WIP: 1/72 Heller Mirage IIIE – Argentinean Air Force
Ever wanted to have a model for which the readily available kits in the market where old and crude, and by the time you invested a lot of time trying…
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Modeling a RAAF PBY-5A Black Cat in 1/72
Graham revisits the Braille scale with a deep incursion in RAAF history. This time he brings Us this fabulous rendition of 42nd Squadron RK-E Catalina and the great story of its last…
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Midway Defender F2A-3 Buffalo
Luis “El Pibe Vitina” brings us his amazing 1/72 rendition of Capt. Humberd’s fighter, one of the few Buffalo pilots that could shoot down a Japanese Zero on an aircraft…
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The last performance of an enraged Corsair
Fabian Vera shares his amazing 1/72 Hobby Boss A-7E Corsair II from VA-72 “Blue Hawks”, one of the two Squadrons that against all odds fought with the veteran SLUFF in…
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3rd CAM Modeling Contest in Buenos Aires
On December 3rd and 4th the Anual CAM (Circulo Argentino de Modelismo) Scale Modeling Contest took place in the Centro Cultural Borges, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. An event with great…
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Scare your NMF demons with this 1/72 Ki-44 Shoki
NMF is one of those techniques that can haunt even the more experienced Scale Modelers. Raul continues our Japanese themed saga and shares with us his tips on the Hasegawa…
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Night Fighting Panther Ausf. F Tank
T-izumi from us his marvelous kit-bashed 1/72 rendition of the Ausf. F variant of the Panther tank, complete with scratch-built Night Fighting equipment!
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A Hasegawa Ki-84 Hayate that will ”Frank”-ly blow your hat off
Juan joins our ranks with this awesome model of Nakajima’s Ki-84 Hayate or “Frank”. Check what happens when you combine a simple kit with mastered scale modeling basics.
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Weathering Italeri´s Jagdtiger “331″ in ambush camo
After improving and detailing our braille Jagdtiger, we now move forward and give it some personality by applying decals and some weathering. We will also take care of one of…
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Walkaround: Sherman V (M4A4 75mm) – Ejercito Argentino
Between the 1946 and 1948 the Argentinean government acquired a huge amount of surplus WW2 armament from European countries, mainly from the UK. According to “Blindados Argentinos”, by Ricardo Sigal…
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WIP: 1/72 Heller Mirage IIIE – Argentinean Air Force
Posted on May 5, 2012 | No CommentsEver wanted to have a model for which the readily available kits in the market where old and crude, and by the time you invested a lot of time trying... -
WIP: 1/72 Airfix/Heller WW2 Jeep Willys – Part 4
Posted on November 15, 2011 | No CommentsWork in progress on the Airfix’s 1/72 Jeep gets some more PE details and a scratch-built wire-cutter. Also the windshield gets a small correction in shape. We are slowly getting... -
WIP: 1/72 Airfix/Heller WW2 Jeep Willys – Part 3
Posted on November 8, 2011 | 1 CommentIn this part I’ll improve the back seats, add a few more details from scratch and start using Orange 3D’s awesome photo-etch set to dress up Airfix little Jeep. I... -
WIP: 1/72 Airfix/Heller WW2 Jeep Willys – Part 2
Posted on October 28, 2011 | 2 CommentsUpgrade the Airfix/Heller 1/72 WW2 Jeep Willys kit to a proper rendition of this famous ¼ ton truck with some help of Orange 3d upgrade set and some scratch-building.
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Review: Condor Decal’s #72005 Falklands War/Guerra de Malvinas decal sheet
Posted on March 5, 2012 | No CommentsWith the Falklands/Malvinas War 30th Anniversary around the corner I think it is time to revisit decal options to produce some of the airplanes used in this conflict by both... -
Review: 1/72 Photo Etch Jeep Upgrade Set for Airfix (and Heller)
Posted on October 25, 2011 | 1 CommentAmong the best kit options to model a braille scale WW2 Jeep Willys probably one of the best ones out there is the 1/72 Airfix/Heller kit that hails back from... -
Review: FCM Latin A-26 Invaders #72-31 decal sheet
Posted on October 10, 2011 | No CommentsAs if the Invader wasn’t sexy enough on its own right, imagine it painted in some exotic Latin markings. Makes for quite a view among all those NMF or OD... -
Review: Monograph Douglas B-26 Invader in the Chilean Air Force
Posted on October 10, 2011 | 1 CommentThis edition is printed in laser and is made of contains 32 pages. It includes 36 photos (8 in colour) and 23 profiles complement the information, many of them of...