The Kitty Hawk Channel at iModeler (39 articles)

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Kitty Hawk model kits

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P-39 Airacobra Kitty Hawk

by Artur Domanski on August 19, 2020
in Aviation — 11 Comments

Another model goes to my shelf. This time, a design that appears at competitions quite sporadically, namely the P-39 Airacobra. The model itself is quite nice, but I added Eduard plates, HGW belts, Master barrels and Eduard exhaust pipes. Markin[...]

Saab JAS39 Gripen; 1:48

by Manuel Magrinho on August 11, 2020
in Aviation — 18 Comments

In the late 1970s, Sweden sought to replace its ageing Saab 35 Draken and Saab 37 Viggen. An affordable Mach 2 aircraft with good short-field performance for a defensive dispersed basing plan in the event of invasion was required; the plan i[...]

North American T-28B Trojan Kitty Hawk 1/32

by Tomáš Pelej on May 24, 2020
in Aviation — 14 Comments

VT-27, NAS Corpus Christi, Texas 1981 Construction from a box, I added some wires Marking completely sprayed, Mr.Paint colors

1/48 Kitty Hawk UH-1Y Venom

by Boris Grgić on February 2, 2020
in Aviation — 4 Comments

A beutiful kit by Kitty Hawk, I recomend it to everyone who is looking for detailed and quality helicopter kit. For $40 it includes detailed cockpit panels, colored paint/decal instructions and PE parts for seatbelts and fuselage details. Parts [...]

Kity Hawk 1/48 FJ-2 Fury

by Tom Cleaver on November 29, 2019
in Aviation — 18 Comments

History: By the end of November, 1950, the Navy knew that its main fleet fighter, the Grumman F9F-2 Panther, was seriously outclassed by the opposition. LCDR William T. Ament of VF-112 had shot down the first MiG-15 confirmed by the Soviet reco[...]

Just arrived on my porch: Kitty Hawk 1/48 FJ-2 Fury

by Tom Cleaver on November 18, 2019
in News — 9 Comments

Big announcement: Kitty Hawk is no longer S-h-itty Hawk here at Le Chateau du Chat. I took the plunge last week and picked up a new FJ-2 kit ($50 included delivery from Shenzen China), since the computer views I had seen looked better than prev[...]

Barber 51- Kitty Hawk’s AH-6J, Operation Gothic Serpent, Mogadishu, 1993

by Ramon R. Lomeli on August 10, 2019
in Aviation — 22 Comments

Hello iModeler! Here is my 1/35th scale Kitty Hawk AH-6J finished as Barber 51 during the battle of Mogadishu, Somalia, 3 OCT 1993. I used detail sets from Werner's Wings, to include the exhaust shroud, FLIR and the AH-6J / MH-6J Update/Correc[...]

F2H-2 Banshee on USS Essex Korean War Diorama

by Michael E Rieth on May 31, 2019
in Diorama — 24 Comments

This photo was the inspiration for creating the diorama using the 1/48th scale Kitty Hawk F2H-2/2P Banshee with my Rieth Creations Resin Correction Set. I found it a very interesting juxtaposition ("primitive" to 1950s modern), how the men we[...]

On This Day…May 25th.

by david leigh-smith on May 25, 2019
in Photo Collections — 21 Comments

Nice set of Spitfire references for weathering. Spitfire MkVb of RAF 222 Squadron (ZD-H) named ‘Flying Scotsman’ In Essex, England, 25th of May, 1942. Pilot, South African Flight Lieutenant Laurie, is a flier of the 222 Squadron (Natal[...]

“Let me at ’em”

by gary sausmikat on March 31, 2019
in Aviation — 12 Comments

Hi All, This vignette, “Let me at-em”, I completed about two years ago, portrays an excited trainee and an old-hand instructor just back from a training flight. The build includes the 1/32, Kitty Hawk, T-6 Texan kit, using the SNJ scheme suppl[...]