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Takom 1:72 M1070 w/M1000 w/D9R Bulldozer Part III -- The Full Monty

by Dennis Meyers on February 18, 2020 · in Armor · 16 ≡

The final installment--tractor, trailer and dozer (and a whole lot of dirt). The last step was to put the trailer to the tractor and the dozer to the trailer and tie it all together with copious amount of pastel dirt.

Revell 1:48 F-104G (CF-104) 417Sq. Cold Lake, Alberta

by George Henderson on February 17, 2020 · in Aviation · 24 ≡

A nice kit with a few issues. The instructions want you to join the forward fuselage halves together first, then join the rear halves together and then put the two together as one. Do this and you'll have a whacking great seam to deal [...]

Fairey Firefly 1/48 Trumpeter

by Leoš Penčák on February 17, 2020 · in Uncategorized · 7 ≡

My first finished model this year.

1/48 Glenco J2F-2 Grumman "Duck"

by David Kopielski on February 17, 2020 · in Aviation · 7 ≡

This is the Glenco 1/48 scale J2F-2 Grumman Duck representing VMF-2 that patrolled the Caribbean Ocean off the Virgin Islands. The Duck’s were used for patrolling areas and performing search and rescue of downed pilots. The kit had very [...]

Focke Wulf Fw 190 V-1 Prototype

by dale travis on February 17, 2020 · in Aviation · 10 ≡

This is the 1/48 Classic Airframes kit which comprises of resin main parts, metal landing gear legs and tail wheel, 2 well molded very clear vac canopies and decals. The kit was built OOB and painted using Vallejo Metal Colors. The kit [...]

‘iModeler at the Movies’ – Part 7.

by david leigh-smith on February 17, 2020 · in Photo Collections · 3 ≡

Paolo Ruffulo’s exquisite build from ‘The Empire Strikes Back’ (in my mind, the best of the Star Wars canon) is Jango Fett’s ‘Slave I’ which, as you all know, is a modified Firespray-31-class patrol and attack craft used [...]

Italeri 1/72 F-4E Phantom II – Turkish 2020 Terminator

by Greg Kittinger on February 17, 2020 · in Aviation · 21 ≡

Here's the first finished model in my F-4 long-term project. I used the Italeri F-4 E/F/G kit, as it has been recommended as one of the better kits for depicting the wing slats and slotted stabs of later-variant E's. The Turkish 2020 [...]

Yom Kippur War…1/48 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21F-13, “Black Ravens” Egyptian Airforce

by Reinhard Spreitzhofer on February 17, 2020 · in Aviation · 3 ≡

Like the Iraqi Su-7 this was built in 2016 too. Trumpeter kit with Aztec decals, initially wanted to use the Pavla SK-1 seat but it didn´t fit well (was also too short) so my dad used the kit seat, only stole the seatbelts from an Eduard [...]

BlizzCon 2020 IPMS Columbus Model Show

by Jeff Groves on February 17, 2020 · in Show Reports · 5 ≡

Pictures from the IPMS Columbus 2020 Model Show from last Saturday. Additional pictures here: inchhighguy.wordpress.com/2020/02/16/blizzcon-2020-ipms-columbus-model-show/