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More Dive Bombers

by Robert Knaack on November 3, 2019 · in Aviation · 11 ≡

In a previous article, I presented my collection of 1/48 model dive-bombers that served with the Navy in WWII (SBC-3, SB2U, SBD-3, SB2C-3). In this article, I go back in time from there to the mid-1930s to present two aircraft that were [...]

Video: Airfix Hellcat F6F-5 1/24--Xmas-Teaser

by iModeler Youtube Picks on November 3, 2019 · in Aviation

Happy Christmas time to everyone! The stopmotion animation of the Airfix Hellcat in 1/24 is not quite finished yet but I wanted to share something with you this Christmas. So here's a little teaser. Hope you enjoy. Music: castleshire from [...]

Hairspray chipping Tamiyas 1973 Raiden

by Jimmy Zed on November 3, 2019 · in Aviation · 22 ≡

Enamel wash, oil wash, salt chipping and now hairspray. I've tried to do something different with each of my four last builds, firstly to learn, secondly to keep my modelling interesting and thirdly to keep challenging myself. I looked at [...]

1/72 Scale Academy B-17G converted to a YB-17G

by Rodney J. Williams on November 3, 2019 · in Aviation · 23 ≡

After years of building models I knew everything...hum-bug! I found a photo on the web of a "YB-17G Flying Fortress." As lot's of modeler's say: "I gotta have that kit," but there is no YB-17G kit available. For me that [...]

Mig 17

by Yves Dhont on November 3, 2019 · in Aviation · 7 ≡

Hello this my 1/32 Mig 17 from Trumpeter.

Where did the review teasers go?

by Tom Cleaver on November 3, 2019 · in News · 5 ≡

I got asked to take down the review teasers till the full rfeviews came out. Maybe a photo the week before here and at FB to pique interest. Since doing reviews at M2 is the basis of what my reputation rests on, that's the way it works. [...]

AMT 1/48 P-40k

by Tom Bebout on November 2, 2019 · in Aviation · 18 ≡

Oh no, not another P-40 Tom! Yep this happens to be number 19 in my collection with five more build able kits in the stash. Had been looking for a P-40K for some time now so I could build this colorful version flown by Lt R. Johnson [...]

Bat Project’s He114

by Paul Higgins on November 2, 2019 · in Aviation · 12 ≡

Hi, folks... My next offering is a recent release from the Ukrainian company, Bat Project. It's a limited-run kit, with three different variants, 200 per version. The pre-war Luftwaffe version has alternative Spanish markings, the [...]

Review: P-38 Lightning Review Part 2,Hasegawa 1/48th

by Chuck A. Villanueva on November 2, 2019 · in Reviews · 24 ≡

Ever since Tamiya announced the that they were going to do a P-38 earlier this year, it was like wow and ever since that we have been impatiently waiting for it to hit the shelves. With one numb nut know it all swearing they will not do [...]

The cruel face of war 1/35

by Roman Fittl on November 1, 2019 · in Diorama · 10 ≡

Greetings, fellow modelers. After a long time I managed to finish something. This time I created a small vignette from Stalingrad and called it the Cruel Face of War. Everything is entertained with acrylic paints Andrea, I used pigments [...]