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- MPM’s Heinkel 177 in 1:48
- iModeler Review: The terrible, no good, awful, fatally-flawed Eduard 1/48 Bf-109G-6 (not!)
- Revell/Monogram 1/48 B-17G
- Kit review: 1/48 Tamiya Messerschmitt Bf-109 G6, Part 1 of 2
An airfield in North Vietnam
About three months ago I started building a MiG-21 with North Vietnamese markings. My original idea was to take part in an Instagram contest focused on the Vietnam War. At first, I was planning to build both a MiG-21 and an F-4.
Then my [...]
SAR Special: 1/48th Academy KV-107 Converted to CH-113 Labrador
This build is an homage to SAR crews everywhere past, present and future. In this case RCAF 14 Wing Greenwood, N.S. lost six good men on the afternoon of October, 2nd 1998 - "That Others May Live" - In memory of the Labrador [...]
Operation Diamond: Defected Iraqi Mig 21F
In 1964, a Jewish Iraqi, Yusuf, contacted Israeli personnel in Tehran, as Israel and Iran still had diplomatic relations. Yusuf, since 10 years of age, had been working as a servant for a Maronite Christian family. His girlfriend's friend [...]
80 Years Ago Today: LT Thomas V. Smith 100th Bomb Squadron, 42nd Bomb Group, 13th AF Palawan Philippines, Monogram 1/48 B-25J
This is a sad but true story of an event that shook our family on this day in 1945. Between 0840 and 0845 hours, on April 8th, 1945, a B-25J from the 100th Bomb Squadron crashed into the Sulu Sea, killing all six men on board during a [...]
Kinetic/Eduard 1/48 Mirage IIICJ
Three models depicting the iconic Mirage in the IDF service during the early 70s.
I used Kinetic's Mirage III mold as a platform and replaced the necessary parts from Eduard's Mirage IIICJ.
Eduard Fw190A8/R2
Hey folks,
So this is my Eduard 'Weekend Edition' 1:48 Focke-Wulf with just generic seatbelts added. Painted with Mr Color lacquers for the camo and decals for a 5/JG300 machine from the spares box. Weathering/stains/leaks are all Windsor [...]
ETC 500 rack and Bf 110G-4: The mount of Martin Drewes revised
ETC stands for; Elektrischer Träger für cylindrische Außenlasten (Electric carrier for cylindrical external stores.) The generic rack appeared on German bombers to carry different bomb load. Likewise, the Bf 110 variants destined as [...]
Fat Tony
Our dear Simpsons mafioso may have the key to our ‘how many models is too many’ conundrum:
“Who’s ta say? Does a peacock need all dose feathers?”
Anyways, possessions come to us in a multitude of ways, sometimes in the form of [...]
Be-Devilers: 1/48th Hasegawa F-14A+ Tomcat
The 1/48th Hasegawa F-14A Tomcats weren't introduced until the late 1980s and were quickly hailed as the best detailed Tomcat kit. The option to drop slats and flaps was a first for a 1/48th F-14 kit however (as with most F-14 model kits) [...]
Spanish Civil War...1/48 Henschel Hs126A-1, Legion Condor
My dad´s next finished one. The ICM Hs126 was first released in 2010, this is the 2015 edition with only Legion Condor markings, also includes bomb racks.
Was a tricky build, camo and construction. Plastic was a bit brittle and smaller [...]
