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Summer of ’44

Hello everyone - not posted here for the longest time, been building almost exclusively 1:24 cars recently, and I will get around to showing them to you, but this is my very latest: This version of the superb Hasegawa Typhoon kit came out [...]

1:25 Revell 1968 “Bullitt” Mustang – iModeler at the Movies Group Build

So anybody who is a car “guy” or cares at all about muscle cars understands when someone mentions the movie “Bullitt”. Many better movies have been made since—BUT NONE—will ever compare to that chase scene. Say what you will, [...]

Hamilton Warplane Museum with its Dragster Show

I am not that much into cars but it was interesting seeing them up close. The car show itself was on the following day so not all the cars were in yet, but there was a decent amount on display. Car modellers might get some ideas. (link)

Hasegawa 1:48 Kawanishi N1K2-J Shiden (Violet Lightning) “George”

This model represents an aircraft of the 343rd Fighter Group, flown by Leading Airman Ikuji Matsumura. A very nice kit. I added the RB Model Brass 20mm Japanese cannons Type 99 Mk. 2. I bought these for the soul reason that they were on [...]

Silhouette Portrait 2 cutting plotter for scale modelers

Some time ago there was an article on iModeler regarding use of a cutter (or cutting plotter) for our hobby. At that moment, I was thinking about this for a while, especially because of my previous experience – I saw cutters in the late [...]

On This Day…April 16th

On 16 April, during an Okinawa air raid, a Japanese aircraft made a suicidal dive (see video below) for the USS Intrepid's flight deck, hitting it so hard that the aircraft’s engine and part of her fuselage penetrated right through, [...]

Yes, Another Tamiya P51-D

I know, everybody has done one of these. I even have two others on my own shelves. But this one came about because I was cruising around looking at hobby stuff on eBay and I came across the Tennessee National Guard decals by Caracal [...]

Hasegawa Fw 190 A-5: giving a long time shelf queen new robes

Few months ago I purchased a decal sheet from a new company named Exito Decals, simply because it had a trio of nice, never before presented in decal form (as far as I know) FW.190s. One of them, Yellow 5, was a one of a kind eastern front [...]

1st aircraft model I have built for 40 years

1/48 scale Airfix Supermarine spitfire mkvb, this is a double set with a Messerschmitt 109 Bf 109E titled dogfight doubles, the Spitfire is going to be painted in North Africa (Malta) camouflage I recently bought an airbrush which I am [...]

Review: Academy 1/35 AH-1Z Viper review