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Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum – Tiger Moth Flight and Visit #1

by George Schembri on July 8, 2020 · in Aviation · 22 ≡

As things start opening up, I was lucky enough to be able to book a flight as a passenger on a de Havilland Tiger Moth at The Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum in Hamilton, Ontario - First time taking a flight other than being an airline [...]

Hasegawa 1/72 T-33A Shooting Star “6th Wing Last Flight”

by Tommy Killander on July 8, 2020 · in Aviation · 22 ≡

This was supposed to be a quick build to restore mojo and get something finished off my bench. It turned out that the tooling is from 1969 so there were quite some work to complete the build of this bird... The kit is from 2001 with [...]

Samurai Phantoms! For Phantom Phanatics only…

by Greg Kittinger on July 8, 2020 · in Aviation · 6 ≡

The gentleman who manages the Asian Air Arms special interest group sent me the following email and the photos that accompany this post, asking for help getting the word out about this resource for Phantom modelers. As a phellow Phantom [...]

Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka Fine Molds 1/48 for The Empire of Japan Group Build

by Paul Barber on July 8, 2020 · in Aviation · 33 ≡

A while back I started building Kamikaze machines for the 'iModeler goes to The Movies' group build. A thread can be found there that shares some views and history around two modern Japanese films (The Eternal Zero and For Those We Love) [...]

Video: Heinkel He177 Greif full video build - REVELL

by iModeler Youtube Picks on July 7, 2020 · in Aviation

REVELL 1/72 scale Heinkel He177A-5 Greif Luftwaffe long range heavy bomber with guided glide bombs "Fritz X". For more details about this and new kits from Revell please visit: (link) DISCLAIMER: I am NOT! being paid to promote [...]

From “Panic Fighter” to Smokey Joe”: CA-13 Boomerang from Special Hobby.

by Roland Sachsenhofer on July 7, 2020 · in Aviation · 25 ≡

Probably many people will recognize themselves when I describe the reasons for my interest in model aircraft construction as follows: the fascination of flying meets (technical) history and stories, combines with historical biographies and [...]

Red Bull Renault RB8 Revell 1/24

by Jorge Garcia on July 7, 2020 · in Automotive · 7 ≡

My first racing car model, Red Bull Renault RB8 from Revell 1/24 driven by Sebastian Vettell during the German Grand Prix 2012 season, I had the chance to see this car during the EEUU Grand Prix in Austin Texas; Vettel won his third [...]

Mitsubishi G4M1 “Betty” – Tamiya 1/48

by Colin Gomez on July 7, 2020 · in Aviation · 36 ≡

Here is my Tamiya Mitsubishi G4M1 "Betty". This was a fairly long project, partly documented in the Empire of Japan Group Build (so I will keep description here to a minimum). It is finished in Tamiya XF-11 JN Green, XF-64 Red [...]

1/32 Hasegawa Bf 109 F-2 II./JG 53 "Peter"

by Tolga ULGUR on July 6, 2020 · in Aviation · 20 ≡

This is 1/32 Hasegawa Messerschmitt Bf 109 F-2 flown by II./JG 53 Heinz Bretnütz May-June 1941 while the unit was still based at St Omer Arques in France. After market parts are: Aires cockpit set Aires Wheel well parts Aires [...]

Korea – The Forgotten War GB. North American F-82G Twin Mustang

by Jaime Carreon on July 6, 2020 · in Aviation · 11 ≡

The F-82 was originally intended as a long range escort fighter, intended to shepherd B-29 raids to Japan beyond the range of the P-51 Mustang or P-38 Lightning. That role went out the window with the end of WWII, and those F-82's that [...]