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Review: Just landed on my front porch – Special Hobby 1/32 Westland Whirlwind

by Tom Cleaver on May 18, 2021 · in Reviews · 22 ≡

Special Hobby announced they were doing the Whirlwind in 1/32 two years ago. The kit was delayed by The Past Godawful Year, and has now been released. I've been awaiting its arrival with bated breath. It was worth the wait. This is without [...]

Malta Montage

by Ross Paton on May 18, 2021 · in Aviation · 6 ≡

Malta is an amazing air war story. Denis Barnham's book One Man's Window (later reissued as Malta Spitfire Pilot - crappy retitling!) was the best book I've ever read about being there. L - R Revell JU-88 (not many were desert camo), [...]

Douglas TA-4J Skyhawk - US Navy VT-7 – USS Lexington

by Stéphane Bredel on May 18, 2021 · in Aviation · 20 ≡

Bonjour chers iModelers, This is my rendition of the colourful TA-4J Skyhawk of the VT-7. This version is quite known, but I wanted to have it in my showcase ! The Hasegawa kits comes with some issues, as often with this brand. But the [...]

Spitfire Mk.Vc RAAF 1/48 Special Hobby

by Josef Rössner on May 18, 2021 · in Aviation · 11 ≡

Not easy kit like Gawa or Eduard or Tamiya, but i like picture on box. This camo is super. Color on top i mixed from Tamiya. Some mistakes, but finished. First problem fit, second decals, and last - cover cockpit.

Revell 1/72 PT boat

by PHILLIP EVANS on May 18, 2021 · in Ships · 10 ≡

I have been working on this kit for the past 2 months and am now calling it completed - my 1/72 Revell PT boat. Safety rope and rope holders are added using pins, copper wire and thin rigging thread as these are not supplied in the [...]

Hell´s Angels…1/48 Curtiss Tomahawk Mk.IIb, American Volunteer Group

by Reinhard Spreitzhofer on May 18, 2021 · in Aviation · 7 ≡

Built over 6 years ago. The "infamous" 1/48 Trumpeter kit..lol At first my dad wanted to do a RAF North Africa a/c but during the build he decided that it should be a Flying Tiger. Found a nice scheme in Kagero´s P-40 Vol.I, the [...]

1/72 Italeri Swiss Airforce Hawk MK 66

by Don Weixl on May 17, 2021 · in Aviation · 20 ≡

My original plan was to build this kit to depict a Red Arrows aircraft. Somehow I lost the plot and ended up using the kit decals depicting a Swiss Airforce aircraft. I liked the red and white paint scheme set off with the Swiss cross [...]

Mystery Bird…1/48 Curtiss P-40N Warhawk, USAAF

by Reinhard Spreitzhofer on May 17, 2021 · in Aviation · 16 ≡

Built over 6 years ago, Hasegawa kit Limited Edition, built oob except seatbelts, antenna wire and brake lines added. The model was painted with MM Metalizer Aluminium (1418). The orange-black nose trim is painted, kit decals used for the [...]

Mon/Jet Bike

by Charles King on May 17, 2021 · in Sci-fi · 14 ≡

This is something I have been working on, for the last couple of days. I started of with a 1/12 Yamaha race bike from Tamiya. I kept most of the original details but modified and scratch built some to fit the theme. The model is resting on [...]

Hawk 1/48 P-51D Mustang

by Bob Torres on May 17, 2021 · in Aviation · 23 ≡

Here's another of my old builds, a 1/48 Hawk P-51D that I made in 1989 for a club group build on Aces from New Jersey. "Dragon Wagon" (WR-Y) was flown by Capt. James E. Duffy Jr. from the 354th Fighter Squadron, 355th Fighter [...]