The Grumman Channel at iModeler (58 articles)

The Grumman Channel at iModeler

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58 articles
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F8F-1B Bearcat, VNAF 1st FS 1963

by Martin Dytrych on February 23, 2021
in Aviation — 20 Comments

When I bought this kit, I was really dissapointed. Really poor in everything. I was almost convinced to put it into trash bin. But then I saw some works of one guy, who built really old fashioned and really really poor kits so nicely that I star[...]

Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat, Eduard 1/72

by jorge rivas krause on October 31, 2020
in Aviation — 22 Comments

My first Hellcat! ENS Gordon Arthur Stanley, VF-27, USS Princeton (CVL-23), October 1944 I couldn't resist and I did the cat mouth camo. Gordon Arthur Stanley, born on July 13th, 1921, in Seattle, Washington state, shot down 8 enemy airpl[...]

A Wolf In Cat’s Wings

by Dan Lee on March 18, 2020
in Aviation — 16 Comments

INTRODUCTION “There isn't enough thrust in Christendom to fix this plane.” With that sentence, Vice Admiral Thomas Connolly sealed the fate of the F-111B and his Navy career. Out of the ashes of a plane totally unsuited for carrier operations a[...]

FM-1 Wildcat HobbyBoss 1/48

by René Martínez Sánchez on February 25, 2020
in Aviation — 14 Comments

Hello Everyone! This is my second completed kit of the year of many more to come. I knew that the hobbyboss is quite a good kit, I found it at a really good price in a hobbyshop and I couldn't resist. I detailed the cockpit with some copper wir[...]

Imodeler at the Movies “Victory at Sea” TBM-1C Avenger flown by Lt. Robert Cosgrove 05 November, 1944

by Louis Gardner on February 11, 2020
in Aviation — 36 Comments

When David @dirtylittlefokker mentioned the "Imodeler at the Movies" group build, I was thinking about several different subjects that would fit. This particular plane is one that I have been wanting to build for many years now............. [...]

White Turkey…Hobby Boss 1/48 Grumman TBM-1C Avenger ASW US Navy

by Reinhard Spreitzhofer on January 11, 2020
in Aviation — 9 Comments

Built in 2016. Initially my dad wanted to build a RN Mk.I with the Hobby Boss kit. After examining the kit we found out that the intended version wasn´t possible oob, no bubble side windows, no observer seat behind the pilot, no cowl gun. So, ch[...]

Martlet Mk.IV 888 NavalAir Squadron HMS Formidable,OP Torch,1942 Airfix 1/72

by Robert Royes on October 28, 2019
in Aviation — 11 Comments

Another Airfix gem of a kit, Built out of the box with kit decals , went together with no real issues. The kit has you use the cowl ring extension and cowl, that left another cowl, maybe for a Martlet III? It couldn't be for the US F4F version [...]

1:48 HobbyBoss F8F-1 Bearcat “Beetle Bomb” Blue Angels

by Eric Berg on July 30, 2019
in Aviation — 28 Comments

Here’s my grimy looking Blue Angels’ F8F-1 “Beetle Bomb” Bearcat circa late 1949 as it might have looked after a hard weekend working an airshow. Note the attached photo of the actual plane. By early 1948 the Blue Angels were flying four blue F[...]

Eject! Eject! Eject! Jolly Rogers F-14A continues

by Rob Anderson on May 19, 2019
in Aviation — 8 Comments

Chuck has an excellent review of this kit today, and I can tell you it builds like a dream. One area it needs attention from though is the seats. I bought Eduard Brassin seats, modified the cushions to the non-ribbed type, added a few missing [...]

Tamiya Grumman F-14A Tomcat, 1/48th in Review

by Chuck A. Villanueva on May 19, 2019
in Reviews — 14 Comments

The iconic F-14 has been retired since 2006 from USN service. 13 years ago, doesn't feel that way. Iran still flies the few they have left. And here is the "new " Tamiya F-14A kit, and yet it has been out into our hot little hands since 2[...]