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Airfix Skyhawk

by Scott Nelson on December 31, 2020 · in Aviation · 10 ≡

My penultimate build for 2020 is the new tool Airfix A-4 Skyhawk. It’s not my best work but, it’s a decent 3 footer. The panel lines on top of the fuselage were very soft so I rescribed them. I tried shading panel lines with water [...]

Last one for 2020 – practice allows one to get closer to fewer mistakes made

by Tom Cleaver on December 31, 2020 · in Aviation · 12 ≡

Practice makes perfect? Hah! Eduard kit. Vallejo metallics. Barracuda Studios "P-51 Mustangs Part 1" decal set. 1st Lt. Arthur Cundy, 352nd Fighter Squadron, 353rd Fighter Group. On March 2, Lt Cundy shot down a Bf-109 and two [...]

2020 Vision

by Aldo Missio on December 31, 2020 · in Aviation · 8 ≡

Happy New Year Fellow Modelers. Did short articles on some of these, but the Twin Otter and Mosquito are technically works in progress as they are meant to be in dioramas for display at an outdoor education centre (they are posted in [...]

First Anime Model

by Scott Nelson on December 31, 2020 · in Figures · 2 ≡

Here’s something a little different for my 80th article here on iModeler. I’ve always been intrigued by some of the various anime models out there and while visiting family in LA before the “Great Hunkering Down” I found this in a [...]

Academy 1/72 OV-10D Bronco – Desert Storm

by Greg Kittinger on December 31, 2020 · in Aviation · 17 ≡

This is my entry for the Desert Storm group build. I added details to the cockpit - some bulkhead at the rear deck, boxes, cables, ejection handles, etc, knowing it would be pretty visible under that expansive canopy. Nothing extra to the [...]

Forklift

by Charles King on December 31, 2020 · in Automotive · 24 ≡

This is a forklift I made for my present diorama I am working on at the moment. I used, the sponge technique, as well as, a sharp X-to knife for the scuffed and scratches areas. I then used light dust, and dark brown colors from Citadel. [...]

Armored Austro-Hungarian Romfell car, 1915

by Alex on December 31, 2020 · in Armor · 13 ≡

My last build for 2020: Armored Austro-Hungarian Romfell car, 1915. Only a few prototypes were built because some generals and the emperor Franz Joseph I thought that thing would scare the horses during a war... So better to push your [...]

1/32 Hasegawa Spitfire Mk.1a “K9906”

by Tolga ULGUR on December 31, 2020 · in Aviation · 6 ≡

This is 1/32 Spitfire Mk.1a with the markings of “FZ-L K9906” No 65 Squadron, RAF Hornchurch, April 1939. Modifications: Barracudacast cockpit improvement set. Yahu instrument panel Quickboost seat Quickboost exhaust set Quickboost [...]

Good News: ARMA Hobby announces 2021 releases

by Tom Cleaver on December 31, 2020 · in News · 9 ≡

Yes - 2021 will be better. (link)

USS West Virginia BB-48 1945 – Trumpeter 1/700

by Andrew H on December 31, 2020 · in Ships · 6 ≡

So... On a whim, figured I post one of my ships on here. This is Trumpeter's 1/700 West Virginia '45 kit, which is very similar to all the Big 5 kits that Trumpeter has put forth. It's a pretty good kit, but as with most ships, I felt the [...]