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Review: Dora Wings 1/48 Marcel Bloch MB.155.C-1

History: The Bloch MB.155.C1 was the last of the MB.150 series of fighters to enter production and see operational service. Arriving in squadrons in the final weeks before the Armistice in June 1940, only some ten were completed before the [...]

Airfix 1/48 Hawker Sea Fury FB.11 in Cuban Guise

Hi There, I picked this up recently and got to building quite quickly. It all fitted very well with very little filler used. I fancied doing a Cuban version. Would this version have had The Cuban Flag Tailplane, Bombs and the wing fold [...]

Eduard 1/48 Pfalz Diii

1/48 Eduard Pfalz Diii . Flown by Ltn Hans Muller, Jasta 18 April 1918. Easy build so I've picked something hard next. RFC Be-2.. ugghh... good thing I like rigging ?

The Ultimate Dive Bomber

In this article I must confess to a bit of profound ignorance. Up until recently I was under the mistaken belief that the dive-bomber concept was obsolete by the end of WWII. I thought that the rise of powerful fighter aircraft carrying [...]

Spanish Civil War...1/48 Messerschmitt Bf109B, 2.J/88 Legion Condor

Built more than 10 years ago. Hobbycraft kit with resin nose from Classic Airframes, decals from Cutting Edge. Unteroffizier Willhelm Staege, 2.J/88 Legion Condor, Alar d'el Rey August 1937

Tamiya A6M5c Zero 52c

Presented for iModeler colleagues and friends, the Tamiya A6M5c Zero from 1983. Though the model is old, it is still quite good, in my opinion. After doing my N1K1 Shiden, I had an urge to do its contemporary, the late-war version of [...]

Aaaaargh!!

Just attempted this. It's in the bin. Most ill fitting piece of junk I've yet to encounter. I should know because I built their JU 88 Recon, although it didn't get binned. Why all the resin interior parts? Injection is just as detailed and [...]

Monogram 1/48 T-6 Texan-Korean War

"Patches" is another in a continuing series of Korean War Era builds. This is one of the original Monogram kits issued in the late '70s. I only added harnesses to the cockpit. Paint is Model Master Faded OD over Neutral Gray. [...]

Review: LP Models 3D printed ladders

Thanks to René Van Der Hart and his awesome models, We finally have chance to show more of our ladders on models, enjoy 🙂

Republic P-47N Thunderbolt, Academy 1/48, PTO

The 318th Fighter Group mainly had a mixed bag of P-39's, P-40's and P-47D's in a training defensive role over the Hawaiian Islands, limited to their range until the US had captured the Marianas. The P-47N first arrived on scene in June [...]