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Italian Stallion...1/48 Messerschmitt Bf109G-6, Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana

by Reinhard Spreitzhofer on January 31, 2021 · in Aviation · 9 ≡

Built in 2016. Besides a bunch of factory fresh G-6s the ANR also received a few used ones from German JGs that were stationed in Italy. Usually the a/c had the German grey camo but some were already "italianized" by the [...]

Korean War F-51D Mustang Tamiya 1/48

by Marcus Vinicius Teixeira Borges on January 30, 2021 · in Aviation · 10 ≡

Recently finished at Korean War GB,lovely kit!

"It's a bomber, it's a bomber....!"

by James Kelley on January 30, 2021 · in Aviation · 17 ≡

October 2019 marked the 40th anniversary of Motörhead’s iconic third album Bomber. An absolute rock’n’roll classic from start to finish, raging through Dead Men Tell No Tales, Stone Dead Forever, Sharpshooter and (of course) the [...]

1/48 Hasegawa P-47D-25

by Tom Bebout on January 30, 2021 · in Aviation · 10 ≡

The latest off the bench for 2021 and my addition to what seems to be Hasegawa P-47 week on iModeler. I won't bore you with all that has been written about this kit, as it's well known by now. It doesn't have the great detail of Tamiya's [...]

Video: 1/35 Diorama | Building a Ruined Wall !

by iModeler Youtube Picks on January 30, 2021 · in Aviation

African Storm...1/48 Hawker Typhoon Mk.Ib cardoor, RAAF

by Reinhard Spreitzhofer on January 30, 2021 · in Aviation · 9 ≡

Built in 2012. In mid 1943 five Typhoons were intended for desert trials but only three made it to Egypt where they served and were tested by 451 Sqn RAAF until October 1943. They were fitted with a trop filter. Sadly found no (close-up) [...]

Hilmi's flight: a Yak-11 in the flashpoint of the Middle East conflict.

by Roland Sachsenhofer on January 30, 2021 · in Aviation · 11 ≡

Every biography is bound up in the fabric of the large and small contexts of its time. If one has the opportunity to take a closer look at an individual fate, this generality transforms into a concrete and humanly touching, all too often [...]

Bohemian Schmitt...Avia S-99 (WNF/Diana G-10) Czechoslovak Police Airforce

by Reinhard Spreitzhofer on January 30, 2021 · in Aviation · 9 ≡

Built in 2018. Previous to the WNF G-10 Profi Pack, Eduard already released a limited Czech edition. My dad built it mostly oob, EZ Line for the antenna , brake lines added, painted with Gunze and Tamiya acrylics. The model displays Avia [...]

Learning to Fight...1/48 Mitsubishi A6M2-K, Imperial Japanese Navy

by Reinhard Spreitzhofer on January 30, 2021 · in Aviation · 14 ≡

Built in 2018. Hasegawa kit, Fine Molds seat belts, EZ Line for antenna wire, Gunze and Tamiya acrylics used, selfmixed orange-yellow. Model depicts a 21st Kokusho, Tsukuba Naval Flying Group aircraft in 1944.

Ryefield Sherman Firefly + M4A3E8

by Wes Pennest on January 30, 2021 · in Armor · 8 ≡

Sherman Firefly "Velikiye Luki" 2020 was the year of deals and clearance sales for me, which meant I got to build some things a bit outside of my comfort zone but got to beef up my modeling muscles. So, frustrated with the glut [...]