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Invasion Stripes / Flight 19 Bristol Beaufighter TF Mk X 236 Squadron RAF, Tamiya 1/48
This is a kit I have had in the stash for about 15 years or more.
I jumped at the opportunity to build it as a part of our D Day / Invasion stripe group build as a part of Flight 19 group.
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Previously I had wanted to build this [...]
Invasion Stripes: Fl-19, F6F, MK-I
Hi All,
A contribution to the FL-19 mini group build...”Invasion Stripes”.
F6F, MK-I, Hellcat
E-L JV131
800 Squadron FAA
HMS Emperor, September, 1944
Along with keeping to the group build parameters, I had two more personal objectives [...]
"Flt 19 Invasion Stripes" On this Day: 6 June 1944 D-Day-1/48th De Havilland Mosquito, USAAF, Europe
It's the early morning, 6 June 1944, the Allies have finally commenced operation "Overlord" the invasion of mainland Europe. The Germans were expecting the Allies to start such an operation, just when and where. Yet they had [...]
Hasegawa 1/48 J35F/J Draken
Hasegawa's Draken is a very nice kit without building complications that looks like the real aircraft.
iModeler Review: Arma Hobby 1/48 P-39Q Airacobra
Arma Hobby has just announced a 1/48 scale model kit of the Bell P-39Q Airacobra. This entirely new product is a welcome addition to the company's emerging quarter-scale range.
I was privileged to examine the kit on the day of its public [...]
1/48 ICM B-26 Marauder
Here is my 1/48 ICM B-26 Marauder. I did a full review for IPMS USA:
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A decent kit with nice modern tooling over the older Monogram kit. IT is NOT w/o its faults. The fuselage halves fit are a bit tricky esp. if one wants to [...]
State Partnership...1/48 Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II, 134th FS "Yellow Scorpions", Vermont ANG "The Green Mountain Boys"
Most modern aircraft my dad has built so far
Meng kit, main markings with Caracal decals, stencils are a mix of the kit and Caracal ones. Overall not a bad kit. The new Tamiya kits may be superior but also twice the price...
Main colour [...]
Aeroclub 1:48th Avro Vulcan B2
Evening all,
I've finished off Aeroclub's 1/48th scale Avro Vulcan over the weekend - this has been my 'holy grail' of kits for as long as I can remember and I was finally able to get hold of one last year.
The kit is a beautifully [...]
Gotha 244B-2
The Gotha 244 was an experiment for adding power plants to the Go 242 transport glider. It was first conceived as an idea to bolt an Argus As 10C 8-cylinder inverted V air cooled “power egg” engine to the front of the glider so that [...]
