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WWII Soviet airplane – 1/48

by Carlo Farina on December 10, 2019 · in Aviation · 10 ≡

Hello again, these are two Soviet World War II aircraft kits in 1:48 scale. The mig 3 is a trumpeter kit, the Yak 3 is a Svezda kit. I must say that there is no comparison in quality. Trumpeter beats Svezda 2-0. The Mig is with a [...]

LCS2 Indipendence wreck in a post apocalyptic world

by Carlo Farina on December 10, 2019 · in Diorama · 9 ≡

Dear friends, last Christmas I built an LCS2 Independence (Dragon 1/700) with bad results. Now I thought of recovering it by inserting it in a post-apocalyptic context. what do you think?

AFV Club 1/350 U-Boat Type VII C/41

by Yiran Zheng on December 10, 2019 · in Ships · 8 ≡

Built out of the box, the kit comes with optional PE parts which add good details. This is my first try on building the sea base with kitchen foil, cotton and water effect gel. The last photo is a size comparasion to the Yamato I have in [...]

ProModeler/Revell 1/48 Junkers Ju52/3m g3e Nightbomber Austrian Airforce

by Reinhard Spreitzhofer on December 9, 2019 · in Aviation · 15 ≡

Also built two years ago by my dad. Didn´t knew that much about the Ju52 versions before that build. Thought with the ProModeler kit it would be an easy OOB thing because the kit includes the additional bomber parts, to say the belly [...]

Mirage F1 AZ 1/32 Scale, Scratch Build. Part 16

by Marc Barris on December 9, 2019 · in Aviation · 18 ≡

Well after this week end, its time for another post, I have installed the weapon pylons, air brakes, intake covers and avionics bay cover as well as vac form the main canopy. I still need to finish the rudder and ailerons. I am nearing the [...]

Lothar Von Richthofen Albatros D III - Roden - 1:32

by Carlo Farina on December 8, 2019 · in Aviation · 27 ≡

Dear friends, this is a project that I start in summer. This week end finally I finish it. I have built it out of the box. For rigging I have used the Uschi Van der Rosten wire and the 0,5 mm rod by Albion Alloy. For the wood graining i [...]

1/48 Minicraft Grumman XF5F-1 Skyrocket (continued)

by George R Blair Jr on December 8, 2019 · in Aviation · 12 ≡

This is a continuation of an article I posted a few weeks ago at the start of this project. If you are interested in the previous part, you can find it at (link). I probably should have done this in the WIP Group, but here is the [...]

Recycle Bin

by Kurt on December 8, 2019 · in Aviation · 11 ≡

This was a co-build with a fellow Tulsa Modelers Forum member Paul W. He built the Fw-190 which I promptly took apart by removing all flying surfaces, wings and engine. The Trumpeter low sided rail car was the basis of this topic. While [...]

Revell 1/48 Douglas C-47 Dakota USAAF PTO

by Reinhard Spreitzhofer on December 8, 2019 · in Aviation · 14 ≡

Built two years ago. Because there are a lot of D-Day striped Dakota models out there, I convinced my father to do a PTO aircraft. Revell Germany kit (Berlin airlift) with North Star Models decals. They came without US insignias (and the [...]

1/32 SBD Dauntless ( Battle of Midway 1942)

by Kelly Cottle on December 8, 2019 · in Aviation · 31 ≡

Hello , This is my SBD DAUNTLESS from Trumpeter, I used Modelmaster enamels paints. Colors are light gray and Intermediate blue , Cockpit is painted interior green, I used Black Box resin and some aftermarket decals from Cutting edge .Also [...]