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sd.kfz.234/3 ''STUMMEL" 1/72

by Nikos Parts on June 22, 2021 · in Armor · 4 ≡

This is the kit from Hasegawa, straight from the box, painted by brush. It was quite harder than i supposed. Enough very small parts and needed much attention in the wheels system. I had some accidents in the past from the similar 8rad [...]

1/72 Tamiya Bf 109 G-6 – Romanian markings

by Greg Kittinger on June 22, 2021 · in Aviation · 21 ≡

Man oh man - first time to ever crack open a Tamiya box. Holy smoke - more parts in the cockpit than in the entire Frog 109F build! This was fun. So obviously I didn't do much, other than add wing tip lights with clear sprue, and I added [...]

Frog 1/72 Bf 109 F trop

by Greg Kittinger on June 22, 2021 · in Aviation · 19 ≡

This was an old bagged Frog kit. I sanded it smooth and scribbed new panel lines and a few rivet lines. There were actually no nose gun troughs, so I had to drill and ream those out. Used some Albion Alloy aluminum tubing for gun [...]

Operation Barbarossa…1/48 Messerschmitt Bf109F-2, 7./JG54

by Reinhard Spreitzhofer on June 22, 2021 · in Aviation · 6 ≡

80 years ago today... Here´s another Barbarossa participant, built over 6 years ago. Hasegawa kit with Eagle Strike decals, Gunze and Tamiya paints used. Aircraft of 7./JG54 in winter 1941.

Douglas A-20G Havoc - AMT 1/48

by Andrew H on June 22, 2021 · in Aviation · 35 ≡

This build was inspired by some recent A-20G builds from our friends here at iModeler, as well as the fact that I was able to pickup this kit secondhand at my local hobby shop. The kit was the "Wings Aviation Collection" boxing, [...]

Helicopters return home.

by Blaine Miller on June 21, 2021 · in Aviation · 6 ≡

The story begins 6 years ago. I was asked to supply a group of Vietnam era helicopters to an Aviation museum for a 40th anniversary for the ending of the Vietnam War. This was to be a two year commitment. I compiled the following [...]

1/48 Hasegawa F4U-5N Corsair

by Tom Bebout on June 21, 2021 · in Aviation · 18 ≡

Latest off the bench as part of Jeffrey Kolln's @421stwidow Night Fighter Group is Cpt Eugene Derrickson's VMF(N)-513 Corsair. The -5 Corsair was considered the ultimate model in the Corsair line, with the -5N adding a radar dome, extra [...]

1/48 SNJ-5c

by John Healy on June 21, 2021 · in Aviation · 28 ≡

This is the old but still the best, Monogram kit. The last time I built one of these was when it came out in 1979. This one was made from a 2008 Revell release, made in China. Since Revell’s bankruptcy, I’ve noticed that a lot of [...]

Operation Barbarossa…1/48 Messerschmitt Bf109F-4, 6./JG54

by Reinhard Spreitzhofer on June 21, 2021 · in Aviation · 17 ≡

My father always liked but avoided this camo because he thought it would be hard to do with the airbrush. Back in 2013 he took the challenge and it wasn´t as hard as he had feared. Used a Hasegawa G-2 kit from their old "J" [...]

Tamiya Ki-61 with 'that' colour scheme

by Justin Bronk on June 20, 2021 · in Aviation · 36 ≡

This was a quick build of Tamiya's beautifully engineered Ki-61-Id Hien kit in 1/48 scale which I bought on a work trip to Tokyo years ago and have only just got around to building now that lockdowns are over and I can access my workshop [...]