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Hellenic Air Force Museum – A quick visit – Part 3

by Spiros Pendedekas on June 5, 2020 · in Photo Collections · 30 ≡

Hi everyone! This is my last article for the HAF Museum at Tatoi AFB. This time I Visited the Museum's auxillary facility, nearby the main facility. There are some spectacular exhibits there, together with many interesting "Work in [...]

How a giant became a dwarf: C-124 Globemaster II from Roden

by Roland Sachsenhofer on June 5, 2020 · in Aviation · 19 ≡

The challenge of depicting such a huge aircraft as the Globemaster II on such a small scale as 1:144 is particularly fascinating for me. But the question of whether one could credibly represent the really big in the really small was only [...]

1/32 Hasegawa Mustang Finishing comments welcomed

by George Schembri on June 5, 2020 · in Aviation · 8 ≡

Looking for recommendations on how to finish coat my P-51D. I started building the Hasegawa Kit S12 - 1/32 scale P-51D back in the mid 1980's getting about 90% done with the intention of a OOB build, planning to use the kits decals. Well, [...]

John Deere 4430

by Robert Knaack on June 4, 2020 · in Automotive · 14 ≡

I grew up on a farm with green tractors, and as kids my school mates and I used to have tug-of-wars over whether John Deere or IH were the better tractors. Sometime around my early teens I built the Ertl Massey-Ferguson 1155 tractor which [...]

The Legend of "Mighty Mouse"

by Joe Caputo on June 4, 2020 · in Armor · 5 ≡

"Mighty Mouse" started its "life" as an M-3 Stewart (light) Tank. It was one of 280 Stuarts that were part of the famous lend-lease program, originated by Franklin D. Roosevelt, to aid England in their on going battle [...]

TIE interceptor vs X wing

by Paul sutton on June 4, 2020 · in Sci-fi · 13 ≡

Hello all. This is a small Starwars diorama showing a brave TIE interceptor pilot defending the space lanes from rebel scum. The kits used were the Revell snap together kits. There is a slight scale difference between them but In this [...]

Yokosuka K5Y Akatombo 赤とんぼ (Red Dragonfly) “Willow”

by Jeff Groves on June 4, 2020 · in Aviation · 14 ≡

The K5Y Akatombo was a primary trainer in service with the Imperial Japanese Navy from 1933 through the end of the Pacific War. It was called Akatombo (Red Dragonfly) after a Japanese children’s poem of the time due to its bright [...]

1/72 scale Hobby 2000 / Hasegawa TBF-1C, VT-15, USS ESSEX (CV9), November 1944

by Andreas Fey on June 4, 2020 · in Aviation · 19 ≡

1/72 Hobby 2000 / Hasegawa TBF-1C, VT-15, USS ESSEX (CV9), November 1944 The kit is a re-edition from Hobby 2000 of the Hasegawa kit with additional masks. I also added photo-etched parts from Eduard for the cockpit and a resin motor from [...]

1/72 Italeri F-21A Lion/Kfir

by Dennis Meyers on June 4, 2020 · in Aviation · 9 ≡

This is my third 'no-frills, stash-reduction, build and paint' project completion while "staying at home" in California. A very cool looking aircraft used by the USMC and Navy as an 'agressor' plane for aerial combat training. [...]

MPM’s 1/48 He177 – Heinkel’s ‘Griffon’

by Paul Higgins on June 3, 2020 · in Aviation · 25 ≡

Well, another plus side to having time on my hands at present is being able to post (perhaps too many!) more of my builds. This one was completed about a year and a half ago and I certainly made a better job of it this time round than the [...]