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Not An Axis Airplane!

by Phillip Friddell on May 27, 2021 · in Aviation · 12 ≡

There are great many new and wonderful kits available to us these days, every one of which seems to be a significant improvement on anything that came before, but there are also a great many older kits still available that have stood the [...]

Hawk 1/48 P-51D Mustang

by Bob Torres on May 17, 2021 · in Aviation · 23 ≡

Here's another of my old builds, a 1/48 Hawk P-51D that I made in 1989 for a club group build on Aces from New Jersey. "Dragon Wagon" (WR-Y) was flown by Capt. James E. Duffy Jr. from the 354th Fighter Squadron, 355th Fighter [...]

Diamond Nose...1/48 North American P-51D Mustang, 356th FG USAAF

by Reinhard Spreitzhofer on May 15, 2021 · in Aviation · 6 ≡

Built in 2013, this was the third Merlin Mustang my dad built, but the first he did correct, regarding the wings. Back then it was new info for us that the P-51 had sealed/filled panel lines on the wings. Besides that the wings were [...]

1/72 Multiple Aircraft Commission Build Completed!

by David Kopielski on March 12, 2021 · in Aviation · 5 ≡

The multiple aircraft commission build is finished! This build consisted of the Airfix Spitfire MK-1a, the Airfix Spitfire MK-1a converted to a MK-II using 3-D Kits conversion set, the Eduard Spitfire MK-IXc, the Tamiya P-51D and Academy [...]

Bill Whisner’s Ponies

by Tom Cleaver on March 5, 2021 · in Aviation · 14 ≡

Tamiya P-51B to do 352nd FG ace Bill Whisner's "Princess Elizabeth," a name he put on to celebrate the visit to the group by Princess Eilzabeth, later Elizabeth II. That fall, he traded up to a P-51D-10 he named "Moonbeam [...]

Oops! I did it again – yet another Eduard P-51D

by Tom Cleaver on December 24, 2020 · in Aviation · 16 ≡

Poking through model boxes can lead to, ummm... making a model. Surprising, I know, but yeah... From the Eduard Royal Class P-51 release, an airplane flown by a lesser-known ace who had a good way with words when it came time to write his [...]

A couple of 4th FG ponies

by Brian Riedel on September 15, 2020 · in Aviation · 5 ≡

A couple of old builds of P-51-D’s from the mighty 4th Fighter Group. The first one is the old Fujimi kit with a Verlinden cockpit, decals from Superscale. The second one is the Monogram kit with decals from Superscale. Brian Riedel

PTO tribute

by George Henderson on August 16, 2020 · in Aviation · 10 ≡

"Foxy" from the 45th FS/15th FG based on Iwo Jima, 1945 Not a very happy ending to this beautifully marked aircraft which is "parked" under that pile of smoke It was struck by the aircraft "parked" [...]

P-51D Tamiya 1/32 Scale All metal skin! "Tattie Bus"

by Rick Schad "The Pope of Plastic" on July 18, 2020 · in Aviation · 20 ≡

Well here she is! This will be my last metal skin build for a while! Such a pain to do this technique lol. This is the 1/32 scale Tamiya kit, nice kit, few fit issues but nothing really bad. The metal is the difficult part, hand cutting [...]

Tamiya 1/32 Scale P-51D with aluminum skin Part 1

by Rick Schad "The Pope of Plastic" on June 26, 2020 · in Aviation · 25 ≡

Hello fellow modelers! Well i'm at it again with the aluminum skin builds. As you can see I am well under way on this P-51D from Tamiya. Great kit so far, few little fit issues but nothing crazy. Scratch built the seat cushion some wiring [...]