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1/48 Scale Lindberg XF-91 Jet/Rocket Experimental Fighter

by Rodney J. Williams on January 13, 2020 · in Aviation · 9 ≡

Lindberg made an excellent starter kit for the "Advanced" modeler like me, so I went full-bore on the project by scratch-building just about everything. All 3 landing gears were made out of aluminum and styrene. I cut in the [...]

What if… RAAF JAS-39 Gripen

by Michael Turner on January 13, 2020 · in Aviation · 11 ≡

This is the first in a series of ‘what if’ aircraft that I’m building. In 1999 the Australian Department of Defence announced Project AIR 6000 "New Air Combat Capability (NACC)", which was intended to find a replacement for [...]

Thank you Robert Royes, aka roofrat!

by Jordyn Collier on January 13, 2020 · in Uncategorized · 14 ≡

A late arrival, mostly due to me because I havent been here in a week to check the mail, but I would like to thank Mr. Robert Royes, who sent me this 1/48 scale M4 Sherman and Fw 190 by monogram. This came with a display, so keep an eye [...]

1/48 Scale P-47D Thunderbolt "SWEET MUSIC."

by Rodney J. Williams on January 13, 2020 · in Aviation · 4 ≡

Back in 2007 I found a photo of this P-47D Thunderbolt and I bought a kit of it. The decals came from "AeroMaster Decals." When we moved from Colorado in 2016 to a town near the Los Angeles area of California, the model was [...]

Airfix 1/48 Bolton Paul Defiant

by Predrag Ivanovic on January 12, 2020 · in Aviation · 9 ≡

Very nice kit from Airfix and rare topiic from WWII RAF.

1/48 Scale Testor’s “Gates Learjet”

by Rodney J. Williams on January 12, 2020 · in Aviation · 1 ≡

There are other LearJets here on "iModeler" so I'll enclose mine and show a couple of new things that I tried out. First off I painted the inside of the windows with some medium blue colored Tamiya gloss paint then looked at it [...]

Freezin´Wulf…Eduard 1/48 Focke-Wulf Fw190A-4 “Greenheart”

by Reinhard Spreitzhofer on January 12, 2020 · in Aviation · 6 ≡

Built in 2017. When Eduard released the new genetration 190, my dad had to build one. Finally also the first model of our Austrian WW2 leading ace Nowotny. The kit is definitely to recommend. Fit and engineering are far better then with [...]

Green Ghost

by Haslam Yeoman on January 12, 2020 · in Aviation · 10 ≡

Hi All, Built this some time ago. Tamiya kit, Aries cockpit and after market decals. This airframe was put into service late in the war and survived into peacetime. Number 93 squadron were called the Green Ghosts and had a relatively [...]

Major Walter Sigel’s Ju 87R-2 from Stab I./StG 3 – The Aircraft

by Peter Steinemann on January 11, 2020 · in Aviation · 8 ≡

This is my first post and will be the first part of a series of articles ( at least I hope it will work that way) documenting my build of the Ju 87R-2 flown by Major Walter Sigel Commanding Officer (Grupenkomandeur) from I./St.G 3 in the [...]

White Turkey...Hobby Boss 1/48 Grumman TBM-1C Avenger ASW US Navy

by Reinhard Spreitzhofer on January 11, 2020 · in Aviation · 9 ≡

Built in 2016. Initially my dad wanted to build a RN Mk.I with the Hobby Boss kit. After examining the kit we found out that the intended version wasn´t possible oob, no bubble side windows, no observer seat behind the pilot, no cowl gun. [...]