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Revell 1/48 Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress 15th AF

by Reinhard Spreitzhofer on December 11, 2019 · in Aviation · 13 ≡

All good big Revell kits come in three ;-D built by my father 4 years ago as part of our still ongoing theme "Airwar over Austria". Revell USA kit with Superscale decals and Gunze/Tamiya acrylics. Regarding that the molds are [...]

The last Focke-Wulf

by Paul E. Owens on December 10, 2019 · in Aviation · 20 ≡

The Ta-152C was the last produced version of the Focke-Wulf 190. Only three prototypes were completed enough to get call signs painted on before the end of hostilities. Of course the inner nerd in me just had to build all three! CI+XM werk [...]

1/35 Trumpeter M1131 Stryker FSV

by Tom Rodgers on December 10, 2019 · in Armor · 9 ≡

This is my first attempt at building an armor vehicle, so please be merciful with me…and any suggestions for improvement will be greatly appreciated. This build replicates my son’s M1131 Stryker FSV while he was assigned as a Fire [...]

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 [...]