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Gloster Gladiator Mk.I Hellenic Air Force 1938

by Giannis Asimakos on February 28, 2020 · in Aviation · 16 ≡

It's an 1/48 Roden kit. It is a very good kit with the exelent fit, enough detail for anyone who wants to make a OOB. On the contrary, the decals had a big problem, since they were dissolved in water. Fortunately from the beginning I had [...]

Review: Airfix 1/48 P-51D-5 Mustang

by Tom Cleaver on February 28, 2020 · in Reviews · 21 ≡

The 361st Fighter Group and “Lou IV”: The 361st Fighter Group, comprising the 374th, 375th and 376th Fighter Squadrons, came into existence on February 10, 1943 at Richmond Army Air Base, Virginia. The unit was formed with trained [...]

Eduard 1/48 F6F-3

by Paul E. Owens on February 27, 2020 · in Aviation · 19 ≡

In march 1945 the U.S. Navy had to rein in production of the Hellcat at Grumman's busy New York facility as production numbers reached a staggering 600 per month. All together a total of 12,275 Hellcats were produced in just over two [...]

Review: Trumpeter 1/144 Avro Vulcan B 2 review

by iModeler Youtube Picks on February 27, 2020 · in Aviation, Reviews

Thank goodness for being a modeler!

by Tom Cleaver on February 27, 2020 · in News · 5 ≡

I just realized that the face mask I bought for modeling last year is an N95, the only one that will give any protection to the coronavirus. Cost me $12. The cheapest one you can find on Amazon now is $25, and they're out of stock till [...]

Myasishchev M-50 Bounder, Anigrand 1/144

by Thomas Peters on February 26, 2020 · in Aviation · 11 ≡

The Myasishchev M-50 Bounder was a Sovjet bomber prototype in the late 50ies, see (link) for more details. The M-50 was Anigrand's second resin kit, released in 2007. Casting quality is fine but adding filler, sanding, filler, sanding, … [...]

German WW2 Panzer Field Maintenance Unit

by Derek Austin on February 26, 2020 · in Diorama · 12 ≡

This diorama represents a German field maintenance unit for their armour and is based on the Takom kits of the Stratobahn 16 ton mobile crane and a late version Panther tank. The set dressing is from a mixed bunch of Tamiya and Miniart [...]

The AMG Hornet Anti-Gravity Bike

by Charles King on February 26, 2020 · in Sci-fi · 18 ≡

This AG build was an inspiration base on Adrian Quillet 3D art Hover-bike, but the original design concept was made by Mehrdad Malek. I came up with my own version to try and avoid replicating it 100%. I kit-bashed this using the T-Armata [...]

What **** is that. well it’s a WV-1E.

by Robert Royes on February 26, 2020 · in Aviation · 7 ≡

This is my take on the sole WV-2E[EC-121L] an experimental aircraft with probably the first to use a rotating radome, later seen on the E-2 and E-3 AWAC. it housed an APS-82 radar, a program that eventually canceled. It first flew in [...]

Vengeance! Barber's P-38G Lightning

by Tim T on February 25, 2020 · in Aviation · 18 ≡

This is my interpretation of the P-38G flown by Col. Rex T. Barber during Operation Vengeance, the epic mission to intercept Admiral Yamamoto aboard his punctual Betty. That story has been well told elsewhere, and the history of the plane [...]