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MiG Group Build, Tamiya 1/48 MiG-15 bis, Major Nicolay Shkodin, 147th GIAP, 5 victories Korea July 1953

by Louis Gardner on December 31, 2019 · in Aviation · 7 ≡

This kit was finished last night, and it was part of the MiG group build. It went together very nicely, and no filler was needed during construction. I had originally painted it and used a hard edge camouflage pattern, but later I [...]

MiG Group Build : 1/48 Tamiya MiG-15 bis, Captain Pavel Milauszkin, 176 IAP / 324th IAD, Korea 1952.

by Louis Gardner on December 17, 2019 · in Aviation · 35 ≡

This model was built as part one of a project that I have been wanting to do now for a very long time. The recent MiG Group Build was the perfect opportunity. This is the first half of the project...Please follow along and I'll explain. [...]

ICM 1/48 B-26B Invader

by Tom Cleaver on November 23, 2019 · in Aviation · 17 ≡

History: The Douglas A-26 Invader designated B-26 after 1948, was designed by Ed Heinemann, Robert Donovan, and Ted R. Smith as a replacement for the Douglas A-20 Havoc light bomber. After service in World War II, it saw combat in the [...]

Tamiya 1/48 MiG-15bis North Korean People´s Airforce

by Reinhard Spreitzhofer on October 16, 2019 · in Aviation · 8 ≡

And here´s and old school jet my dad finished before the Su-27. He used the still nice Tamiya kit together with decals from H-Models. Camo done with AK Real Color Russian AMT-7 Blue, Russian AMT-4 Green, Tamiya XF-10 Brown and a selfmixed [...]

Airfix 1/48 F-51D Mustang

by Tom Cleaver on August 30, 2019 · in Aviation · 20 ≡

The outbreak of the Korean War on June 25, 1950, found the United States less prepared to go to war than it had been on December 7, 1941. The year before, the three fighter groups in the Far East had been re-equipped with the F-80 Shooting [...]

F2H-2 Banshee on USS Essex Korean War Diorama

by Michael E Rieth on May 31, 2019 · in Diorama · 24 ≡

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), [...]

F-86D from Revell of Germany 1/48

by Gary Wiley on May 31, 2019 · in Aviation · 13 ≡

Due to a very busy schedule it’s been a while since I completed anything. So I thought I’d post one from a little bit ago. This is Revell of Germany’s kit, and in my opinion certainly one of the best fitting kits I’ve worked on. [...]

Airfix 1/48 Gloster Meteor F. 8

by Scott Nelson on February 15, 2019 · in Aviation · 9 ≡

Here’s my version of the Airfix Gloster Meteor F. 8. Much has been written about this kit so I won’t bore you with more of the same. This makes kit number four for the year.

Review: Trumpeter 1/48 MiG-15bis

by Tom Cleaver on February 9, 2019 · in Reviews · 8 ≡

In the change from piston to jet, the USSR was about three years behind the US and UK when the war ended in 1945. The fact that, five years later, there was a Soviet fighter high over the Yalu that was competitive with the West’s best [...]

Top Secret for 50yrs. Royce Williams Korean War story for Panther fans..

by Stephen W Towle on December 25, 2018 · in Aviation · 8 ≡

A follow up interview to TC's story... of Williams accomplishments in the Korean War as a Navy Pilot in his Grumman Panther taking on 7 Migs and downing 4 of them. Its neat to read about William's story when it broke out and then the [...]