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Bobba tries to climb in....

by Rob Anderson on August 20, 2015 · in Aviation · 9 ≡

Just about done with the C-2 pit, added everything I could think of and remember including the handle we used to manually pump up the brakes (seen on the back of the copilots seat) and the "thunderstorm lights above the cockpit door. [...]

A couple Monogram “Classics” at the airport

by Gary Brantley on August 19, 2015 · in Aviation · 35 ≡

Last week's trip to the Cameron Airport involved five models and none had been photographed out there before. Although it was really hot, I managed to get a few pics of each plane. Both of these are ancient 1/48 Monogram kits, and both [...]

Republic Thunderbolt Razorback

by John Richards on August 18, 2015 · in Aviation · 15 ≡

I have been behind in my postings. Hopefully I can catch up and post more about my builds. I have been doing more Armor than planes these days. Here is a P-47 Thunderbolt. Tamiya 1/48 kit. As always painted by hand with Model Master [...]

1/48 Tarpon (Revell Avenger)

by Ralph Clements on August 17, 2015 · in Aviation · 18 ≡

I said I would next built an American plane in British markings, here it is, a Tarpon, from the ancient 1/48 scale Revell TBF Avenger kit. This kit is sooo old...it has a 1958 copyright mark, that,s even older than my copyright mark, but [...]

Monogram 1/48 Dassault Mirage 2000

by Gary Brantley on August 14, 2015 · in Aviation · 29 ≡

The model is the Monogram 1/48 Mirage 2000, the instructions are dated 1986. I built the kit somewhere between '93 and '95. It had never been photographed at all until last Tuesday. When it was built way back then, I had very little [...]

New Airfix 1/48 Meteor F. Mk.8!

by Tom Cleaver on August 14, 2015 · in News · 10 ≡

New announcement from Airfix: 1/48 Meteor F. Mk.8 in 1/48! (link)

BELL UH-1B “Huey” – Monogram – 1:48

by ALEXANDRE REZENDE on August 14, 2015 · in Aviation · 23 ≡

Model built from a scrap of a very old kit! Many pieces have been replaced and a lot has completed the technique of scratchbuilding (using aluminum cans). The model has all the movable parts (doors, access, rotors) as the original! A [...]

Airfix 1/48 Sea Hurricane Ib

by Tom Cleaver on August 13, 2015 · in Aviation · 15 ≡

The Fleet Air Arm suffered in the early years of the war for the lack of a carrier‑based fighter that had performance sufficient to face the land‑based Axis air forces on any basis of equality. This was nowhere more apparent than in [...]

Review: BANDAI 1/48th Star Wars T-47 Snowspeeder Review

by iModeler Youtube Picks on August 13, 2015 · in Aviation, Reviews

Building Monogram's 48th Scale DO-335 Arrow

by Jack Mugan on August 12, 2015 · in Aviation · 21 ≡

I built this kit a while back. I have seen this aircraft at Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum/Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center at the Dulles Airport in Washington DC. It is HUGE! I ran across some photos taken right after the war when [...]