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1/48th AD-5 Skyraider
Hello Folks, here's my latest just off the building table. It's an AD-5 Skyraider built from the 1/48th Revell kit. As many of you know, that kit is a re-release of the old Matchbox kit from back in the 70's. The advantages of working with [...]
iModeler Review: Revell 1/48 Stearman PT-17
Revell 1/48 Stearman PT-17
Product ID: 85-5264
Overview
Skill Level: 3
Scale: 1/48
Length: 6-1/8"
Height: 2-5/16"
Wingspan: 8-3/16"
Parts: 60
The Stearman (Boeing) Model 75 is a biplane used as a military trainer aircraft, [...]
That last headline is a hard act to follow…
Reading that obituary gave me even greater respect for those heroic men who flew these in wartime.
Here is my second model plane in 40 years, a P-51D built from the 1/48 Revell 'Big Beautiful Doll' kit #85-5241. I included to in progress [...]
The Mother of All Plastic Ship Models-Revell’s USS MISSOURI
As you work on your current plastic kit consider this; there was a time when these prototypical miniatures didn't exist. At least not in plastic form. How interested would you be in a hobby that offered little in the way of boxed kits, a [...]
Revell 1/48 F-104G
The second of the ten dollar specials, this was originally intended to be the basis of a serious NMF effort-until I found it was smooth as a baby's behind as well. I really was hoping for engraved panel lines-this is a smooth tube, which, [...]
Revell 1/48 F8E Crusader
Another recent Revell re-box of an old Monogram kit, and the result of an urge on my part to discover jets and venture into post WWII aviation modeling. One of my search parameters was that ten dollars was all I would pay-and they'd all be [...]
1/144 Boeing 747-338 QANTAS NALANJI DREAMING VH-EBU
Full body and wings conversion of Revell 747-400 into 747-300, including:
Reworked into the correct shape, reworked and cut wings into the correct shape, reworked vertical stabilizer, rescribed panel lines, reworked landing gear and bays [...]
Hurricane Mk.IIc Trop 1/72 Revell
Revell Hurricane in 1/72, made mostly OOB. I only detailed cockpit a bit, added seatbelts made from masking tape, transparent wingtip and landing lights and Quickboost cannon barrels. Colors are Gunze, decals are from Lift Here, and are [...]
1957 Ford
I seem to be finishing automotive kits lately. This is my latest. It is a 1/25th scale Revell 1957 Ford done as a mild custom using the nostalgia approach.
All emblems & handles have been removed. It is lowered using blocks in the rear [...]
Revell Mk 9 Spitfire 1/48
This is one I built ages ago but is still a favourite of mine, The Revell Mk 9 Spitfire is a pleasure to build, if I remember rightly you get the option of rounded or the more pointed tailfin and the rounded or clipped wing tips ,you can [...]
