModeler Youtube Picks on July 6, 2021 · in Aviation, Reviews

Vichy...1/48 Marcel Bloch MB.152, French Armistice Airforce

by Reinhard Spreitzhofer on July 6, 2021 · in Aviation · 11 ≡

For a kit with shortrun character the new Dora Wings Marcel Bloch isn´t so bad. But the decals are thin and the white areas are translucent, as you may see. Camo done with Gunze RLM65 for the underside, Tamiya XF-10 Brown and selfmixed [...]

1/72 scale RMAF CA-27 Avon Sabre Mk.II

by Mee Wan on July 6, 2021 · in Aviation · 10 ≡

Greetings to all members, Here is my latest build, the CAC Avon Sabre's was used by the Malaysian Airforce since the 70's designated into the 11th Squadron based in Penang, Butterworth airbase. The model used to produce the Royal [...]

Fw 190 A-6 1/48 Hasegawa

by dale travis on July 4, 2021 · in Aviation · 17 ≡

This is an old build. I was going through photos and found these. I'm not sure when I did this but it was probably early 2000's It represents a JG1 plane operating from Schiphol Airfield, Holland 1943. I've always liked the checkerboard [...]

3 – Bandai 1/60 Mobile Police Alphonse Special

by Anthony Ricco on July 4, 2021 · in Sci-fi · 6 ≡

This was the 3rd kit I've built and my first Gunpla kit, was fun, I put it together standard and thought the white and black was a bit boring, so I gave it a South African overhaul, I made it into a Johannesburg Metro Police (JMPD) theme. [...]