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Centennial Brrrrt...1/48 Fairchild-Republic A-10C Thunderbolt II, 104th FS "Fightin´ O´s", Maryland ANG

2/2024 One of my dad´s more rare excursions in the modern jet world. IMO still the most bada$$ ground attacker and CAS aircraft. As I´ve read it is declared dead once again in a few years...let´s see. Hobby Boss kit, mostly oob. HB did [...]

1/72 Hobby Boss U-2A Dragon Lady

INTRODUCTION The U-2 spy plane was originally based on a USAF spec for a high altitude strategic photo recon plane to photograph the USSR and to provide some sort of early warning to prevent them from doing a nuclear “Pearl [...]

A giant spreads its wings: B-24 GR.Mk.VI, 10th Squadron RCAF

A quote from Paul Kennedy's book "Engineers of Victory" should open this article: "Closing the air gap did not happen because some great person decreed it. There was a group of chiefly Canadian air engineers who in early [...]

Hobbyboss 1/48 F-105G Thunderchief

Hobbyboss' Thud kit is not a great kit. It is plagued with fit and shape issues, notably the cockpit components. Nonetheless, the model radiates much of the greatness of this fighter. Given the large number of parts that require [...]

Review: Hobby Boss 1/48th B-24J Kit #81774

The history of the B-24 has been written many times by people far more knowledgeable than me. During World War Two, it was used in every theater of the war, and produced in greater numbers than any other American aircraft. A historically [...]

‘Little Stinger’ Bf-109E-7 III./ZG 1, HobbyBoss 80261 in 1/72

I had another 1/72 HobbyBoss Bf-109 kit kicking around and when I came across Decals 7204 from 'Ministry of Small Aircraft Production' I figured that I should practice my mottling painting on this little stinger. I also had decals from the [...]

A bit like Star Wars Death Star, deadly anyway: Sperry "ball" turret of a B-24 Liberator

A quick and topical article this time! Sometimes "the oats get you", as they say. This was the case for me recently when I was in the middle of building the large Hobby Boss B-24 Liberator in 1/32nd scale and was about to [...]

Video: MIG-29K by HOBBY BOSS 1/48 Video preview

Hobbyboss 1/48 F8F-1 Bearcat

Recovered Shelf queen started a long time ago Out of box build. Modelmaster enamels. Mr Color clear lacquers. Ammo oil blushers, tamiya panel liners and AK pencils

F-84G Thunderjet; Imperial Iranian Air Force

Conceived as a day fighter with first flight happening in 1946, F-84’s early career was plagued with a bunch of problems typical of early jets like underpowered engines and construction problems. Only the definitive F-84G version solved [...]