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1/72 Fujimi A-6E “Sunday Punchers”

by Gordon Zammit on June 23, 2020 · in Aviation · 10 ≡

Fujimi "Sunday Punchers" Boxing of their wide range of A-6's in 1/72. Straight from the box with kit decals, which weren't the best (as usual with Fujimi) and were very thick and difficult to comform to compound surfaces.

1/72 IDEA F-89D Scorpion

by Gordon Zammit on June 23, 2020 · in Aviation · 15 ≡

This is a boxing by a company named IDEA, but it is essentially the Academy kit, I think, as I do not have the academy kit, but the sprues are the same as photos on the net of the Academy kit. Quite good fitting parts, but I decided to [...]

DEVOTION !

by gary sausmikat on June 22, 2020 · in Aviation · 16 ≡

Hey All, My recent build(s) were inspired from Adam Mako's book, Devotion, recounting the heroic story of USN pilots ENS. Jesse Brown and LTJG. Thomas Hudner during the Korean War. Highly recommended. Both kits: Hasegawa 1/48, F4U-4 [...]

The flying island of Pandora

by Carlo Farina on June 22, 2020 · in Diorama · 12 ≡

With polystyrene, wire, moss, sea grass and static grass, I try to reproduce the flying island of Pandora, the Avatar’s planet. What do you think of the result?

The sinking of Costa Concordia at Giglio island

by Carlo Farina on June 22, 2020 · in Ships · 6 ≡

A patient gift me a metal gadget by Costa Crocere that is a waterline model of Costa Fascinosa, a ship of the same class of Costa Concordia. Use some photos of the sinking I made this diorama. Terrible event with too loss of soul.

Chengdu J-10 Vigorous Dragon 1/48 Bronco

by Josef Rössner on June 22, 2020 · in Aviation · 8 ≡

The Chengdu J-10 (simplified Chinese: 歼-10; traditional Chinese: 殲-10; NATO reporting name: Firebird[dubious – discuss],[5] also known as Vigorous Dragon (Chinese: 猛龙; pinyin: Měnglóng),[6][7] is a single-engine, lightweight [...]

Video: Ju 87 B-1 Stuka- Scratch Built Metal Model- Part 2

by iModeler Youtube Picks on June 22, 2020 · in Aviation

1:16 Scale. Model Engineering. One-Off Aluminum Model. Truly scratch-built. The custom metal models built by Guillermo Rojas Bazán are considered the best in the world in their category by several institutions of wide international [...]

1/32 Hasegawa Spitfire Mk.1a “N3200 Dunkirk”

by Tolga ULGUR on June 21, 2020 · in Aviation · 16 ≡

This is 1/32 Hasegawa Spitfire Mk.1a with the markings of N3200 from Squadron 19. This aircraft was based at RAF Hornchurch and was detailed to patrol the Dunkirk area. This Mk.1a was shot down over Dunkirk on 26-05-1940 and forced to [...]

Wirraway means "challenger": CA-9 from Special Hobby

by Roland Sachsenhofer on June 21, 2020 · in Aviation · 15 ≡

In the language of the Wurundjeri, a tribe of the aboriginal people of Australia, the word Wirraway means "to challenge" or "the challenger". In the search for a suitable name to describe the first independent [...]

Tamiya 1/12 xv1600.

by stephen leslie on June 21, 2020 · in Automotive · 8 ≡

Here's the next chapter in my current motorcycle fixation. It's Tamiya's XV1600 Custom which I have modified slightly to look more like a "semi-customised" version... I removed all the kit's fake chrome and re-did all the metal [...]