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1/48 scale modeling

De Havilland Vampire F.3 (Airfix 1/48)

There's something very attractive about early jets - you can see some remnants of the piston era and the new approaches, so it's always something in between. My favourite is the Supermarine Attacker - a jet fighter with a tail wheel. [...]

Cenepa War...1/48 Cessna A-37B Dragonfly, Fuerza Aérea Ecuatoriana

After the Peruvian Tucano, here´s an Ecuadorian counterpart for the Cenepa War between the two countries in 1995. My dad used the nice Trumpeter kit with Aztec decals. Painted with a lightened Gunze H331 BSC Dark Sea Grey, Gunze H303 [...]

Meng 1/48 F-35A Lightning IIAnd how it compares with the Tamiya kit

Having completed the Tamiya equivalent kit, I was left with a large decal sheet that motivated me to explore the potential of aircraft variants. Tamiya provides two major options for early and late Lightning. The main visible difference [...]

1/48 Douglas F4D-1 Skyray

Hello This is a great kit from Tamiya. Built OOB and with Tamiya Spray paint. Martin

Accurate's Yak-1a

Accurate Miniatures set new standards for model detailing and molding with the P-51, SBD, Avenger, Sturmovik, and B-25 series of kits. The Yak series ( Yak-1a, Yak-1a with Skis, and Yak-1b) continued the high standards set by the company. [...]

F14 A Tomcat 1:48 Academy - WIP

Hello friends. I started building an old Academy F14A kit in 1:48 scale. It was a donation so that he can continue practicing the hobby. It will be quite a challenge since most of the pieces are loose, also the instructions are somewhat [...]

Done! Alpha Jet 1/48 Wingman Models

So, after a few weeks, a lot of masking and quite some patience, I can call this one done. Pretty satisfied with it. Didn't go for a lot of wheathering since this livery is for a demo aircraft and they would have kept it pretty clean. Some [...]

Yellow Wings...1/48 Brewster F2A-2 Buffalo, VF-2 "Flying Chiefs", USN

My dad´s yellow wing theme still continues. Also this is his first contribution to the Jim Sullivan Memorial GB. As usual some glitches but all in all not bad for a 75 year old man and a 49 year old kit Tamiya kit, early 90ies edition, [...]

1/48 Eduard P-51D-5

My first attempt at building one of Eduard's new P-51 offers. Finished several weeks ago but just now posting. Having build several Accurate Miniatures, Tamiya, Revell and a Airfix P-51 I decided to tackle the Eduard addition, this one is [...]

F18 E Super Hornet 1/48 - Italieri

Hello! I'm new to the forum, so first things first. My name is Federico and I am a novice modeler from the distant lands of a country called Argentina! Although I have already built a few other models, this is my first job in aviation. [...]