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Empire of Japan Group Build, 1/32 Hasegawa Ki-44-II Hei, Shoki “Tojo” of the 246th “Flight Regiment”

by Louis Gardner on December 14, 2020 · in Aviation · 27 ≡

This is a plane that I recently finished up. It was built as part of our "Empire of Japan" group build. This build was started after a small cleaning accident occurred. I keep most of my stash model kits stored on wire rack [...]

F-86 Egg Plane

by Tom Rodgers on December 14, 2020 · in Aviation · 6 ≡

I just finished this little beauty for my youngest grandson, Colton, who will be two next month. It is the Hasegawa kit but I took some "liberty" by putting his name on it. Vallejo metallics over Tamiya gloss black primer. Kit [...]

One for Chuck

by Tom Cleaver on December 13, 2020 · in Aviation · 13 ≡

Eduard P-51D with Barracuda Studios decals to do my childhood hero's airplane. There's a WIP thread in the WIP Group. There will be a review at Modeling Madness Thusday, republished here with more photos than there.

Banzai!...1/48 Nakajima Ki-84-I Hayate "Frank", Imperial Japanese Army

by Reinhard Spreitzhofer on December 13, 2020 · in Aviation · 13 ≡

Also built in 2015. Hasegawa kit (9364), added brake lines, aerials and landing gear indicators, painted with Gunze and Tamiya acrylics, Tamiya Aluminium for nmf. The model shows the a/c of Corporal Noboru Naito, 520th Temporary [...]

Revell Airbus A330-302, QANTAS

by Ray Seppala on December 13, 2020 · in Aviation · 10 ≡

This is the 1/144 Revel A330 Airbus (LTU Boxing) which I started a couple of years ago, I just managed to finish it up. It was built out of the box with only decals changed. I used Hawkeye Models Australia decals on it to represent VH-QPD [...]

Airfix (Esci) 1/48 “Blå Petter”

by Spiros Pendedekas on December 12, 2020 · in Aviation · 54 ≡

Hi everyone! This is my Airfix 1/48 Saab 37 Viggen, carrying the famous "Blå Petter" scheme! The A/C's serial number is 37432, being the 132 production JA 37, delivered to F 16 wing in 1990. This striking scheme was chosen to [...]

1/48 Hispano Ha-1112 Buchon, Ejército del Aire

by Reinhard Spreitzhofer on December 12, 2020 · in Aviation · 9 ≡

Built in 2015. Academy boxing of the Hobbycraft kit, mostly built oob. Replaced the crappy kit canopy with a Hasegawa one, for that some putty and re-scribing was neccessary in the fuselage area behind the canopy. Used a piece of sponge [...]

Su-35S 'Flanker-E'

by Sebastijan Videc on December 12, 2020 · in Aviation · 31 ≡

Su-35S ‘Flanker-E’ is the latest and very likely last version of the formidable Flanker series. It is not to be confused with the Su-35 of the late ’80s, which was the first to be designated Su-35 (aka Su-27M and T-10M). The first [...]

Airfix 1/48 Tiger Moth

by Matt Buxton on December 11, 2020 · in Aviation · 11 ≡

This is my build of the Shuttleworth Tiger Moth from Airfix's 1/48 kit. It's a nice kit and well engineered, there's even an included jig for adapting the tail for the two different versions featured in the kit as one has the anti-spin [...]

1/48 Messerschmitt Bf109F-4 Ejército del Aire

by Reinhard Spreitzhofer on December 11, 2020 · in Aviation · 9 ≡

Built in 2015. Zvezda kit with decals from LF Models, painted with Gunze and Tamiya acrylics, antenna wires with EZ Line. In 1943 the Spanish Airforce received about a dozen F-4s which were stationed partly in France and Spain. Not much [...]