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Its been quite a while since I have posted anything so thought maybe time to do some more. I have been modelling away and frequently visit this and other sites. Maybe I been inspired!
I have always loved the F-4 Phantom and managed to get [...]
1/700 Scale
Gearing (Snowman Model)
Detail-up used photo-etching only for radars and handrails.
And I referred to the link below.
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For several years I had a goal of building 1/48 scale models of all the Navy dive-bombers that saw action in WWII. I'd been fascinated with dive-bombing ever since I read Walter Lord's book "Incredible Victory", and saw the [...]
Greetings! A kit I haven't seen built a whole lot is Tiger Model's 1/35th CB90 Combat Boat. Rumors and the internet have it that Tiger is coming out with a US Navy version but I am impatient and decided to convert their existing kit into [...]
Scale: 1:32
Manufacturer: Tamiya
This build is pure box with only few add ons - seat belts from plumb stripes, F.O.D by Quickboost and HGW stripes "Remove before flight".
The kit is very nicely detailed and requires only very [...]
Hasegawa 1/32
Curtiss BF2C USS Ranger
Hello iModeler!
Here is my Revell F/A-18F Super Hornet. Good from afar but far from good... but learned more from this build than I did from my recent Tamiya builds. Exhaust cans are resin Wolfpack cans, decals are CAM Pro VFA-41 and [...]
So. Available for pre-order at your favorite online retailer. (Comes out in February 2109)
Includes:
"The Fight That Never Happened" - Royce Williams in an F9F-5 goes 1:7 against Russian-flown MiG-15s of the Red Air Force and [...]
I must say I was always intimidated by builds of modern aircraft but this build changed my mind. The kit is from 1988 and does not stand up to the new Tamiya kit but I managed to have a lot of fun with it. Lots of fit issues and old decals [...]
First, let me say this—I originally wanted to title this post, “To Hell with this F6!” But, thought our web site benefactors wouldn’t appreciate it. However, my fellow builders, this kit was anything but fun.
Maybe its because [...]