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Tamiya 1/48 F-14A Tomcat/ “Miss Molly”… VF-111 “Sundowners”

by bob mack on July 10, 2019 · in Aviation · 29 ≡

the Grumman F-14 Tomcat was the US Navy's primary fighter for 35 years from the early 70's till 2006...it came out of Mcnamara's failed F-111 project...in fact from the intakes back the F14 is the F-111 though the Navy added the second [...]

B-25 “Gunship” double build in the making

by Roland Sachsenhofer on July 10, 2019 · in Aviation · 14 ≡

I would like to show you pictures of two B-25G in 1:48 which are currently under construction. Both are based on the excellent Accurate Miniatures shapes and are equipped with different after market parts. At the moment I have closed all [...]

1/32 Tamiya Mosquito Cockpit is finished

by George Johnson on July 10, 2019 · in Aviation · 9 ≡

Well, I have to say that I am very pleased with the way this thing is turning out. It's taken weeks to get this far primarily because I took some time off, and I've only been working on it an hour or two in the evenings intead of my usual [...]

1/72 Academy press-fit F/A-18F

by Mike Licari on July 10, 2019 · in Aviation · 6 ≡

A fellow iModeler is building the Academy press-fit F-4J, so I decided to show my F/A-18F. It build up quickly and is an impressively-engineered model. Check out George's progress on his F-4J here... Check it out here: (link) Enjoy! Mike

Yellow Nose Airfix Spitfire 1/48

by Dan Lee on July 9, 2019 · in Aviation · 16 ≡

This is a kit I built a couple of years back. It is the 2015 release (2nd pressing) of the 1/48 Airfix Spitfire Mk I. It is mostly OOB with the exception of some Eduard RAF early style harnesses. I learned the hard way that unless the [...]

Cat out of hell! 1/24 Airfix F6F-5 Hellcat Mk.II

by Daniel PerezVertti on July 9, 2019 · in Aviation · 24 ≡

Here she is! Totally OOB, I’ll have a full write up soon.

Video: Silver Spitfire – the MK14 from Airfix

by iModeler Youtube Picks on July 9, 2019 · in Aviation

M4 Sherman (now with proper pics!)

by Travis Paschall on July 9, 2019 · in Armor · 12 ≡

I already posted this build, that I made for my Dad as a Father's Day gift but due to a hand injury that seriously compromised my deadline (finished the morning of Father's Day). I didn't have time to take proper photos but guess you came [...]

1/32 Tamiya Mosquito Cockpit II

by George Johnson on July 9, 2019 · in Aviation · 6 ≡

A little more progress on the office. Managed to get everything in place and painted. I used Master brass gun barrels to replace the molded kit ones on the guns and painted them with Alclad Gun Metal followed by Mig Gun Metal pigment.