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Test Trail Water Effects Using Toilet Paper

by Charles King on July 13, 2021 · in How-to · 24 ≡

Test Trail Water Effects Using Toilet Paper: Now, I am no way an expert, so what you see here is purely amateurish. Compared to some of the water effects I've seen by amazing artist, this cannot be compared. So go easy on me and perhaps [...]

End of War...1/48 Focke-Wulf Fw190A-8, II./SG2

by Reinhard Spreitzhofer on July 13, 2021 · in Aviation · 4 ≡

Built more than 6 years ago. Tamiya kit, Kagero decals, Gunze and Tamiya acrylics used, wheels from the sparesbox, some landing gear detail added, Eduard seatbelts, Kagero Monographs Fw190 Vol.I as reference. Model shows the plane of Major [...]

A bit of exoticism, i.e. oval wings over the Solomon Islands.

by capt. R on July 13, 2021 · in Aviation · 13 ≡

I remember quite well when I bought the first Spitfire from the matchbox kit in elementary school. It was a great joy! The model seemed difficult to me then, requiring working with a modeling knife. Of course, everything was painted with [...]

Roden 1/48 BE-2

by Paul van Acker on July 13, 2021 · in Aviation · 12 ≡

Hello all. Just completed. 1/48 Roden Royal Aircraft Factory RAF BE-2 completed. No. 12 Squadron Western Front, France March 1916. My first of several Rodens in the stash. A fun easy build, I'm looking forward to doing another one soon. I [...]

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by Carl Christensen on July 13, 2021 · in Armor · 3 ≡

This is the 3rd of my 3 1/35 scale projects that I've had going at the same time. Now my bench is clear for my new projects I'm about to start. This is a German recovery crew loading up a captured Soviet T-70 onto a Sonderanhanger 10 Ton [...]

Review: Assembling and Using a Model Jig

by Eric Berg on July 12, 2021 · in How-to, Reviews · 11 ≡

For over 20 years I’ve been lusting after a jig to hold my model airplanes in place so I can work on them without gumming up everything with fingerprints, glue splotches, errant paint and breakage. I was just too cheap to buy one. I [...]

Airfix Handley Page Victor K.2/SR.2 1:72

by Jon lytle on July 12, 2021 · in Aviation · 15 ≡

I was gifted the Revell version of the Handley Page, after 10 days of frustration it went into the trash. Literally one of the worst kits I've ever had... huge gaps, very poor quality. What happened to Revell? I then purchased the Airfix [...]

Classic Kit: Airfix 1/72 Me-262 Kit # 110 (1960)

by David Garcia on July 12, 2021 · in Aviation · 13 ≡

When Airfix issued their new Me-262 kit I decided to build the original kit for a fun comparison. The original early kit is built out of the box and I used the second set of markings from the new kit. As most early kits from that era the [...]

Mitsubishi J8M Shusui

by Michael Turner on July 12, 2021 · in Aviation · 10 ≡

This model represents one of the unarmed prototypes for the Mitsubishi J8M/Ki-200 Shusui (Sword Stroke). It was captured post war by the Americans and is the only surviving complete airframe and resides at the Planes of Fame museum in [...]

Nocturnal Predator...1/48 Messerschmitt Bf109K-4, NJG11

by Reinhard Spreitzhofer on July 12, 2021 · in Aviation · 4 ≡

Here´s an oldie, built about 10 years ago. Fujimi kit with Kommandeur Decals, Gunze and Tamiya acrylics, brake lines, seat belts and antenna wire added. Aircraft found partially destroyed near Holzkirchen/Germany in May 1945, most [...]