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1/48 Ki-45 TORYU (Nick)

by David Kopielski on February 9, 2020 · in Aviation · 5 ≡

This is Hasegawa’s 1/48 scale Ki-45 TOYRU Japanese Heavy fighter. The kit was detailed with the CMK resin cockpit detail kit. The camouflage was all hand painted. I used the kit decals for the Manchukuo Air Corps. You can see all the [...]

MORE ZEBRA !

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

I should have put these photo's in with the story. The first photo shows a real Zebra, and the rest of the Zebra's are made in a factory. I think ! I made my instrument panel to look like one of these, but I'm not sure, however this is my [...]

1/48 F-22 Raptor

by David Kopielski on February 9, 2020 · in Aviation · 4 ≡

This is the Hasegawa 1/48 scale F-22 Raptor. I used the Ares resin cockpit detail set and the Eduard resin missiles, interior, exterior, and weapons bays photo etch sets to detail the kit. I also scratch built many of the wiring and [...]

1/350 USS Carl Vinson CVN-70

by David Kopielski on February 9, 2020 · in Ships · 5 ≡

Here is my project of the USS Carl Vinson. This represents how she was at the start of her maiden deployment on March 1, 1983. This deployment was a World Cruise starting in Norfolk Virginia and ending in San Francisco California. I [...]

Mom's 1/48 Academy P-38

by Tom Bebout on February 9, 2020 · in Aviation · 18 ≡

This build is a tribute to my late mother and is not representative of any P-38 that actually flew. However, I did steal the nose work idea from Richard Bongs' P-38. Years ago when I started building models again mom asked me if I would [...]

Do I really need another Spitfire in my collection? Oh, yes! (or: how an old dream came true)

by Roland Sachsenhofer on February 9, 2020 · in Aviation · 14 ≡

To the fortunately unasked question of whether "another Spitfire" is really necessary, I would answer: of course! One reason for this lies in the enormous range of what "Spitfire" can mean, as a Mk.I has very little in [...]

Trumpeter 1/32 A-10 Warthog

by Richard Bungay on February 9, 2020 · in Aviation · 8 ≡

This is actually a fairly easy kit to build. The main problem area is the fuselage - I had to use a lot of filler. The canopy is not accurate so I bought a vacuum-form replacement. However, I couldn't make the canopy resin parts work [...]

C-97 "ANGEL of DELIVERANCE."

by Rodney J. Williams on February 9, 2020 · in Aviation · 6 ≡

Minicraft made a very nice 1/144th scale "C-97 STRATOFREIGHTER" model, which had next to no flashing on any of the kit parts. It's an O.O.B. model and all I added to it was some small black "b-b's" in the nose, however [...]

Last living Flying Tiger gone.

by Tom Cleaver on February 8, 2020 · in News · 3 ≡

Having been privileged to know five of these guys - three pilots, two groundcrewmen - this is a sad day. They were an amazing and inspiring group. (link) Quite a week for "lasts"

“Banana Wars” DH-4B

by Robert Knaack on February 8, 2020 · in Aviation · 3 ≡

Airco DH-4B "Liberty" The DH-4 entered service in WWI with England in 1917 and was built entirely of wood construction. After US entry into the war, several companies began building DH4s in US, with changes including the [...]