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‘iModeler at the Movies’ – Part 2

by david leigh-smith on February 16, 2020 · in Photo Collections · 8 ≡

This is Michael Rieth’s quite brilliant homage to Spielberg’s ‘1941’ and ‘Wild Bill’ The level of scratch building and detail here show an expert level of modeling. If you haven’t dropped in on the build log, do yourself a [...]

‘iModer at the Movies’ - Part 1

by david leigh-smith on February 16, 2020 · in Uncategorized · 2 ≡

“All good things must come to an end...”and as in life itself, we can only hope that the pain of the ending is far exceeded by the good parts before. But, as the Bard himself says, “to weep is to make less the depth of grieving” - [...]

Hul

by david leigh-smith on February 16, 2020 · in Uncategorized · 11 ≡

Fokker Eindecker E.ll 37/15

by David G LANE on February 16, 2020 · in Aviation · 3 ≡

WNW 1:32 Fokker Eindecker E.ll 37/15 Max Immelmann Feldfleiger Abteilung 62 Oct-Nov 1915 [ 15 victories] Tamiya acrylics. Gaspatch turn buckles with Uschi thread. Prop acrylic brush painted then oils over the top

Fujimi 1/24 McLaren MP4-12C – 2011 Macau Grand Prix

by Richard Bungay on February 16, 2020 · in Automotive · 9 ≡

This was one of my first car kits. I used Studio27 Carbon decals which are always a challenge. They are great decals but you have to work them hard for them to conform. I use Solvaset which is pretty strong but it takes a lot and I use a [...]

JMSDF Ise DDH-182 (1/350 Fujimi)

by Anthony Alvear on February 15, 2020 · in Ships · 7 ≡

Well Finally, after more than 1 year, and 310 hours of work finished the Ship ISE, a model is good but it has many flaws in details, to which many improvements were added…Plastruct styrene sheet, Rod,strip…, Generic PE from Tetra [...]

1/48 Italeri F7F-3 Tigercat

by David Kopielski on February 15, 2020 · in Aviation · 9 ≡

The F7F-3 Tigercat is a sleek looking aircraft that was built and entered service very late in world war II and also utilized in the Korean war. This 1/48 Italeri kit was a nice build but required a base to have it sit on the landing gear [...]

Yom Kippur War...1/48 Douglas A-4E Ayit, Israeli Airforce

by Reinhard Spreitzhofer on February 15, 2020 · in Aviation · 11 ≡

Back in 2016/17 my father built a fully loaded Israeli hotrod too as adversary for the Iraqi Su-7. Like with the Fitter, also took some new pics to pay tribute to my dad´s model. Hasegawa kit (VA-55 A-4E/F), decal sheets for Ayits are no [...]

Omega Models 1/48 I-207-3 (aircraft designers Borovkov and Florov, 1939)

by Maxim Bylkin on February 15, 2020 · in Aviation · 21 ≡

Hello! This time I present a model of the Soviet experimental I-207 aircraft from Omega Models. The plane did not go into the series, because the era of biplanes was already drawing to a close. (Caliber bombs under the wing by the way [...]

Short and Long Range Radio Antennas in IJN I-400 Submarines

by David R Firbank on February 15, 2020 · in Ships · 1 ≡

There are very few photos of these types of antennas, and most show different styles that are not on the same subs. Some are actual photos with one style and others are artists conceptions of others that may be. So, the big question are [...]