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- MiG Group Build, North Vietnamese MiG-17, 1/48 Hobbycraft / War Eagle
- Peter Carmichael’s Korean War “MiG Killer” Hawker Sea Fury
- AVRO CF-105 Arrow (1/48th)
- Hobbycraft 1/48 scale Mig-17
- 1/144 KC-135 refueling a B-2 Spirit Bomber
- F7U-3M Cutlass, 1/48th
- Hobbycraft 1/48 Hawker Hurricane IIC “Night Intruder”
- 1/48 Hobbycraft F7U-3M Cutlass
- Hobbycraft 1/48 Vought F7U-3 “Cutlass”
- MiG-killing Skyhawk: Hobbycraft’s 1/48 A-4C
Siam Eyes in the Sky...1/48 Lockheed RT-33A, Royal Thai Airforce
Here´s my dad´s next finished project. Hobbycraft´s RT-33A, released in 1992 and still the only 1/48 kit of this aircraft. As usual with HC kits, it lacks detail, especially in the cockpit. Only added Eduard PE seatbels, lights on spine [...]
The Clunk: 1/48th Hobbycraft CF-100 Mk.IV Canuck
Hobbycraft introduced their 1/48th CF-100 Mk.V in 1989 followed by their 1/48th CF-100 Mk.IV in 1990. Hobbycraft specialty was releasing Canadian aircraft types that no other manufacturer would produce in an injection mold kit. While the [...]
Hobbycraft 1/48 Avro CF-105 Arrow
The origins of the Arrow can be traced back In the post-Second World War period, when Canada, like many other western countries, seeked their long range interceptor to counteract the Soviet long range nuclear bomber threat. Upon realizing [...]
Hobbycraft 1/72 F2H-3 Banshee
With its name derived from Irish mythology, the McDonnell F2H Banshee was an early jet fighter operated by the United States Navy, the United States Marine Corps and the Royal Canadian Navy.
The Banshee was developed during the mid to late [...]
Hobbycraft 1/72 F-82 Twin Mustang
For Christmas in 2022, my son bought me a few model kits that he thought I might like. Now my son is not a model builder, and therefore knows nothing about the various pluses and minuses of different kits. He was more interested in the [...]
Vichy French Hawk: 1/48th Hobbycraft Hawk 75
The 1/48th Hobbycraft Hawk 75 kit is a decent budget model that builds up into a nice display aircraft. I was pleased with the end result and would recommend the kit to model makers of any skill. It is a simple build, if you want to leave [...]
1/48 Monogram Bf-109E
The title says Bf-109E, but when this kit was relleased, the box said “Me-109-E”. Built this one from a white box kit. Added a Hobbycraft cockpit and wheels. Decals from a Sky Models sheet for Hans Troitzsch of 6/JG77.
Brian Riedel
Grab bag of 1/48 P-51D’s
Older builds of P-51D’s I did.
First up, the Hobbycraft copy of the Fujimi kit. Decals from the Tamiya F-51D . Don’t remember what extras were used to spruce it up.
Next, a couple of Testors Authentiplate P-51D’s. Markings for [...]
1/48 Otaki Bf-109G-6
Before Eduard, Hasegawa,Fujimi and Tamiya began releasing their great kits of the Bf-109G-6, there was Otaki. Recessed panel lines and rivets, enclosed wheel wells and, while not accurate, cockpits.
Here’s a couple I have built long [...]
1/48 Hobbycraft A-4PTM
A-4PTM
Here is the Hobbycraft 1/48 A-4C, which comes with Malaysian markings, and a number of issues to be fixed! I built this as an A-4PTM (Peculiar To Malaysia) a long while back, when the kit was first issued. The A-4PTM was developed [...]
