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Video: Airfix 1:72 Avro Lancaster B.III

by iModeler Youtube Picks on September 5, 2019 · in How-to

Wow, this was a fun but challenging project. I'm going to be sad to see it go. But it was a blast to get to build the new Airfix Lancaster. The decals are from Kits-World. Music: "The Descent" by Kevin MacLeod ((link)) License: [...]

Royal Navy F6F Hellcat Mk 1 – Attack the Tirpitz!

by Colin Latta on September 4, 2019 · in Uncategorized · 23 ≡

Here's my latest completion, Otaki's aging F6F Hellcat kit in1/48. The subject is one of the first Hellcats that went to 800 Sqn FAA, HMS Emperor, and participated in the Royal Navy strikes against the Tirpitz, while she was anchored in [...]

Messerschmitt 109 F-4/Z J-715 Schweizer Flugwaffe

by Hans Peter Tschanz on September 4, 2019 · in Aviation · 6 ≡

Hello, once again have a Messerschmitt 109 which landed in Switzerland emergency and was thoroughly tested but was never in use. This is a fictional painting. Kit: Trumpeter 1:32 Greetings Hans Peter

Sandy, where have you been?

by Simon Whitney on September 4, 2019 · in Aviation · 35 ≡

OK folks, it looks like it`s has been a long while since I posted anything here so I apologize if things are a bit haphazard for now. So, like most of us, we cannot keep to building one kit at a time, I now have several going on, but this [...]

Voodoo CF-101F “Hawk One Canada”

by Dirk Derks on September 4, 2019 · in Aviation · 19 ≡

At the beginning of the 1970s, the aging CAF Voodoo fleet was exchanged for sixty six lower timed USAF Voodoos. These replacement aircraft were equipped with a superior missile control system. Even with the Voodoo fleet restored to its [...]

VB-9 strikes Rabaul

by Tom Cleaver on September 4, 2019 · in Aviation · 20 ≡

On November 1, 1943, American forces landed on Cape Torokina at Bougainville. That night, the Navy fought the Battle of Empress Augusta Bay, which stopped a Japanese force of heavy cruisers from disrupting the invasion and forced them to [...]

Zip da dee Zipper! Kinetic 1/48 F-104G Starfighter

by Daniel PerezVertti on September 3, 2019 · in Aviation · 10 ≡

Kinetic 1/48 F-104G Starfighter Box Packaging/Decals/Pubs: 7 This is the biggest letdown of the whole kit. But I’ll get to that. The decals are cartograph, so they are of perfect register, glossy, and colorful. There aren’t many, as [...]

Creepy crawlies......

by Rob Anderson on September 3, 2019 · in Uncategorized · 10 ≡

I won't be doing a blow by blow, but here is just what the Dr ordered after a long detailed build like the Tomcat I just finished. A good old Monogram Tom Daniel kit...More to come later!

Sorry for my absence.

by Simon Whitney on September 3, 2019 · in Uncategorized · 15 ≡

Hi good folks, I am back from the darkness of not being able to get on to this site. Long story but I hope to take part in this great platform. Once I have sorted out this new computer that is. The old one would not allow me to get on some [...]

Ostmodels Char 2C Super-Heavy Tank

by Jeff Groves on September 3, 2019 · in Armor · 5 ≡

This is the French Char 2C Super-Heavy Tank, available as a resin kit in 1/72 scale from Ostmodels. The main hull is cast as one large piece which is a very good thing. The model builds up quickly and is a good representation of the [...]