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Tamiya 1/48 De Havilland Mosquito PR Mk.IV

by Alistair Gauld on June 28, 2020 · in Aviation · 21 ≡

Hi There, This kit was given to me by my latest trainee at work after he passed out as a thank-you. This is the first time in over 30 years that this has happened to me and I was very touched by it. Undercoat - Ultimate Primer Grey Paints [...]

Merkava mk1 hybrid

by Carmelo Rodrigo on June 28, 2020 · in Armor · 6 ≡

A merkava. Many years ago I built the Tamiya Merkava and lost it. Some time ago I found an offer for this model made by Takom and decided to buy it to assemble it when there was time. This specific tank model is one of the ones that I find [...]

FM-2 Wildcat (Arma Hobby 1/72)

by Dmitry Stropalov on June 28, 2020 · in Aviation · 38 ≡

Again this is a new model kit of a Polish manufacturer Arma Hobby, released in May this year (2020). FM-2 kit is the first variant of the F4F's, and more to come - the clear sprue contains fuselage windows not needed for this GM-built [...]

Revell/Monogram 1/48 Kingfisher

by Paul van Acker on June 28, 2020 · in Aviation · 17 ≡

1/48 Revell/Monogram Chance Vought Kingfisher Naval training base, NAS Corpus Christi 1942 #kingfisher #48scale #revellmonogram

Academy 1/48 MiG-21 MF Fishbed J, Syrian Air Force, 1982 Lebanon War

by Richard Bungay on June 27, 2020 · in Aviation · 9 ≡

This is a pretty good kit which goes together without problems. There's a bit of a step between the the front and rear fuselage sections that I wished I had paid more attention to. I used Eduard wheels and the AirRes cockpit set. I also [...]

Italeri 1/72 OA-10A NAIL FAC

by Tom Rodgers on June 27, 2020 · in Aviation · 22 ≡

During my USAF career, I had the honor and pleasure to fly the A-10 Wart Hog for twelve years. It was a joy to fly…and to say that shooting the GUN was a thrill is an understatement. I built this kit for an old fighter pilot friend of [...]

USS Essex (CVS-9) – Revell 1/530 Resurrection Build

by Michael Smith on June 27, 2020 · in Ships · 21 ≡

It took three days short of a year, but I am finally calling my resurrection build of a 1980 Revell 1/530 Essex-clas angled deck carrier done. (Build log at (link) ) The model started out as a Bon Homme Richard (CV-31) that I built in [...]

North American P-51H Mustang – Modelsvit 1/48

by Andrew H on June 27, 2020 · in Aviation · 19 ≡

As an addition to Eric's recent post and lovely California ANG built P-51H, I'd like to finally share my Texas ANG P-51H, built completely OOB, with exception of the use of Eduard belts. I began this build back in Oct/Nov, and had at the [...]

1/32 Trumpeter P-40F Warhawk “El Tigre”

by Tolga ULGUR on June 27, 2020 · in Aviation · 21 ≡

Yet another one from the pandemic isolation days. This is 1/32 Trumpeter P-40F Warhawk “El Tigre” (41-14245) tactical code “87” from 66th FS / 57th FG Sicily 1943. The kit’s top curve of the nose is off, it is not as it needs to [...]

1/72 Revell F4U-4B

by Gordon Zammit on June 27, 2020 · in Aviation · 7 ≡

Revell's quite recent kit of the F4U-4 which has some short cuts and emmisions due to being offered as both an F4U-1 and F4U-4. I didn't bother with most of the inaccuracies and built the kit mostly out of the box. The overall shape [...]