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My 2023 Builds

by Bob Torres on January 13, 2024 · in Aviation · 24 ≡

It has been a while since my last post so I figured I better get my wheels rolling again. A little late on posting my builds from 2023 but here they are. A little different year for me but happy with the results. I had my usual fun [...]

Fortress II RAF Coastal Command – 1/72 Academy

by Aldo Missio on January 11, 2024 · in Uncategorized · 18 ≡

Took way too long on this one, getting frustrated with too many oops's. Kit decals (disintegrating decals were saved with a coat of Testors decal spray) CMR resin bomb-bay set (although the kit set is pretty good) Perspex nose window [...]

P-40N

by Josef Rössner on January 9, 2024 · in Aviation · 11 ≡

Academy kit Battle of Imphal-simply but good kit. Relax for me.

Pz.Kpfw.35(t), Academy 1/35

by Derek Bowen on January 2, 2024 · in Armor · 11 ≡

This is my second tank build. Overall, the kit was a quick and easy build. However. there were a few issues with the kit. The rear hatch that goes over the engine compartment was not a good fit and required some shaving down the [...]

Bunker Hill TBM-3 Avenger

by Greg Fabian on December 30, 2023 · in Aviation · 26 ≡

This is the second of two kits I bought at an old-fashioned hobby shop in Staunton, VA (the first was an Academy SDB-1 Dauntless). If you’re in the area, I highly recommend stopping by and looking at their stock. The shop is in downtown [...]

F-16 from Academy

by John W Summerford on December 29, 2023 · in Aviation · 16 ≡

History Courtesy Wikipedia The General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon is an American single-engine supersonic multirole fighter aircraft originally developed by General Dynamics for the United States Air Force (USAF). Designed as an air [...]

Academy 1/48 SBD 3 Dauntless

by Mark Hedrick on December 16, 2023 · in Aviation · 19 ≡

This model is one of the Enterprise Dauntless at the Battle of Midway. Only my second Navy plane but since I purchased the Vallejo Air paint set for WWII naval I will be doing more. I have a Hellcat ready to go soon. This was my first [...]

Academy 1/48 F-4B Phantom II

by Rafi Ben-Shahar on December 7, 2023 · in Aviation · 31 ≡

Although it has some fit issues and 3 colors plastic part trees, Academy's Phantom is superior to the venerable Hasegawa kit. It boasts with nicely detailed surface texture and has the full armament arsenal of the F-4B variant. In the end, [...]

Magach 6B

by olivier.rive on December 7, 2023 · in Uncategorized · 6 ≡

Academy 1.35 The model was lying around in a half-built box for too long ,I finally decided to finish it. here is the result a+

Review: Academy 1/48 Beechcraft T-34B Mentor

by Tom Cleaver on November 18, 2023 · in Reviews · 21 ≡

The T-34 was the brainchild of Walter Beech, who developed it as the Beechcraft Model 45 private venture at a time when there was no defense budget for a new trainer model. Beech hoped to sell it as an economical alternative to the North [...]