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Hello & 1/35 Armor

by John Krukowski on March 3, 2021 · in Armor · 29 ≡

Hello All, this is my first article here. I'm a longtime lurker and finally joined about a month ago. Greg Fabian's P-51B Shangri-La made me jump in. For a short bio please click on my name if you wanna know me a little better. This site [...]

Great color photos from WW2

by Tom Cleaver on March 2, 2021 · in News · 9 ≡

Some things are misidentified, but nothing anyone here can't figure out. (link)

Review: Great Wall P-61B “Lady In The Dark”

by Tom Cleaver on March 2, 2021 · in Aviation, Reviews · 14 ≡

Since it seems P-61s are suddenly popular here, I'm posting the review I did of the Great Wall Hobby kit at Modeling Madness a few years back, which may be of assistance to people. You can cut to the chase at the end which may save you [...]

P-61B “Lady in the Dark”

by gary sausmikat on March 1, 2021 · in Aviation · 27 ≡

Hey All, Presenting the 1/48, Hobby Boss, P-61B, Black Widow built OOB along with Eduard Brassin Wheels and Print Scale decals. Primed with Floquil Old Silver. Humbrol Maskol used for the chipping effect. Painted with Mr. Color Surfacer [...]

M3A1 halftrack from IDF

by Juan Ravizzoli on March 1, 2021 · in Armor · 8 ≡

Greetings to the forum members. On this occasion I wanted to show you my latest project: the Dragon M3A1 half-track, in 1/35 scale, in IDF version during the 1960s. It is the 2009 kit (n° 6332), and not the n° 3569, from 2016. The [...]

Hasegawa 1/72 Chilean F-16D "Peace Puma"

by Greg Kittinger on March 1, 2021 · in Aviation · 20 ≡

I saw this beautiful Chilean F-16 built by George Johnson a few years ago ((link)) and decided I had to build one myself (in my scale). I secured a Hasegawa Sufa as the base kit, and finally found some decals from TwoBobs on ebay (out of [...]

Das Werk 1/35 Panther

by David Adams on March 1, 2021 · in Armor · 8 ≡

This is a great kit that took up most of February . It's my first Das Werk build and I was impressed with the level of detail and quality of engineering. This kit as originally issued contained a full interior. This later issue excludes [...]

1/72 scale Kingtiger winter diorama – Ardennes 1944

by Mee Wan on March 1, 2021 · in Armor · 3 ≡

Greetings all, As promised, this is the build vignette of the Kingtiger 1944 Ardennes completed model. The kit from Dragon kit was top notch very few problems on the kit as well as the four figures that is included. The base done using [...]

1/72 M1B1 Abrams MBT

by Chris on March 1, 2021 · in Armor · 4 ≡

So there was a proposal to up gun the Abrams in the late 70s, add an auto loader, and change the drive train to a diesel. There are a number of images and drawings floating around the web and I decided to build one. So behold, my take on [...]

Fokker Dr. 1 – Lothar von Richthofen

by Carlo Farina on March 1, 2021 · in Aviation · 17 ≡

Fokker Dr. 1 (1/32 Meng) with the insignia of Lothar von Richthofen (brother of Manfred). Red cowling, struts, undercarriage legs and wheel disks represented attachment to Jasta 11. Yellow tail was Lothar's personal touch. Contrary to [...]