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Airfix 1/72 A-4B Skyhawk, VA-15 Valions, USS Intrepid, Tonkin Gulf 1967

by Jay Biga on February 8, 2020 · in Aviation · 8 ≡

Hi all, In order to keep the illusion going for the kids, I always purchase gifts for my wife and myself to put under the tree with their gifts around Christmas. For myself I usually just get something cheap and so this year I bought the [...]

A ZEBRA STRIPED "DO-27 GRZIMEK" IN 132 SCALE.

by Rodney J. Williams on February 8, 2020 · in Aviation · 5 ≡

I like challenges, so when I spotted this Revell model, I just had to have it to see if I can paint the black stripes on it, so it looked like the real airplane that flew over the "Serengeti" area of Africa. It was used to [...]

Diorama of Steven Spielberg’s 1941 Movie

by Michael E Rieth on February 7, 2020 · in Diorama · 27 ≡

A Diorama of the Movie, 1941. The diorama was built for the iModeler at the Movies Group Build. It is 1/48 scale. Everything is scratch built except for the Hasegawa P-40E and the cab of the Wespe Models Ford 917, converted to a 1939 Ford [...]

My second super constellation

by Rodney J. Williams on February 7, 2020 · in Aviation · 4 ≡

Take notice of my first photo and you will see that the decals are breaking up while still on the decal sheet. I got out my "MAT's" decal sheet and chose to use the other "USAF" decals, so it was "goodby" to [...]

Tamiya 1/48th Scale F4U-D Corsair build in process

by Rick Schad on February 7, 2020 · in Aviation · 5 ≡

Well I guess a lot of us are building Corsairs so I guess I will share my progress on the kit I am building. This Tamiya 1/48 scale kit is pretty fun so far. I am adding in lots of details as I go. I will do the folded wing version to make [...]

Soccer War...1/48 Goodyear FG-1D Corsario Fuerza Aerea Salvadorena vs. Vought F4U-5N Corsario Fuerza Aerea Hondurena

by Reinhard Spreitzhofer on February 7, 2020 · in Aviation · 14 ≡

So, here are the last two refreshed latinas from 2016. FAS Corsair: Tamiya kit with Aztec decals, Tamiya and Gunze paints, EZ Line for brake lines, plastic rod for antenna. According to fellow Hyperscaler/Britmodeller Marco, the wheel [...]

My FIST LOCKHEED SUPER CONSETALLATION.

by Rodney J. Williams on February 7, 2020 · in Aviation · 6 ≡

Revell made a very nice 1/144th scale kit of this big 4 engine airplane so I bought two different kits. One kit was made to represent an "USAF-MATS" plane while the other kit represented a commercial airline, namely [...]

TAMIYA 1:48 F4U-1a Corsair

by Cosgan on February 7, 2020 · in Aviation · 10 ≡

Hello everyone, after observing the models on this site for a while, I found the courage to publish this creation that was commissioned to me and for which I confess that I "stole" ideas from this site too . The subject is among [...]

Dad's Dr 1, Eduards 1/48

by Robert Royes on February 7, 2020 · in Aviation · 12 ≡

Well, I did what I could with it, I'm really not good with photo etch parts . they gave me a bit of trouble, with my shaky hands and all. As I've said before , this was an unfinished kit of my dads. He loved the DR-I, It was to him what [...]

Eye of the Tiger

by Tom Rodgers on February 6, 2020 · in Aviation · 16 ≡

I know…here we go again, here comes another stinking P-40, and a “Flying Tiger” one at that. But…Please bear with me. When I was a kid in the 1950’s, the “Flying Tigers”…the pilots of Claire Chennaults’s American [...]