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Monogram 1/48th Grumman F9F-5 Panther USN,Korean War

by Chuck A. Villanueva on February 2, 2014 · in Aviation · 22 ≡

Staying in the Korean War theme, this is Monograms kit in 48th scale. A nice build, even with the raised panel lines, it is a fun kit to build. A straight forward build only aftermarket used were Super Scale decals for VF-123, Blue [...]

1/48 Hasegawa F4U-5N Corsair

by Geoffrey Abreu on February 1, 2014 · in Aviation · 14 ≡

A few years back a friend of mine asked me to build a Korean war aircraft for her father who served on the USS Boxer in Korea. I built her this F4U-5N from Hasegawa to give to her dad. The model is almost OOB, but I did add PE seatbelts. [...]

Hobby Boss 1/48 F-84F Thunderstreak

by Tom Cleaver on January 31, 2014 · in Aviation · 16 ≡

Following the introduction of the North American F-86 Sabre with wings swept 35 degrees, Republic determined to update their straight-wing F-84 with a swept wing. A wing with 38.5 degrees of sweep and 5 degrees of anhedral were developed [...]

T-38A Talon in 1/48 scale by Wolfpack.

by Tony Prince on January 29, 2014 · in Aviation · 10 ≡

Finding this kit was sheer good fortune as my local IPMS Club (IPMS - NSW) is having a "Two Seat Trainer" competition later this year & I had thoughts of entering. I hadn't heard of Wolfpack before, but I liked the box image [...]

1/48 Hasegawa F-18C Hornet “Chippy Ho”

by Patrick Herrmann on January 28, 2014 · in Aviation · 13 ≡

I finally completed my first model since my son was born last February, a few minutes here a few minutes there mostly during his naps! In preparation to do justice to a weathered F-14 I wanted to practice on something else that would get [...]

Building The 48th Scale SKYSHARK Outside The Box

by Jack Mugan on January 27, 2014 · in Aviation · 23 ≡

Years ago I built the old Allen kit of the SKYSHARK in the dark blue scheme. I let a friend talk me out of it, so when I ran across the Dynavector 48th scale kit some time ago, I snapped it up as a replacement. The Dynavector kit is a [...]

FJ-3M Fury of VF-124

by Frank Cronin on January 25, 2014 · in Aviation · 18 ≡

This is the ESCI 1/48 kit dated 1983, of the FJ-2/3 Fury. Up to the point of the release of the Collect-Aire Models, kit in 1997 this was the only game in town for a Fury in 1/48. Still today I know of no other kit in 1/48 of this airplane [...]

1/48 Grumman F7F-3(N) Tigercat, USMC, Korean War

by Chuck A. Villanueva on January 23, 2014 · in Aviation · 27 ≡

This is AMT/Ertl's original boxing of the Tigercat, the tools now owned by Italeri and since reboxed under their brand with minor improvements. The AMT kit is notorious for the awful tires used which would literally melt the wheels after [...]

P-47 W.I.P.

by bob mack on January 22, 2014 · in Aviation · 14 ≡

i hate W.I.P. personally...half the time you don't see the finish...got that old tamiya kit down and polished it up a bit...with a little silver plating...simon wh and tom cl made me do it {dirty filthy devils }...the people that have lead [...]

Flashback 1/48 Miles Magister I

by Tom Cleaver on January 20, 2014 · in Aviation · 7 ≡

The Airplane: What became known as the Miles Magister was first flown on March 20, 1937, as the Miles Hawk Trainer III, designed and built in response to the Air Ministry Specification 40/36, which was developed on the basis of experience [...]