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Tamiya 1/48 Messerschmitt Bf-109G-6

by James Kelley on May 17, 2020 · in Aviation · 11 ≡

Tamiya 1/48 Messerschmitt Bf-109G-6, as flown by Constantin "Bazu" Cantacuzino during the LCOL James Gunn rescue mission. You can read the whole crazy story at (link) Additions include: Eduard Seat Harness. Eduard LooK instrument [...]

SBD-4 Dauntless from Hasegawa in 1/72 scale with cardboard carrier island

by Andreas Fey on May 17, 2020 · in Aviation · 34 ≡

SBD-4 Dauntless from Hasegawa in 1/72 Today I want to show you my SBD-4 Dauntless from Hasegawa in 1/72 scale. In order to give my model a beautiful environment, I modeled the island of an aircraft carrier out of cardboard. The island [...]

AD-6 Skyraider 1/48 Monogram

by Josef Rössner on May 17, 2020 · in Aviation · 14 ≡

I love sometime build old kit from box, with decal from box, without rescrabing panel lines. Only for fun. Because i mean, this old kits beutifuls. This is another of it

Monogram HU-16B Albatross – my Father’s plane

by Dion Dunn on May 17, 2020 · in Aviation · 28 ≡

First post on this incredible site. I’m an RC guy who has recently rediscovered my youth in plastic airplanes. I have a LOT to learn from the talent on this site, so thank you to all of the contributors. For years I’ve wanted to [...]

Wave 1/20 Neuspotter

by Delos Andrews on May 17, 2020 · in Sci-fi · 8 ≡

Well, I'm back... after a long time since writing an article of any kind here ( and some personal issues), I am back. This wee offering is Wave's 1/20 scale Neuspotter, from the Ma.K universe. The build took much longer than usual. At [...]

Tooth correction with a difference: a biting Bf 109D!

by Roland Sachsenhofer on May 17, 2020 · in Aviation · 12 ≡

The Bf 109 is with about 33,000 examples one of the most built aircraft in aviation history, so it is not surprising that the design has been produced in numerous variants. The best known are the series which, starting with the E-version, [...]

70’s vintage Hasegawa 1/32 Ki-43 Hayabusa

by Bill Koppos on May 16, 2020 · in Aviation · 21 ≡

Finished 15 years after her purchase is this 1/32 Hasegawa Ki-43-II Hayabusa. The old Hase kit is really showing it's age, but now that I did all this work to this one, i'm sure a new tool release is not far off. It came with an Eduard [...]

Baby Blitz...1/48 Junkers Ju188A-2 Rächer, II./KG6

by Reinhard Spreitzhofer on May 16, 2020 · in Aviation · 21 ≡

And another one finished. Started with Dragon´s "E" kit but then stole the engine from one of their Ju88 kits and built an "A". Eduard seatbelts added, EZ Line for the antenna wires and brake lines, AIMS decals for the [...]

Life-Like Hobby Kits 1/40 105mm Howitzer

by Rick Reinbott on May 16, 2020 · in Uncategorized · 4 ≡

Hi folks, Well, here's a real blast from the past. This kit was initially released by Adams Models in 1958, re-boxed by UPC in 1963 and then re-boxed by Life-Like in 1974. I've lost a few parts over the years so I had to scratch build the [...]

1/72 Messerschmitt Bf 109E-4

by Emberson Fedders on May 16, 2020 · in Aviation · 9 ≡

Picked this up at the local toyshop. One half of the Airfix Dogfight Doubles (the other being the Spitfire Mk I that I am currently working on). Pretty fun kit. Only a couple of small crises during the build - temporarily lost a tail-plane [...]