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Carpathian Eagle…Hasegawa 1/48 Hawker Hurricane Mk.I Romanian Airforce

by Reinhard Spreitzhofer on January 13, 2020 · in Aviation · 5 ≡

Built last year. Hasegawa Romanian Hurricane kit, Eduard seatbelts, in the kit missing early style prop and spinner taken from the new Airfix Hurricane I, missing 5-spoke wheels from ultracast, missing early style antenna mast from the [...]

1/48 Scale Lindberg XF-91 Jet/Rocket Experimental Fighter

by Rodney J. Williams on January 13, 2020 · in Aviation · 9 ≡

Lindberg made an excellent starter kit for the "Advanced" modeler like me, so I went full-bore on the project by scratch-building just about everything. All 3 landing gears were made out of aluminum and styrene. I cut in the [...]

What if… RAAF JAS-39 Gripen

by Michael Turner on January 13, 2020 · in Aviation · 11 ≡

This is the first in a series of ‘what if’ aircraft that I’m building. In 1999 the Australian Department of Defence announced Project AIR 6000 "New Air Combat Capability (NACC)", which was intended to find a replacement for [...]

Industrial decay – 1/160 scale

by Kostas Georgiou on January 13, 2020 · in Diorama · 11 ≡

Hello. This diorama is quite old, back from 2015 and it started as a base for my 2 weathered boxcars but evolved to a complete one. It won several awards in various contests and was featured in a showcase in Dioramag Vol.3. Thanks for your [...]

Me 209 V1: a dwarf on speed

by Roland Sachsenhofer on January 13, 2020 · in Aviation · 4 ≡

755.138 kilometres per hour is an impressive speed- and that flight performance with which the Me 209 V1 shown here set a world speed record on 26 April 1939, which was to last until 1969. At the controls of this fragile and difficult to [...]

1/48 Hasegawa F/A-18A #35 Desert Splinter

by Eric Salazar on January 13, 2020 · in Aviation · 5 ≡

My first model for 2020. 1/48 Hasegawa hornet painted with gunze acrylics and Fightertown Decals. Hope you guys like it. Eric

Thank you Robert Royes, aka roofrat!

by Jordyn Collier on January 13, 2020 · in Uncategorized · 14 ≡

A late arrival, mostly due to me because I havent been here in a week to check the mail, but I would like to thank Mr. Robert Royes, who sent me this 1/48 scale M4 Sherman and Fw 190 by monogram. This came with a display, so keep an eye [...]

1/48 Scale P-47D Thunderbolt "SWEET MUSIC."

by Rodney J. Williams on January 13, 2020 · in Aviation · 4 ≡

Back in 2007 I found a photo of this P-47D Thunderbolt and I bought a kit of it. The decals came from "AeroMaster Decals." When we moved from Colorado in 2016 to a town near the Los Angeles area of California, the model was [...]

Not a ‘Fury’

by IAN JACKSON on January 13, 2020 · in Armor · 7 ≡

Started in 2018 after a good friend realised he just wouldn't be able to 'do it justice', he also included the Legend resin stowage set - which is huge !. Build began in October that year, then I put it to one side in early 2019 to pick-up [...]

1/72 Hasegawa P-38 Lightning “Yippee”

by Don Weixl on January 12, 2020 · in Aviation · 12 ≡

Lockheed painted their 5000th P-38 Lightning "Vermillion" red in 1944 and used it as a demonstrator for a short period. Perhaps this one of the first "Commemorative" paint schemes that are so prevalent these days with [...]