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Arado Ar 196 A-3 Italeri 1/48
Ciao,this is my Arado Ar 196 of 1st Bordflieger Gr. 196 of the battleship Tirpiz. The kit is from Italeri and scale 1/48. was very nice built this kit and I haven't any troubles for the fitting.
Happy Easter to everybody and have fun
Review: ICM 1/48 Polikarpov I-16 type 24
Nikolai Polikarpov was perhaps the leading Russian aircraft designer in the early days of the Soviet aircraft industry. In 1918, he was put in charge of preparing manufacture of the DH-4 at the GAZ-1 facility where at least 63 were [...]
1/48th Tamiya F4U-1D as Vought XF4U-3B
Here's my latest model completion. It's the 1/48th Tamiya F4U-1D kit converted to an XF4U-3B. That version was an attempt by Vought to boost the Corsair's top speed by way of a supercharged engine. The plane never went into production as [...]
A Shot In the Dark: the too-little-too-late Latin Archer.
This is the Special Hobby 1/48 Reggiane Re.2005 ‘Sagittario’. A decent enough kit but not without its issues.
It was troubled by an ill-fitting cockpit tub and wheel wells, the latter needing ridiculous amounts of plastic shaved off [...]
Hasegawa 1/48 Hurricane Mk.IIB Trop
Essentially a Mk.IIB fitted with Vokes and Rolls-Royce engine dust filters and including a desert survival kit, the Mk.IIB Trop was one of the Hurricane variants that took part in the WWII Western Desert campaign, commonly referred to as [...]
RNLAF Spitfire Mk. IX 1/48
Here’s another OOB build. The kit is Italeri’s 2696 Spitfire Mk. IXc "Beer Truck“. A relatively simple kit, but fun to build. Hope you like it! A bit of history on the Spitfire in Dutch service below.
After WW2, the Air [...]
“If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea” Charles Lindbergh and the Ryan NYP “Spirit of St. Louis”
Is it an exaggeration to say that hardly any aircraft silhouette is better known than that of the Ryan NYP "Spirit of St. Louis"? This is rivalled only by the fame of its pilot, Charles Lindbergh. His dazzling and peculiarly [...]
Air Sea Rescue...1/48 Supermarine Walrus Mk.I, No.276 Sqn RAF
And my dad has finshed the next one, after the Swordfish now another iconic British biplane.
Airfix kit oob. The multi-part fuselage turned out slightly warped, so the wings and tailplane alignement isn´t perfect either. Had to let sit [...]
1/48 North American RB-45C Tornado
Hello
This is the Collect -Aire RB-45C. The kit is full of resin, metal parts and Vaccu clear parts. Markings for Opreation Ju-Jitsu, 91st Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, RAF Sculthorpe, mid-1952.
Thank you for looking
Martin
Cenepa War...1/48 Embraer EMB-312 Tucano, Fuerza Aérea del Perú
My dad finished another Latin American subject.
Hobby Boss kit built OOB. As usual, HB has some accuracy issues, for example they mixed up the landing gear with their EMB-314 kit. Did a minor correction to the outer main landing gear doors [...]
