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Honved...1/48 Krupp Protze with 3,7cm Pak, Hungarian Army

by Reinhard Spreitzhofer on April 26, 2021 · in Armor · 8 ≡

Next one finished. One of my dad´s excursions to the 1/48 armour world. To avoid the usual single grey look, I searched for something different. Came across the 1/35 Bronco kit wich included a 3-tone prewar and a 3-tone Hungarian scheme. [...]

Eduard Spitfire Mk.Ia, 1/48. A Pair of Kiwis over Dunkirk.

by Harvey R. on April 24, 2021 · in Aviation · 10 ≡

'the airspeed indicator read 240 mph, and I thought "this is bloody marvellous!", but then the Spitfire began to shudder and seemed as if it was going to stall. - I realised what had happened, my pitot head had been shot away, [...]

Austrian Aces…1/48 Messerschmitt Me262A-1a, III./JG7, Major Rudolf Sinner

by Reinhard Spreitzhofer on April 24, 2021 · in Aviation · 8 ≡

Another last foto session of one of my dad´s older models. This Tamiya kit was built about ten years ago, mostly oob, only added seatbelts, brake lines and antenna wires. Rudolf Sinner was born in 1915 in Austria. In the thirties he [...]

Spitfire MK XVI ‘SL 549’ 17th RAF Squadron

by Yann Bertholet on April 23, 2021 · in Aviation · 26 ≡

Hi everybody, I would like to present you the Spitfire MK XVI. Built 2-3 years ago, here is the model. As usual every parts are coming from the box and no extra added, the build is the 1/48 Eduard Profipack. The kit was, as usual, not a [...]

Review: Airfix 1/48 Spitfire F.XIV, “Johnny” Johnson

by Tom Cleaver on April 23, 2021 · in Aviation, Reviews · 20 ≡

History: It's a strange but interesting fact that the only "built for that specific powerplant" Spitfire to achieve a large production run was the Mk.I; while there were several other Marks specifically designed to make maximum [...]

Shark in the Sky...1/48 Messerschmitt Bf109D-1, JGr 176

by Reinhard Spreitzhofer on April 22, 2021 · in Aviation · 10 ≡

My dad´s latest completion. The not that bad Modelsvit kit which is basically the same as the AMG ones, same engineering and parts break down but a bit more detailed. Kit comes with some PE parts, masks for canopy and sharkmouth, although [...]

1/48 Beriev Be-4

by dale travis on April 22, 2021 · in Aviation · 30 ≡

I've always liked out of the ordinary aircraft and when I spotted this kit on EBAY I had to have it. Only 46 of these were produced and during The Great Patriotic War they served in the Black Sea area. Post war saw service as catapult [...]

Tamiya 1/48 SU-122 Assault Gun

by Tom Cleaver on April 21, 2021 · in Armor · 6 ≡

History: The SU-122 was an assault gun based on the chassis of the T-34 tank. Its development began with an April 1942 specification for mobile assault guns using weapons of 122 mm or higher. The SU-122 was designed at the Uralsky Machine [...]

Fujimi Spitfire Mk. Vb 1/48 scale

by Bob Torres on April 21, 2021 · in Aviation · 14 ≡

I hope this is okay to post a build I made many years ago. This Spitfire was built in 1990, my last build until I recently got back into building kits again. This is Fujimi's 1/48th scale Spitfire Mk. Vb...The box will say 1/48th but [...]

Tamiya F4U-1 Birdcage Corsair, 1/48.

by Harvey R. on April 21, 2021 · in Aviation · 20 ≡

The first of many Tamiya Corsairs I did was this one, built alongside an F4U-1D. I started this back in April last year and completed in just 3 weeks, which is a record for me but that is largely due to having plenty of time off due to [...]