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Spitfire Mk Vb KP 1/72

by Jérôme Chapelle on February 5, 2020 · in Aviation · 13 ≡

Here is a little Spitfire, a MkVb, the kit is from Kovozavody Prostejov. This was the plane of Squadron Leader James Rankin, 92. Squadron at Biggin Hill in 1941. The cockpit, which is fairly well detailed, does not include photoetching. [...]

Navy Revolt...1/48 Vought F4U-5 Corsario, Comando de Aviacion Naval Argentina

by Reinhard Spreitzhofer on February 5, 2020 · in Aviation · 12 ≡

Another latin girl from 2016. Hasegawa F4U-5N kit, Aztec decals, True Details cockpit, Gunze and Tamiya acrylics, EZ Line for brake lines and antenna wire, the "T" antenna on the belly was taken from the ancient Hasegawa F4U-4 [...]

Revell F-86F

by René Martínez Sánchez on February 5, 2020 · in Aviation · 11 ≡

All raised details have been rescribed, a lot of scratch inside the cockpit because it was completly wrong for the F model of the aircraft, hypodermic needle pitot tube, movable flaps, fuselage drains drilled and opened, scratch built [...]

Video: Nürnberg 2020 (New scale kits)!

by iModeler Youtube Picks on February 5, 2020 · in Aviation

New scale kits, new paints, new tools from various manufacturers and more: AMMO, Mr.Hobby, Special Hobby, EDUARD, ICM, MiniArt, Zvezda ... XM-Studios, HEO... Hope you like the video, stay safe and take care! all the best! Dusan. Music [...]

Last ace of "The Few" dies at age 101.

by Tom Cleaver on February 5, 2020 · in News · 7 ≡

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Messerschmitt BF109 G-10 JRV Revell 1:72

by Djordje Starcevic on February 4, 2020 · in Aviation · 6 ≡

Hi all, Again, Messerschmitt from Yugoslav history. Bf109 G-10 (Yugoslav registration 9644) "White 44". Originally aircraft was actually a Bf 109G-10/ U4 wk. nr. 610937 captured at Zeltweg Airfield in Austria at the end of the [...]

Counter Insurgency...1/48 North American F-51D Mustang, Fuerza Aerea Guatemalteca

by Reinhard Spreitzhofer on February 4, 2020 · in Aviation · 10 ≡

Built in 2016. Hasegawa kit, Aztec decals, Mk.82 bombs from a Hasegawa weapon set, Gunze and Tamiya acrylics used. The F*G used Mustangs for anti-guerilla fighting in the 60ies and early 70ies before the a/c were succeeded by the A-37 [...]

Neil Armstrong’s F9F-2 Panther – Hobby-Boss 1/72

by Manuel Magrinho on February 4, 2020 · in Aviation · 16 ≡

HISTORY The Grumman F9F-2 Panther was the primary US Navy and USMC jet fighter and ground-attack aircraft in the Korean War. The Panther was the most widely used U.S. Navy jet fighter of the Korean War, flying 78,000 sorties and scoring [...]

Academy XB-70 VALKYRIE JET AIRPLANE

by Rodney J. Williams on February 4, 2020 · in Aviation · 9 ≡

I finished building this model in March of 2012, then I took it to the next model meeting. One question came up and some guys wanted to know why I painted it "Pink?" I replied by saying: "I found a photo of the real jet on [...]

The harbinger of death

by Geir Andersen on February 3, 2020 · in Figures · 10 ≡

This is my first attempt at painting with oils. It’s oil over acrylics and that seems to work for me, as the oils lend itself better for blending and if you make a mistake you can pull the paint off again with thinner. This model [...]