Aurora model kits
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1/8 Aurora "Gold Knight of Nice"
Completed in 2013. This is the 2011 Monogram reissue of Aurora's "Gold Knight of Nice," first released in 1959. I added the base. The armor is hand brushed with a 50/50 mix of Testors Metallic Gold and Metallic Copper, and the [...]
1/8 Aurora "Blue Knight of Milan"
Completed in 2022. This is a bagged kit of the Blue Knight, first released in 1957. The nameplate on the base said "Sir Galahad," so it was part of the 1967 "Camelot" reissues. Fortunately, I was able to get a pre-1967 [...]
Innovative, superior, ahead of its time- and rejected: the Lockheed AH-56 Cheyenne
The original: Lockheed AH-56 Cheyenne
Some aircraft are astonishing - and the AH-56 Cheyenne undoubtedly belongs to this category. The appearance of this aircraft is astonishing, the flight performance amazes and the short but intense [...]
Classic Kit: Aurora 1/48 P-38 Restoration
This is a labor of love. I wanted to see if I could build a broken relic into something presentable. I learned about the P-38 when I build this kit as a child and I would fly it around outside shooting down me109s and what have you. The [...]
The Invaders!
The Invaders: Alien beings from another planet.
Their destination: The Earth.
Their purpose: To make it their own.
It began with a closed deserted diner and a man too long without sleep to continue his journey. It began with a craft from [...]
1/48 Aurora Fokker D-VII
Built this one a while ago. Lozenge decals by America’s Gryphon. Checkerboard hand done on flat white with black India ink. The “Mimi” was drawn on white decal film. I rather like how it turned out.
Brian Riedel
1/48 Aurora SPAD XIII
An Aurora SPAD XIII’s, one being an original kit with decals by Aeromaster.
Brian Riedel
Some odd old parts wanted...
Not sure if this is the place to post this, but I didn't see the marketplace in the groups section.
I'm looking for some old parts; need canopies for a 1/42 Strombecker / Aurora TT-1 Pinto, and for the 1/48 Hawk / Testors F2H Banshee. [...]
A Trip down Memory Lane..........The Aurora, Revell, Monogram Models Story
Something I stumbled upon from a fellow modeller. A brief History of some of the giants in models.
Enjoy.
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Boeing F4B-4 dive-bomber
Built from 1928-1935, with tube steel fuselage, wood wings with fabric covering, ailerons of corrugated aluminum. The US Navy began heavily investigating the tactic of dive bombing in the 1920s and 1930s. Of aircraft in current service at [...]
