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1/48 Tamiya A6M2-N "Rufe" – 36th Air Wing, Borneo

by Colin Latta on January 27, 2023 · in Aviation · 19 ≡

This is Tamiya's aging 1/48 "Rufe",(released in 1973!) Its a nice, simple build out of the box, and with a little help, can look quite presentable. I tweaked it with lots of weight in the front of the float, added Eduard's [...]

Air Defence...1/48 Flakpanzer IV "Möbelwagen" with 3,7cm Flak 43

by Reinhard Spreitzhofer on January 27, 2023 · in Armor · 4 ≡

After a longer pause and for some diversion between all the aircraft, my dad built a little armour model. Great Tamiya kit, falls together, painted with Tamiya XF-60/62/64 Build thread here (link)

Review: H-K Models 1/48 B-25J Mitchell

by Tom Cleaver on January 27, 2023 · in Reviews · 30 ≡

What became the B-25 Mitchell medium bomber originated in a 1938 Army Air Corps proposal for a twin-engine medium bomber. The February 1938 proposal from North American aviation was accepted and followed by the production of the NA-40 [...]

About tank carts, fire extinguishers ...and photographing models: two pieces of Japanese airfield equipment

by Roland Sachsenhofer on January 26, 2023 · in Aviation · 10 ≡

A statement at the beginning: when purchasing these two kits, it is not so much the fascination for the respective original that is in the foreground, but rather their modelling possibilities. Presumably, most miniatures of this Japanese [...]

IAR-80C

by Joseph Fenech on January 26, 2023 · in Uncategorized · 13 ≡

Hobbyboss 1/48. Should have been a weekend built which took a while searching for decals. In the end I used the kit decals.

P-51B in Slovak National Uprising (1/48 Tamiya P-51B)

by George R Blair Jr on January 25, 2023 · in Aviation · 39 ≡

First, a little background. In the spring of 1944, the Czech Government in exile in London and various resistance groups began to believe that the German occupation forces had been sufficiently depleted by the war on the Eastern Front that [...]

1/48 AD-4 - Korean War Group Build.

by John Healy on January 25, 2023 · in Aviation · 34 ≡

This is the Tamiya A-1H kit backdated to a late model AD-4. The model depicts an aircraft assigned to VA-95 aboard USS Philippine Sea during 1952-53. The main things involved in backdating a Viet Nam era Skyraider to a Korean War AD-4 [...]

End of War...1/48 Messerschmitt Bf109G-10 (Mtt. Regensburg), 13./JG27

by Reinhard Spreitzhofer on January 25, 2023 · in Aviation · 7 ≡

So, this is my dad´s last good old Hasegawa 109, only a few Eduard ones left in the stash. Markings taken from the Eduard Regensburg kit. Also Eduard seatbelts and cockpit fuel line used. Plastic rods and lead wire for the brake lines, EZ [...]

"George" is the name of my New Year's baby 2023: Kawanishi N1K1-J Shiden /"George"

by Roland Sachsenhofer on January 22, 2023 · in Aviation · 19 ≡

The fingers of one hand are enough to list the representatives of an extremely rare group of aircraft: those that have been converted from a seaplane to a land plane! If one narrows this group even further to those constructions that have [...]

Great Wall Hobby; 1/48 MiG-29 Fulcrum

by Boris Grgić on January 22, 2023 · in Aviation · 12 ≡

I've been waiting for a while to get my hands on decent Fulcrum kit. In last moments I resisted to get cheaper Revell and Academy kits and decided to save money for GWH. I must say, this kit is worth every penny. Perfect fit, not simple, [...]