Features

Gino Quintiliani models the Panda UH-1D/H in a spectacular White Sands Missile Range paint scheme.

As an Aeroscale exclusive, our own Mal Mayfield explains the Hows and Whys of his exciting new product - Miracle Paint Masks.

Photo feature of the SMW 2007 show

Here is the first article sent to us by new member Oliver Peissl (Erlawerke). The subject is the Eduard Fw 190 A-8 kit backdated to the A-7 variant. I hope there will be many more to see from Oliver in the future!

Peter Plattner, owner/operator of resin kit manufacturer Wiener Modellbau Manufactur, Austria, has sent in a photo feature that he has put together, of The Austro Hungarian WKF D.I.

Ayhan Toplu (Atoplu) has sent us some great photos of his Tamiya 1/48th Fw-190 D9.

Here is a build feature by Jean-Luc Formery (TedMamere) of the 1/48 scale Rafale C01 kit by Hobby Boss. The model was built out of the box and while not perfect, the kit is highly recommended to modern jets fans.

Nigel Julian (Lampie) brings us pictures of his British P-47,which served in Burma in 1945.

Here's an On Display feature of Ayhan Toplu's 1/48 scale Fw 190 A-6 model. Ayhan modified the Tamiya A-8 kit and won the Aeroscale August MOM contest with it. Congratulations to him!

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.

Our coverage of the IPMS-US National show which took place in August of 2007 in Anaheim, California.

Here is a build report by Jean-Luc Formery (TedMamere) of Hasegawa's new Fw 190 A-5. Not only does the kit include a very nice replica of the classic Luftwaffe fighter, but it also features a splendid BMW 327 car and a figure of famous Ace Josef Priller.

The P-47 Thunderbolt always makes into an impressive model, especially in 1/32 scale as you can see with Stefan Ericsson's (Phantom2) build of the new Hasegawa kit!

In his fourth Portfolio, Stephen Lawson (JackFlash) presents us his collection of Pfalz models. There are some fantastic WW1 paint schemes to discover in this feature.

Andy Brazier builds Eduard's ex-Heller Mirage 2000 and piles in extra detail courtesy of R-Flight resin update sets.

Andy Brazier's Century Series Fighters continues with the extraordinary Mach 3+ design - the Republic XF-103 Thunderwarrior.

Here's a build article of South Front's first 1/48 scale kit: the Lavochkin LaGG-3. Not quite an easy build but if you want to have an early variant of that plane in your collection you won't have the choice anyway...

1942, somewhere in England, a small truck has just stopped in front of a dispersal pen and debarked two RAF pilots. One of them will fly an Intruder mission aboard a four 20 mm cannon equipped Hurricane over Occupied France tonight...

Ayhan Toplu (Atoplu) is back with one of his fantastic Fw 190 D-9 model. But this time it's a 1/72 scale kit by Tamiya.

"Purple aces -- purple faces ! Coming to kill at dawn!" A dying yank gasped these words. As he did so he pointed to his own forehead where, emblazoned on the skin was a small purple ace of spades! What was this dread emblem? Who were the suicide pilots. .

Andy Brazier brings us part three of his Century Series with a look at the F-102 Delta Dagger

This time we are not late to present you CaptainA's (Carl Althaus) fantastic Aeroscale MoM winner for the month June. It's a 1/32 scale Roden Albatros D.III finished in a superb hand painted scheme!

Nigel Julian (Lampie) returned to the hobby not long ago. If you want to see what spectacular progress he made since his first efforts, then take a look at his Portfolio of 1/72 scale models.

Here are some photos of Michael Wolfe's (wingman) splendid 1/48 scale A-4 Skyhawk model. It's the Hasegawa kit with Aires cockpit set and decals from FoxOne.

Sorry for being late... but better late than never! Here are some fantastic photos of the Aeroscale Model of the Month winner of April: Gregor Krizman's (gregax) 1/48 scale Revell Me 410 B-2. There are some nice in progress included in this feature as we

Here is part 3 of what promises to be a long serie of Portfolios by Stephen Lawson. This time it is focused on the famous Nieuport fighter. Again there are many variants proposed in this feature.

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!

On the afternoon of Aug. 20, 1918 the unit had just returned from a strafing and bombing mission with near empty fuel tanks and empty ammo boxes. The word came by field telephone; “. . .The enemy has broken through in sector 7. . .”

Here are pictures of MPM's new 1/48 scale Fairey Fulmar kit built mainly out of the box by Jean-Luc Formery (TedMamere).

Nattapong Suwannarat (Oishi) shows us that sometimes one can transform lead into gold. That's what he did with Monogram's 1/48 scale F-101 Voodoo kit!

Ayhan Toplu (atoplu) adds another Fw 190 in his growing collection. This time it's Tamiya's 1/48 scale F-8 model in rather uncommon desert camouflage scheme.

Nattapong Suwannarat (Oishi) has built the 1/32 Trumpeter A-7E in Royal Thai Navy markings using a Blackbox cockpit set and Siamscale decals. The result is a fantastic looking model.

In 2003 the Lafayette Foundation pulled up stakes and caravanned from Denver Colorado to the California desert to participate in the filming of the big screen movie on the life of millionaire Howard Hughes, “The Aviator.”

It's not every day that Aeroscale can present an award winning model so we are proud to show you Derek Hanson's (Percheron) splendid MC 202 1/48 scale model which made a 1st place at the IPMS show 2007 in Washington State.

Steffen Arndt describes building Hasegawa's 1/48 scale kit in detail, with masses of pictures and tips for each stage.

Eetu Tahvonen has send us a serie of pictures of his latest built: Eduard's 1/48 scale Bell P-39 Airacobra. Eetu finished it in a devastating paint scheme!

Mark Buchler (m_buchler) presents us his first (and hopefully not his last) article for Aeroscale: Making resin parts. Explained like that, it seems very easy! Thanks a lot Mark!

Nuttapong Suannarut (Oishi) sent us pictures of Another fantastic looking model from his collection: Academy's 1/32 scale F-16C Block 40 Barak IDF with Isracast update set and isra Decals.

Here are some nice pictures of Hasegawa's 1/48 scale F-16 model by Jose Carlos (jcsimonc) from Spain. Carlos painted it in an interesting Israeli desert scheme.

Part 10 of Aircraft in Comics features some of the most incredible WW2 combat scenes produced by Francis Bergèse. Despite the fact that the excerpts are from a comic called "the Battle of Britain", the story goes from the Dunkirk days until the last days

It's been a long time since a Focke Wulf appeared on the mainpage. So here's another fine model by Ayhan Toplu for Luftwaffe fans: Tamiya's 1/48 scale FW 190 A-8.

Drabslab takes a look at the Soviet campaign in Afghanistan illustrated with innovative model photo-montages.

Any Brazier continues his series on the US Century Series fighters - this time with the McDonnell F-101 Voodoo.

Nattapong Suwannarat (Oishi) has sent us some fantastic photos of his build of the Hasegawa 1/48 scale F-4E Phantom II kit. This photo feature is complete with exterior and interior detail pictures.

Here are some very original pictures of a Phantom II model build by Ayhan Toplu (Atoplu) in Turkish markings. Ayhan converted the Revell F-4F kit to a E model and yes... it is 1/72 scale!

Tamiya's 1/32 scale Phantom II kit is impressive. But when you add Nattapong Suwannarat's (Oishi) extraordinary paint finish to it, it becomes a real master piece of a model!

It's always nice to see pictures of the Focke Wulf Fw 190 in it's ultimate Dora version. This time Ramao Alves built the Hasegawa 1/32 scale kit in the colors of famous Luftwaffe Ace Major Gerhard Barkhorn.

After his A-4E Agressor version, here is another fine McDonnell-Douglas Skyhawk model by Nuttapong Suannarut (Oishi). Again, it's the Hasegawa 1/48 kit but this is the C version in a Navy paintsheme.

This is my tribute to the Spitfire fans of Aeroscale: Tamiya's 1/48 scale Spitfire Mk. I converted to the Speed Spitfire prototype (K9834), using a home-made resin conversion set. You can't have too many Spitfires!

Andy Brazier begins a new series looking at America's first generation of supersonic fighters.