I-116 racer
hi, i wish to present to you my old version of "aerial F1"
Its made from Polikarpov I-16 plane in 1/72, and few bits from other kits.
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Review: Caudron C.450 racer 1:72 – new kit from SBS – review
I picked up this beautiful little kit on the recent Mosonshow from the SBS stand. It's really a "hot" product as they just finished preparations and announced the kit for the event. My example is from the first batch!
Developed [...]
Academy 1/72 Spitfire Mk.XIV – Air racer style ‘Blue Ghost’
Hello there,
This work was done for my club event three years ago.
I changed Spitfire to Air Racer style.
My concept was to make Spitfire with a mysterious blue flame.
I finally won the Grand Prix at the club event with this [...]
Review: Eduard 1/48 Finnish Bf-109G-6 “racer”
By late 1942, the Finnish Air Force’s motley collection of Brewster B-239s, Fiat G.50s, Hawker Hurricanes and Curtiss Hawk 75As were no longer able to maintain air superiority over the Northern Front as the Red Air Force replaced their [...]
Tamiya 1/48 scale Spitfire MK V, racer
This little Spitfire was purchased at the end of WWII by co-owners Horace Hopkins and Copper W. Danielson (C.W.) , and flew out of the Bernard airport in Beaverton Oregon. Originally used as a motion picture prop is was soon modified to [...]
Building A Bearcat Champion Racer
I started out to build the Bearcat in the Glenview scheme, but as you can see, there was a change in plans along the way. I know racing aircraft is not everyone's cup of tea, but when one is looking for something colorful in a scheme, one [...]
Granville Miller & Delackner R6H “Quod Erat Demonstratum” – 1:72 scratch
Hi! This is my next Macrobertson plane, this time the ill-fated last "true" GeeBee the R6H QED. For whose not familiar with the type (I thinkis not a suprise) the story in short:
"The Gee Bee Q.E.D. ("Quod Erat [...]
Video: High Planes Racers 1/48 "Precious Metal II"
As featured in December's Scale Aircraft Modelling (Volume 36, Issue 10)
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Seversky S2 Racer, Flown by Frank Fuller, 1939 Bendix Race
First, let me say that this is a classic example for the motto of my Club "I Know Where the Mistakes Are and I'm Not Going to Tell You Where They Are" second, this is the very old Hobbycraft 1/48 kit of the Seversky S2 Racer [...]
Otaki 1/48 (Ki-61) “Hieney Racer”
I always thought the Ki-61 was one of Japan's sleekest looking WWII fighters. German desigined and Daimler-Benz powered, it was built by Kawasaki, and named the "Hien".
The cost of an Otaki kit was reasonable enough that I [...]
