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First Flight – Empire of Japan

by Steven Brandon on December 10, 2020 · in Aviation · 7 ≡

Here's the last of the four kits I finished this year - Hasegawa's lovely Mitshubishi 12 Shi experimental fighter, a.k.a. the A6M1. The kit allows you to build either of the two prototypes. I built the first and decided to model it as it [...]

AMX - T Ghibli

by FRANCO GRESPAN on December 8, 2020 · in Aviation · 9 ≡

Ghibli is the "nickname" attributed in the nineties to the AMX (aeronautical nomenclature A-11B), a single-engine attack and reconnaissance aircraft, also available in the advanced training two-seat version (AMX-T), the result of [...]

SBD-3 Dauntless – Hasegawa 1/48

by Christopher Berg-Jones on December 7, 2020 · in Aviation · 3 ≡

Hello everyone, this is another of my old builds, completed sometime around 2007. I wanted to show the plane in the dive-bombing position, so I cut off the dive brakes and drilled out all the holes with a pin-vise. I also cut off the [...]

F4U-4 Corsair – Hasegawa 1/48

by Christopher Berg-Jones on December 7, 2020 · in Aviation · 5 ≡

Hello! This is a kit I finished around 2006. I remember I used a Verlinden resin and photo-etch detail set for the first time to show one wing folded and the inside of the gun bay on the other wing. I remember doing a lot of cutting and [...]

The Badercane

by Kyle Koppos on December 7, 2020 · in Aviation · 11 ≡

‘The RAF needs men, not schoolboys.’ Douglas Bader's Commandant had admonished him after he crashed at Woodley Aerodrome in 1931, having tried to roll his Bristol Bulldog at "naught feet." Needless to say, the biplane became [...]

Tamiya Bf-109E-4

by Walt on December 7, 2020 · in Aviation · 12 ≡

I am in the middle of building an old Monogram 1/48 B-17 and got frustrated by some paint issues. I decided to take a break, and do a quick uncomplicated build. I have an old Cutting Edge Bf 109E sheet (CED48189). There was one bird in [...]

Mitsubishi A6M2 zero zeke

by Glenn Virgo on December 6, 2020 · in Aviation · 17 ≡

Hi everybody! This is my A6M2 zero built as part of the empire of japan group build. So many good models on that group. This is Tamiyas Quite old 1/48 zero. With raised panel lines and a few recessed ones, so I decided to get the [...]

Mustang

by Amari Luu on December 5, 2020 · in Aviation · 17 ≡

Hello everyone, This time I wanted to build a slightly larger aircraft. I chose the Mustang and since I had another speech and debate I finished it during the competition wait time. The annoying thing about these competitions is that the [...]

Flight 19 Lost Squadron 75th Anniversary Tribute AM 1/48 TBF-1C Avenger

by Tom Bebout on December 5, 2020 · in Aviation · 13 ≡

As noted with Chuck Villanueva's post the lost of Flight 19 to this day remains a mystery. The Men: Cpt George W. Stivers Jr. was born in Piedmont , Missouri in 1920 and was a graduate of the US Navel Academy. He would serve with the 1st [...]

Flight 19 Lost Squadron 75th Anniversary Tribute AM 1/48 TBF-1C Avenger

by Tom Bebout on December 5, 2020 · in Aviation · 10 ≡

The History: As related by Chuck Villanueva this marks the 75th Anniversary of the mysterious lost of Flight 19. This event has sparked many theories as to what really happened on this rather routine flight and has inspired tales of [...]