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New pics of an old model…

by Stan Traas on February 22, 2021 · in Aviation · 15 ≡

... other pics posted here before, but as Black History Month comes to a close soon, I thought an homage to the Tuskegee Airmen was in order. No 72, "Ina the Macon Belle", flown by Lee Archer- One half of the 332nd's [...]

1:72 E-75 Ausf.D Panzer WIF

by Chris on February 21, 2021 · in Armor · 5 ≡

I had the modelcollect 1:72 E-75 and wanted to upgun it to 128mm based on images I'd seen online. I found a barrel on ebay and got to work in Fusion 3D to make a new Turret. I printed the turret via Shapeways and bashed some of the [...]

E-100, 1/72, Trumpeter

by Kursat Kaan Kerimoglu on February 21, 2021 · in Armor · 5 ≡

I finished the Trumpeter's kit with a few additions. The canvases on the tank are made of napkins. I tried to make add-on armors from unused parts of old models. I used the MIG Winter Camo Set product for the paint chippings on the tank. I [...]

Pz.kpfw VI Tiger sPzAbt 508 Anzio-Nettuno 1944

by Wirgiliusz Babirecki on February 21, 2021 · in Armor · 10 ≡

Recently I finished my adventure with 1/24 scale planes and started playing with 1/16 scale tanks. I present my first model on this scale, which I worked on for 3 months. This is Tiger I from Boss Hobby. The model is very impressive, it is [...]

Technical

by Charles King on February 21, 2021 · in Automotive · 14 ≡

Just another technical. This one is 1/24 and the base kit is a Fujimi pickup brand. I just added the extra details I had on hand, like the gun, scratch built/kitbashed the gun mount and modified the interior just a little.

2 Messerschmitts in original wartime paint

by Ben Walmsley on February 21, 2021 · in Aviation · 31 ≡

G’day all, it’s been an age since I posted here as life has been in the way of modelling recently. Unfortunately I still don’t have a project to share but I thought some of you might be interested in this. I recently took my son to [...]

Northrop F-5E Tiger II, Adversary – VFC-13 Fighting Saints

by jorge rivas krause on February 20, 2021 · in Aviation · 28 ≡

Fighter Squadron Composite (VFC-13) Saints is a US Navy fighter squadron that provides adversary training for U.S. Navy air wings at NAS Fallon, Nevada. The unit's mix of 23 F-5E, F-5F, and F-5N aircraft are all painted in a variety of [...]

Help

by Bruce Crompton on February 20, 2021 · in Diorama · 3 ≡

Hi, my name is Bruce Crompton from Combat Dealers and Amazing War Stories, and I am new to the group but wanted to ask if anybody could help with a Horsa glider model diorama for the museum we are putting together. I am not the best with [...]

Freezin´ Schmitt...1/48 Messerschmitt Bf109G-6, JG54

by Reinhard Spreitzhofer on February 20, 2021 · in Aviation · 13 ≡

Built in 2017. Hasegawa kit, painted with Gunze and Tamiya acrylics, EZ Line for aerials, plastic rods and lead wire for brake lines and cockpit fuel line, decals from the kit and the Kagero book "Bf109G/K Vol.II" The model shows [...]

Sir Peter Jackson and the airplane thief – a fascinating read

by Tom Cleaver on February 19, 2021 · in News · 14 ≡

A really fascinating - that's right, I said FASCINATING! - article on Sir Peter Jackson and Gene DeMarco. If you wondered why WNW got dragged down with the rest of the wreckage, this will fill you in. (link)