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The Spit-Racer

by Paulo Castro on July 12, 2019 · in Uncategorized · 22 ≡

I had this half built Otaki 1/48th scale Spitfire stashed in my shelf of doom, until I saw on the internet a guy from Melbourne who scratch built some 1/32 aircraft (Spitfire, Messerschmitt and MiG 15) into some sort of race cars. I liked [...]

1/48th Boeing B-52H Stratofortress - update

by Thomas Probert on July 12, 2019 · in Aviation · 15 ≡

It's been a while since I updated you on my progress with Sanger's massive 1/48th scale vacuform B-52H project. Since last time I've worked on the fuselage, scratch-building the main undercarriage bays, as well as adding numerous [...]

Tamiya 1/48 F-14A Tomcat/ “Miss Molly”… VF-111 “Sundowners”

by bob mack on July 10, 2019 · in Aviation · 29 ≡

the Grumman F-14 Tomcat was the US Navy's primary fighter for 35 years from the early 70's till 2006...it came out of Mcnamara's failed F-111 project...in fact from the intakes back the F14 is the F-111 though the Navy added the second [...]

B-25 “Gunship” double build in the making

by Roland Sachsenhofer on July 10, 2019 · in Aviation · 14 ≡

I would like to show you pictures of two B-25G in 1:48 which are currently under construction. Both are based on the excellent Accurate Miniatures shapes and are equipped with different after market parts. At the moment I have closed all [...]

Yellow Nose Airfix Spitfire 1/48

by Dan Lee on July 9, 2019 · in Aviation · 16 ≡

This is a kit I built a couple of years back. It is the 2015 release (2nd pressing) of the 1/48 Airfix Spitfire Mk I. It is mostly OOB with the exception of some Eduard RAF early style harnesses. I learned the hard way that unless the [...]

Video: Silver Spitfire – the MK14 from Airfix

by iModeler Youtube Picks on July 9, 2019 · in Aviation

Airfix 1/48 Spitfire I – the first successful Spitfire in combat

by Tom Cleaver on July 5, 2019 · in Aviation · 9 ≡

The first Spitfire is immortal as “the plane that saved Britain” (even if Britain was really saved by the Hurricane) in the Battle of Britain. A delicate blend of aerodynamic excellence, the Spitfire I almost wasn’t there to do its [...]

Review: ICM 1/48 Do217N-1 Review

by iModeler Youtube Picks on July 5, 2019 · in Aviation, Reviews

CAC/PAC JF-17 Thunder 1/48 Trumpeter

by Josef Rössner on July 5, 2019 · in Aviation · 4 ≡

Only OOB The PAC JF-17 Thunder (Urdu: جے ایف-١٧ گرج‎), or CAC FC-1 Xiaolong (pinyin: Xiāo Lóng; literally: 'Fierce Dragon'), is a lightweight, single-engine, multi-role combat aircraft developed jointly by the Pakistan [...]

Trumpeter 1/48 Seafang

by George Chatzidakis on July 2, 2019 · in Aviation · 16 ≡

This is the definition of relaxed build. Low part count, fantastic fit, adequate detail. The only issue worth mentioning is the ill fitting of the canopy in the open position. Basically it's as if it was designed to remain closed. It needs [...]