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The slow race to first resin finish.

by Kyle Koppos on November 10, 2024 · in Aviation · 11 ≡

Greetings. Despite collecting for a few decades and amassing an extensive, eclectic collection of obscure garage kits, I have actually never finished a resin model. There are quite a few of them rotting away on my Shelf Of Doom, half [...]

Dragon 1/48 Me-262A-1a/U2 (V056)

by Rafi Ben-Shahar on November 10, 2024 · in Aviation · 20 ≡

The model depicts a Messerschmitt jet that was used as a test bed for experiments on the FuG 218 'Neptune' 158-185 Mhz radar set and antennas. The results were later used for the development of the Me 262B night fighter variant. It was one [...]

Airfix D.H. Vampire FB9 1/48

by Felix on November 9, 2024 · in Aviation · 17 ≡

Having bought and soon after trashed the first edition of this kit back in 2021, i was somewhat reluctant to buy the reboxing. The Vampire is such an iconic aircraft and Airfix really did a somewhat uninspired job. There is a solid number [...]

Tamiya 1/48 Mustang III

by Rafi Ben-Shahar on November 9, 2024 · in Aviation · 14 ≡

The simple model that builds itself...

1/48 Academy A-10C – Flying Tigers with Lights.

by David Kopielski on November 9, 2024 · in Aviation · 8 ≡

This commission build is Academy’s 1/48 A-10C “75th FS Flying Tigers” kit. The scheme is how this aircraft looked in 2014. I added Eduard photo etch detail set, Master Model brass gun, Ares resin ejection seat, and I used eight [...]

Classic Resin 1/48 Messerschmitt Me-309v2

by Rafi Ben-Shahar on November 9, 2024 · in Aviation · 7 ≡

A mid WWII project aimed to replace the Bf 109. Four prototypes were produced. The development of prototypes was plagued with problems. In the end, the performance of aircraft did not fulfill the expectations and the project was [...]

Ever heard of "Laird Aircraft Company"? Or of ‘Sky Buzzard’? But of ‘Jimmy Doolittle’! All three have written an amazing story: Laird Super Solution!

by Roland Sachsenhofer on November 8, 2024 · in Aviation · 18 ≡

Jimmy Doolittle, Aemilia Earhart, Jaqueline Cochran, Paul Mantz... - there is a place and a time where all these greats of the ‘golden era’ of US aviation can be found: the races of the Bendix Trophy of the 1930s not only brought [...]