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Trumpeter RA-5C Vigilante

by Bryan W. Bernart on March 29, 2023 · in Aviation — 12 Comments

Another case of buy the kit, then read the reviews just before building. Oh, my! One of three kits that I didn't think would be available in the future due to their countries of origin, I purchased this and two other "gotta [...]

F4F-4 Wildcat – Cat of the Pacific War

by Lis on December 23, 2022 · in Aviation — 30 Comments

(link) Today story will be short. The Airfix F4F Wildcat model is quite a popular model available for many years. I wanted to face him. As it turned out, it has a lot of imperfections that can effectively discourage novice modelers. [...]

Eduard F4F-3 Wildcat, 1/48. 'The Navy's First Ace'

by Harvey R. on September 22, 2022 · in Aviation — 25 Comments

Following Eduard's amazing 2022 new tooling of the infamous A6M2, I eagerly looked forward to their rendition of the Wildcat and this kit certainly doesn't disappoint. Unsurprisingly the first Wildcat Eduard releases is the F4F-3, [...]

USS Gearing, Dragon 1/350

by Marcello Rosa on August 18, 2022 · in Ships — 26 Comments

Here is my build of Dragon's USS Gearing, lead ship of the US Navy's ultimate WWII destroyer class. This is the excellent kit from Dragon, which comes with extensive photoetch (but, surprisingly, no railing!). Built it out of the box apart [...]

Korean War...1/48 Douglas AD-4NA Skyraider, VF-194, US Navy

by Reinhard Spreitzhofer on June 23, 2022 · in Aviation — 6 Comments

After the French Skyraider, my dad decided to build another one, this time an AD-4NA during the Korean War. He used the Italeri boxing of the old ESCI kit which was first released in 1979. Most Korean War naval schemes are rather boring, [...]

Accurate Miniatures Grumman F3F-2 Trainer 1/48 (repainted)

by Andreas Fey on February 7, 2022 · in Aviation — 24 Comments

Hello friends, this kit is the Grumman F3F-2 from Accurate Miniatures, with some figures from Tamiya and Tori Factory. I have built the kit about 10 years ago and the model was gathering dust because of lack of space in my showcase. I [...]

Hasegawa 1/72 F/A-18F Super Hornet VFA-102

by Seiji KIMURA on December 9, 2021 · in Aviation — 8 Comments

Hasegawa's 1/72 F/A-18F, built in 6 days. I used Mr.Color mainly to paint and weathering. I set figures made by Tori Factory.

Revell/Italeri 1:72 HO4S-1 Chickasaw

by Pip Moss on November 29, 2021 · in Aviation — 30 Comments

This is the second of the 1:72 helicopters I built for my club's 2021 theme build of Rescue and Recovery. It's mostly the Revell H-19A kit, but I also purchased a copy of the Italeri H-19B kit and used some of its parts interchangeably. I [...]

Tamiya 1/48 F4U-1 Bird Cage Corsair VMF-213

by Seiji KIMURA on October 19, 2021 · in Aviation — 24 Comments

I assembled and painted the Tamiya Corsair in about 5 days. The painting was done mainly by hand with a brush. I used a light gray color that is not very noticeable on the panel lines to make the model look bigger than it is.

XA2D-1 Skyshark – monster figher that failed (ClearProp 1:48)

by Martin Dytrych on August 20, 2021 · in Aviation — 20 Comments

It is big bird, looking either elegant and weird. It was planned as turboprop-powered heavy attack fighter for US Navy carrier decks in 1950s. However, Navy did not allowed the plane to operate due to troublesome power unit and due to its [...]