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Revell 1/32 Arado Ar 196A 3

by Rafi Ben-Shahar on October 29, 2023 · in Aviation · 24 ≡

Revell's Ar 196A is a great kit. It is highly detailed, a solid build for the most part without fiddly issues. There are only two disadvantages. The first is the lack of a beaching trolley. The chunky stand provided takes the glamor off [...]

The First and the Last: Junkers F.13 & Mistel 5

by Spiros Pendedekas on December 6, 2022 · in Aviation · 14 ≡

The eerie hissing sound of the three jet engines shattered the night's peace. No time to waste, every pound of fuel was precious. Taxiing the clunky looking but really solid Mistel, many controversial thoughts kept on crossing his mind. [...]

Arado Ar 196A-3, battleship Tirpitz, 1943 (1:32, Revell)

by Martin Dytrych on August 20, 2022 · in Aviation · 18 ≡

Arado 196A-3 was german the most successful reconnaisance floatplane. It served on battleships and cruisers as well as at coast guard. The kit Material is not great at first look. The plastic is too bright in my opinion and [...]

Dragon 1/72 Mistel 5

by Spiros Pendedekas on February 15, 2022 · in Aviation · 26 ≡

Hi everyone! This is my Dragon 1/72 Mistel 5, yet another entry to our friend's Paul Barber @yellow10 "First and Last" mini group. The Mistel 5 project was one of the last glide bomb developments submitted to the RLM before the [...]

The First and the Last: Junkers G.38 & Arado E.555

by Spiros Pendedekas on November 15, 2021 · in Aviation · 39 ≡

It might have been another very cold January 1945 night, but for Hauptman Ziegel and his crew, the situation could not have been hotter: there they were, flying at 30,000ft with their Amerikabomber fully loaded. Took off from Bordeaux at [...]

Arado Ar 234 B2/B-2b Blitz - 1/72 DML

by Michael Smith on October 21, 2021 · in Aviation · 9 ≡

This is an out of the box build of DML’s 1/72 Ar 234 Blitz. I used the kit markings for the aircraft in the Smithsonian, and the FL Models M7226 masks and Vallejo Model Air paints. Underside is RLM 76 Lichtblau, and topside is RLM 81 [...]

KP (ex-Kopro-MasterCraft) 1/72 Arado Ar96B

by Bob Torres on October 9, 2021 · in Aviation · 24 ≡

This is KP’s Arado Ar96B but boxed by Kopro-MasterCraft. The original KP kit was released in 1980. I have had KP kits in my stash years ago but never built them and got rid of them. But recently I picked up a few of them after seeing a [...]

Revell 1/72 Arado E.555

by Spiros Pendedekas on September 23, 2021 · in Aviation · 50 ≡

Hi everyone! This is my Revell 1/72 Arado E.555 "Amerikabomber". In response to the RLM's Amerikabomber project, Arado’s E.555 proposal included a series of long range jet bomber designs of various sizes, powerplants, crew and [...]

Luftwaffe Group Build: Roden 1/48 Arado Ar 68F-1

by Tom Cleaver on July 1, 2021 · in Aviation · 15 ≡

The Airplane: Following the 1932 success of the Ar-65 as the airplane that would become the first fighter of the re-born Luftwaffe, Arado commenced work on two diferent prototypes of successor fighters, the Ar-67 and AR-68. The Ar-67 was [...]

The last of its kind: Arado Ar 68, the Luftwaffe's final biplane fighter aircraft

by Roland Sachsenhofer on March 14, 2021 · in Aviation · 13 ≡

By the mid-1930s it was clear to the experts that in the medium term the future of military aviation would be found in the development of monoplanes. In many areas, the approach of the metal-covered and aerodynamically slim monoplane had [...]