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Here are some pictures of Tamiya's 1:32 scale Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IX. The model was built from the box and the markings airbrushed using Mal's Miracle Masks.
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Nigel Julian has sent us some pictures of his very fine looking P-51B model in 1:48 scale. This is the Tamiya RAF Mustang III kit with Eduards seatbelts, Squadron vacform canopy and Lifelike decals.
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In May 1944 war weary P-47s from the 56th FG were transferred to the newly formed 5th Emergency Rescue Service. One of these became known as "Tony".
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Here's a build feature by Jean-Luc Formery (TedMamere) of Hasegawa's 1/48 Kawasaki Ki-45 Toryu. The model is presented in a diorama setting with many accessories from different manufacturers (Eduard, Fine Molds, Mark58, Tamiya etc...)
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Andy Brazier continues his look at America's Century Fighters series - this time with the incredible Lockheed Starfighter.
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Nigel Julian (Lampie) has sent us some great pics of his B-17F Assembly Ship in the markings of the 384th BG. The plane was nicknamed "The Spotted Cow".
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Allen Berry (Tomcat31) sent us some pictures of his A-1J Skyraider model. It's the Tamiya 1/48 kit and while it was built out of the box it resulted into quite an impressive model.
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Andy Brazier's Century Series Fighters continues with the extraordinary Mach 3+ design - the Republic XF-103 Thunderwarrior.
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Andy Brazier brings us part three of his Century Series with a look at the F-102 Delta Dagger
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Any Brazier continues his series on the US Century Series fighters - this time with the McDonnell F-101 Voodoo.
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Andy Brazier begins a new series looking at America's first generation of supersonic fighters.
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Nigel Julian (Lampie) sent us some pictures of his lovely little 1/72 scale Airfix Tiger Moth. For the photo session, he placed his model on a nice vintage background: an original Pilot's Flying Log Book!
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Our resident young lady, Courtney (Yoghurt) has been turning heads, with her Spitfire Mk V. So much so that this model won a Gold medal in the junior class at the Modelkraft show held at Milton Keynes in February.
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Mal Mayfield (Holdfast) describes how he built his magnificent Hasegawa 1/48 scale Hawker Typhoon in a detailed article with masses of superb pics.
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For my Hasegawa 1/48 Hawker Typhoon I wanted to accurately depict the coloured fill bands and the “pigtail” firing leads on the 60lb s.a.p (semi armour piercing) rocket projectiles.
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Mal (Holdfast) is back yet again with an informative article on the process he uses to pre-shade his aircraft.
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It has been sometime since I wrote my first article on pre-shading, but I have proved my theories and learnt quite a lot since then.
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Nigel Julian (Lampie) asserts the crown of "Bare Metal Finish King" with this lovely P-47 Thunderbolt. And yes it's 1/72 scale!
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This article is based on the recent build of the Revell Sopwith Camel in 1:72 by Nigel Julian (Lampie). In it he will explain how he went about masking and spraying a complex Anti Dazzle Scheme.
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Nigel Julian (Lampie) takes a look at a busy flying season ahead on the UK airshow circuit.
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Mal Mayfield is back again with another great looking kit. The subject this time is the Ju 87 B-2 Trop finished in a spendidly done camo scheme.
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