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Academy 1/48 scale SU-27 Flanker

Hello! Here is my Academy 1/48 scale SU-27 Flanker. This kit was purchased for the equivalent of about $20 in the city of Taegu, Republic of Korea back in 1995 (when I thought $40 was a lot to pay for a kit!). I worked on it here and [...]

Review: Airfix 1/48 Hurricane I

First appearing in 1935, the Hawker Hurricane was the first modern monoplane fighter to equip the RAF, and was one of only three RAF aircraft to operate in first-line service from the first day of the Second World War to the last. (The [...]

P-47D Thunderbolt, Academy 1/48

my last model of ex Yugoslavia P-47D from Technical Museum, Zagreb,Croatia

Hobbycraft 1/48 scale Mig-17

Hello! So here is my Hobbycraft MiG-17. I bought this kit waaaay back in 1993 while I was in Virginia for AIT. I have been carrying it around with me ever since, and finally started it this past spring. If you can get this kit for [...]

Sikorsky HO4-S1 – REVELL – 1/48

Model finalized in 2009 contemplating a Revell kit Sikorsky HO4-S1 enriched with various details in scrathbuilding. Many details are functional (motor collapsible doors and main rotor). The painting was based on rescue squads American [...]

“The Huff” F-86F 1/48 academy

Hello my colleagues! After my small modeler pause I´m back. When I finished University and got a new job, I started worked on Sabre and there is result. I think, that everybody knows this kit. Fitting of main parts are really good, but [...]

Glencoe 1/48 USCG 36 Foot Motor lifeboat

shortly after starting added gray primer coat also deck and cabins

Thanks Again, iModeler!

Hello! Last year I won the random drawing for May, and the new tooling BF-109e-4 by Airfix was my prize. I didn't just want to take a prize and have it sit in my stash because that would seem a bit ungrateful, so as soon as I could, I [...]

Airfix Seafire 17 in 1/48 scale

When Airfix announced their new Spitfire XII & Seafire 17 kits I bought two of each. The first pair were out of the box & I was very happy with the results. Looking at the remaining pair I tried a match-up of XII & 17 parts to [...]

The Ritzmann Skyraider

In Spring 2011, I built and entered a Tamiya 1:48 A-1 Skyraider for the Vietnam War Group-Build at www.britmodeller.com . I was lucky enough to be voted ‘third overall’ in the resultant poll, and thought no more about it until a couple [...]