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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 [...]

MkIV "Tadpole" Emhar 1/35, WWI

by Jorge Garcia on March 1, 2021 · in Armor · 9 ≡

Original kit from 1995, maybe the only Tadpole 1/35 available right now (the Takon version is out of stock everywhere), this is not a Tamiya or Trumpeter model so the fiting is not the best, It needed a fair amount of work to produce a [...]

1/48 Bristol Blenheim If.

by John Healy on March 1, 2021 · in Aviation · 27 ≡

This is the outstanding recent Airfix kit. It’s highly detailed, well engineered, and is a pleasure to build. I started this one late last year and it assembled very quickly with no problems. The only thing I added was a set of Eduard [...]

Updating the old Monogram B-58 (1:48): part 2. engine intakes in 3D

by Gábor Szabó on February 28, 2021 · in Aviation · 10 ≡

Just a short note for today - I finally finished the B-58 intakes, the printed parts are cleaned,primed, sanded adjusted and I sent back them to SBS Model for the first experimental moldings. I made a handmade replacement intakes set some [...]

Sweet 1/144 Type 96 Carrier Fighter (A5M4)

by James Kelley on February 28, 2021 · in Aviation · 7 ≡

I started this project yesterday, and finished it up this afternoon. As with all of Sweets' kits, I loved it. A relaxing (mostly), easy build and 4 really cool livery. The model was airbrushed with Alclad II White Aluminum, and [...]

Classic Airframes Curtiss SBC-4 Helldiver, Samoa, 1942

by Spiros Pendedekas on February 28, 2021 · in Aviation · 42 ≡

Hi everyone! This is my Classic Airframes 1/48 Curtiss SBC-4 Helldiver, VMO-151, as it stood in Samoa island, 1942. The Curtiss SBC Helldiver was a two-seat scout bomber and dive bomber built by the Curtiss-Wright Corporation. It was [...]

TF-51 Mustangs in 1/72

by Jim Harley on February 28, 2021 · in Aviation · 13 ≡

Going small 🙂 This is the first time I've built a 1/72nd scale fighter(s). Tiny! The Little Witch was converted from the Tamiya kit, and Miss Velma is the AIrfix kit. I love them both, they both build up in to fine models. The AIrfix [...]

Every landing is a crash landing! Airspeed Horsa Mk.I, Operation Tonga, 6. June 1944

by Roland Sachsenhofer on February 28, 2021 · in Aviation · 14 ≡

Although the Airspeed Horsa is a well-known aircraft and can also claim to be one of the icons of the Allied landings in Normandy on 6 June 1944, I did not realise until this project what a gripping story(s) and most remarkable technology [...]

Night Haunter…1/48 Boulton Paul Defiant Mk.I, RAF

by Reinhard Spreitzhofer on February 28, 2021 · in Aviation · 7 ≡

Built in 2015. Initially my dad wanted to build a Defiant Mk.II nightfighter with the Classic Airframes kit with the fancy red codes but he didn´t get along with the itsy bitsy tiny PE parts for the antennas, so he decided to build a Mk.I [...]

Carrier Force Three

by Brian Hathaway on February 27, 2021 · in Ships · 5 ≡

Recently completed carrier force. Being a Naval Veteran I'm partial to, yeah you guessed it, naval ships. Pictured here are the following. The U.S.S. Nimitz CVN-68 in its 2005 appearance, the U.S.S. Theodore Roosevelt CVN-71 in its 2006 [...]