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1/700 Fuyuzuki (Akizuki Type)

by Evan Franklin on June 16, 2020 · in Ships · 5 ≡

Aoshima 1/700 Yoizuki kit with the Five Star Fuyuzuki upgrade kit: The upgrade kit is essential for this build as the original kit is pretty basic. I also added aftermarket rope reels and built the wood base and acrylic case myself. For [...]

1/32 Scale MB 326 Scratch Build Part 8

by Marc Barris on June 16, 2020 · in Aviation · 18 ≡

Time for another update, nearing the finish line on this build, needless to say I really enjoyed it very much, from making the molds and the entire build, it went together fantastic, like an out of the box build... You will notice that I [...]

Hasegawa J2M Raiden 雷電 Lightning Bolt “Jack”

by Jeff Groves on June 16, 2020 · in Aviation · 7 ≡

This is Hasegawa’s classic Raiden kit from 1977. It is a good kit for its time, but suffers from basic cockpit detail and shallow wheelwells. I replaced both on my build and plunge-molded the sliding portion of the canopy. There is [...]

Things I hate about modelling

by Ross Paton on June 15, 2020 · in How-to · 31 ≡

Decals-especially stencils. Long black walk/don't walk lines which break into a million pieces. Roundels which fall apart if you look at them funny. The floor where I spend 1/3 of my precious hobby time crawling about cursing because [...]

1/48 Kittyhawk Sepecat Jaguar Gr.1

by Tolga ULGUR on June 15, 2020 · in Aviation · 11 ≡

This is 1/48 Kittyhawk Sepecat Jaguar GR.1 with the markings of XX743 Coltishall 1975. This is built OOB except for Master pitot tube. I have used Gunze Sangyo acrylics . Decals are from Kits World #48052 Happy modelling

Hobbycraft 1/72 CF-100 (Hypothetical)

by George R Blair Jr on June 14, 2020 · in Aviation · 10 ≡

This kit called to me from its shelf in the garage, and I wanted to build something different. I sometimes build a kit in a paint scheme that never actually existed, and this is what happened here. To make it more plausible in my mind, I [...]

WWII Navy flight trainers

by Robert Knaack on June 14, 2020 · in Aviation · 8 ≡

I'm nearing the end of my Navy dive bomber collecting spree, having just received a Vac Wings BT-1 in the mail, so I turned my attention to Navy trainers for a bit before starting that project. I was pleased to find the following kits [...]

P 47 D-20 RAZORBACK 1/48

by Valter vaudagna on June 14, 2020 · in Aviation · 18 ≡

Reproduction of the p 47 D Razorback of major Herschel " Herky " Green,commander of the 317th ..325° FG . Known ad the clan checkertail for the striking a yellow and black chess of the helm of his P 47s. Herky had become ace in [...]

Long range Kamikaze

by Matija Skobe on June 14, 2020 · in Aviation · 9 ≡

Story is that near the end of war Japanese joined planes damaged in ground attacks and put simple bomb on nose, JATO rockets for take off and worn out engine for longer range. The base is laminate flooring, wall is styrodur, grass is [...]

Zvezda 1/72 La-5fn

by Scott Nelson on June 14, 2020 · in Aviation · 8 ≡

My April no-frills build. This one took more than a month as it turned out to be a putty monster. The wing root areas took several applications of putty and sanding to get them to look good. Fortunately, the wings didn’t have a lot of [...]