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New start old love

by Dragan Mandic on May 27, 2019 · in Aviation · 4 ≡

After more than 35ve years I started again with models. In meanwhile I got more skilled hands because I was producing jewelry among other jobs, so I have number of tools. However there is skill that i wish to learn, painting of models. Now [...]

Revell 1/72 Horten Go-229

by Alistair Gauld on May 27, 2019 · in Aviation · 17 ≡

Hi There, this was built with and for my 10 year old nephew. He has taken a great interest in the hobby since my return a few months ago. I let him take a large part of this build, so all I really did was filling, sanding, masking and what [...]

On This Day…May 27th.

by david leigh-smith on May 27, 2019 · in Photo Collections · 26 ≡

Phorever a legend. May 27th 1958, the McDonnell Aircraft (later McDonnell Douglas) F-4 Phantom II naval interceptor made its first flight. Designed as a carrier aircraft to defend the fleet against Soviet supersonic bombers, the design [...]

Lockheed AP-3C Orion, 10 Squadron RAAF 2018

by Ray Seppala on May 26, 2019 · in Aviation · 8 ≡

This is another Hasegawa P-C kit converted to AP-3C configuration. It is portrayed immediately before to retirement in late 2018. I used various parts of an AP-3C conversion set and added other scratch built parts to get this result. The [...]

The base for crashed Airbus A 300 DHL is done.

by Ivan Hajník on May 26, 2019 · in Diorama · 1 ≡

This is my first diorama of crashed Airbus A 300 DHL. This aiplane crashed 7 years ago at M. R. Štefánik Airport in Bratislava, Slovakia. I've got to finish some details.

"HUNS" over Europe

by Peter Doll on May 26, 2019 · in Aviation · 26 ≡

My special field of interest are cold war jets in their colorfull unit markings. Today I want to show you one of those birds, Trumpeter's F-100 D "Super Sabre" in 1:32 scale. With a couple of corrections a nice "Hun" [...]

HobbyBoss 1/48 A-1A Ground Attack fighter- Brazilian Air Force

by George V Guimaraes on May 26, 2019 · in Aviation · 15 ≡

Hello, This is the HobbyBoss 1/48 AMX (A1-1 in the Brazilian Air Force). It is a subsonic attack aircraft, powered by a single non-afterburning turbofan produced by the Italian-Brazilian consortium AMX International, with Embraer as the [...]

On This Day…May 26th.

by david leigh-smith on May 26, 2019 · in Photo Collections · 9 ≡

Two A6M2 Type 0 Model 11 ‘Zero’ fighters pictured in flight from Yichang, Hubei Province en route to attack targets in Nanzheng, in China, 26 May, 1941. British Cruiser Mk IV tank at Huppy, France, 26-29 May 1940. Below is George [...]

Video: FULL VIDEO BUILD TAMIYA SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE Mk.I

by iModeler Youtube Picks on May 26, 2019 · in Aviation

1/48th scale Tamiya Supermarine Spitfire Mk.I (61119). Highly recommended! For more details about this Tamiya kit, tools and paints from this video please visit: (link) Airbrush used in this video: TAMIYA 74537 Spray-Work HG Airbrush 0.3mm [...]

Another Airfix 1/72 Ju 87B-1 Stuka (Condor Legion)

by Dennis Meyers on May 26, 2019 · in Aviation · 9 ≡

My friend Marty Sanford and I were inadvertently building Airfix Stukas in tandem (see Marty's May 19 post for his excellent finished product). I choose a nearly OOB approach, only adding seat belts made out of Tamiya tape. This is [...]