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Four ICM Spitfires

by Tom Cleaver on July 14, 2013 · in Aviation · 11 ≡

Back before there was the Eduard kit, before there was the Hasegawa kit, there was the ICM kit, released first in around 1999 with the Spitfire IX, the first series of kits to get anywhere close to accuracy with the Merlin-60 series [...]

Video: Meet The Fokker - 1/48 D.XXI – Finished-ish!

by MakingModelsAgain on July 13, 2013 · in Aviation

The 0.5% of unfinishednessness was due to the fact I'd forgotten to add the prop spinner - which you can see shining like a beacon of stupidity at the bottom right of the frame. It's been Alcladed but still needs a yellow band. That and [...]

Supermarine Attacker from Trumpeter in 1/48 scale

by Tony Prince on July 13, 2013 · in Uncategorized · 12 ≡

Still keen on the Fleet Air Arm; I've just finished one of Trumpeter's latest. The Attacker didn't quite make its mark as noticeably as the USN Banshee & Panther although similar in performance. The tailwheel undercarriage wasn't a [...]

48th scale North American F-86D Sabre Dog

by Jack Mugan on July 12, 2013 · in Aviation · 15 ≡

This model represents the first production single seat fighter to which air-to-air missiles replace the classic gun armament. The Monogram kit is built out of the box and I do not recall any fit issues. I used several shades of Alclad [...]

Monograms 1/48th Douglas AD-6 Skyraider, USMC Korean War

by Chuck A. Villanueva on July 8, 2013 · in Aviation · 14 ≡

Someone had mentioned that you don't see too many of the Blue Skyraiders of the late WWII/Korean War Era. Well I built one a year ago for the ARC 100 year Naval Air Anniversary GB. One of 3 kits I completed. I decided to go with a USMC [...]

In progress; 1/48 P-61A Lady Gen – Great Wall

by Tolga ULGUR on July 8, 2013 · in Aviation · 5 ≡

You can watch constructions steps from Work in Progress :Aircraft section. (link)

Quince Brown’s “Okie” P-47 and some 78th FG history

by Tom Cleaver on July 6, 2013 · in Aviation · 11 ≡

Since my Osprey book, "Aces of the 78th Fighter Group" is now available for pre-order at Amazon (pay no attention to the "place holder" artwork shown, Mark Postlethwait's painting of Gene Roberts scoring his 2nd of 3 [...]

P-51B Flown by Captain Gilbert O'Brien , 357th FG

by Frank Cronin on July 3, 2013 · in Aviation · 12 ≡

With the advent of WWII Gilbert O'Brien resigned his position as a draftsman with the US Navy Department and joined the USAAF. Upon completion of flight training he was assigned to the 357th FG, 362nd FS, at Hamilton Field California, [...]

Oh dear, not another Fw 190…

by Stan Traas on July 3, 2013 · in Aviation · 6 ≡

Here's an Eduard Fw 190A-5, 9./JG 2 Joseph "Sepp" Wurmheller summer 1943. After reading so many horror stories about these kits I had to indulge my masochistic side and try my hand at one. Of course I did not run into many of [...]

The Papagei Staffel in 1/48

by Tom Cleaver on July 3, 2013 · in Aviation · 6 ≡

After his dismissal as General der Jagdflieger by Hermann Goering at the end of December, 1944, Adolf Galland was slated to become Staffelkapitaen of 4.JG54 - at the time fighting overwhelming odds in the Courland Peninsula - as his [...]