The Year of the Cat Group Build Database at iModeler

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Year of the Cat: 1/48 Testors/Hawk F8F-2 Bearcat

I want to thank Louis Gardner for starting this group build and inviting me to come along with my cat entry. Since I was a little late to the party I picked a kit that I thought would be simple and fast. So presented for your view today is [...]

“Year of the Cat” Group Build a freindly reminder…………

They say that all good things must come to an end. That sounds like a real "bummer" doesn't it ? The Chinese New Year will start on February 16th, which is only a few days away. Unfortunately that will be the [...]

Year of the Cat: Monogram F9F-5 Panther "the Bluetail Fly"

USS Princeton’s deployment on the line at the beginning of her final Korean deployment in April-May 1953 saw nine pilots shot down, with seven of the nine killed or missing. Among the dead was Lt(jg) Richard “Stretch” Clinite of [...]

Year of the Cat Group Build………… Reminder

Hello again everyone ! This is just a friendly reminder: It has been quite some time since this Group Build has started. The "Official" Chinese New Year starts on February 16th, 2018, which is a little over two weeks away. [...]

1/48 Hasegawa “Year of the Cat” F6F-3K Drone

Hello again all. This is the last of the four Hellcats I was building at the same time for the "Year of the Cat" Group Build. I finished this one up a few nights ago, and photographed it last night. I wanted to build some [...]

1/48 Hasegawa “Year of the Cat” F6F-5K Hellcat “Target Tow / Drone “

Here she is in all her glory... hot off the work bench. This one was built as one of four F6F Hellcats that I was building at the same time in our "Year of the Cat" Group Build. I wanted to build something different, so I chose [...]

The Wooden Bee and the Story of the Auca Five

Here is my modest contribution to the Year of the Cat, and it is simultaneously a legacy build. The former is tenuously justified by the fact that the model in question bears the nickname “Cub” (the PA-14 Piper Cub, to be precise). I [...]

Hasegawa 1/48 “Year of the Cat” F6F-5 Hellcat, the first U.S. Navy Blue Angels plane

Tonight's presentation is hot of the work bench. It is the second completed build for this year, (but most of the work was done last year...). I have been building a set of four Hasegawa F6F Hellcats as part of our current "Year of [...]

Hasegawa 1/48 “Year of the Cat” NAS Daytona Beach F6F-3 Hellcat “Flight 138” 1945

Well the New Year is off to a great start... I just finished up the first model for this Year. Granted, most of the work was done last year, so it only needed some little things completed to make it whole. One down and three more [...]

Year of the Cat F4F Wildcat

Got too busy with the holiday season and also wanted to get one of these posted before the year was over. So, there's no antenna as I couldn't wait for some EZ Line. I should've taken the photos yesterday when it was a little overcast to [...]