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Airfix 1/48 Hurricane Mk.I

by Ramon R. Lomeli on April 13, 2018 · in Aviation · 26 ≡

Hellol iModeler! Here is my Airfix 1/48 Hurricane, built almost out of the box except for a Quickboost resin seat. Paints were Vallejo Model Air shot through my Sotar 20/20. Photos were shot outside at a local municipal airport. [...]

Work in Progress: 1/48 Airfix English Electric Lightning F1

by paul teixeira on April 12, 2018 · in Aviation · 9 ≡

Recently Airfix has released several new mold model kits which I was told demonstrated significant improvements in every aspect over the older Airfix kits. It had been a while since I had built any Airfix kit due to my dissatisfaction [...]

Kiwi Kittyhawk

by IAN JACKSON on April 9, 2018 · in Aviation · 17 ≡

Mentioned in my Mosquito build the other day that a Kittyhawk build was following-on, and here t'is ! The 1:48 AMT /Ertl kit came out around twenty years ago and was 'top of the tree' for a couple of years before Hasegawa came along and [...]

Cessna O-1E Bird Dog – Hasegawa 1:48

by Alessandro Parmigiani on April 9, 2018 · in Aviation · 15 ≡

Exactly one year after my last model, Cessna O-2A Oscar Deuce in 1:48 scale, I’m here again with its older cousin Cessna O-1E Bird Dog in the same scale. Coming from Hasegawa (ModelUsa), it requested a lot of improvements summarized as [...]

(Previous build) Kasserine Pass GB. Eduard Bf-109E-7

by Tom Cleaver on April 7, 2018 · in Aviation · 8 ≡

JG 27 In The North African Campaign: JG 27 was formed on October 1, 1939. The insignia of I/JG 27, the lion over the map of Africa, memorialized the birth of the Gruppenkommandeur, Hauptmann Helmut Riegel, in German Southwest Africa. [...]

Kasserine Pass Group Build: Ltn Heinz-Edgar Berres, JG 77

by Tom Cleaver on April 6, 2018 · in Aviation · 17 ≡

JG 77 in North Africa: From the entry of the Afrika Korps into combat in North Africa in May 1941 until August 1942, the only assigned fighter unit was JG 27. III/JG 53 moved to North Africa to reinforce the Afrika Geschwader at the end of [...]

Iconic Fighter Plane Model: Hasegawa 1/48 F-4S USMC Scheme

by paul teixeira on April 6, 2018 · in Aviation · 11 ≡

This is one of my favorite models of my favorite jet fighter in one of my favorite schemes. Through most of my childhood, and early adult life, I wanted to do one thing. Fly F-4s for the USMC. I could not think of a cooler thing to do. [...]

BAFO Mosquito

by IAN JACKSON on April 6, 2018 · in Aviation · 16 ≡

Yep I'm still here, just short of 'bench time' because we've been moving house (again ! - four times in six years including the move down here to NZ). So here's my first project since the move. Even though it's a Tamiya kit, I really took [...]

Fonderies Minatures SNCASO Vautour IIN

by Tom Cleaver on April 5, 2018 · in Aviation · 13 ≡

I look at these pictures and am completely amazed I managed to arrive at the point with this godawful kit that I had a model I would share with anyone else. When one considers that in 1945, the French aircraft industry - like the rest of [...]

“Nose Art Group” (almost)

by Frank Cronin on April 3, 2018 · in Aviation · 13 ≡

Taking a break from all of the excitement going on around here right now, the YouTube shooting within view from my home and with helicopters hovering over my house I decided to post this. This is an (almost) "Nose Art Group" [...]