Features

My Revell 1/48 Heinkel He 111. This model won the the Aircraft Model of the Month (MOM) for June.

Flitzer (Peter Allen) is back with the latest installment of his Luft '46 extravaganza. This time rockets and other unconventional aircraft are the focus.

Jean-Luc Formery (TedMamere) gives us a detailed breakdown on how he tackled Classic Airframes' kit of this classic Soviet fighter.

Joe Szczgiel has submitted photos of his superb 1/48 scale CH-46s - based on the Academy kit, but with super-detailed, operable folding rotors plus many other extras.

Pretendo descrever, com este artigo, o código colorido das faixas e o "pigtail" nas cabeças ativas nos foguetes s.a.p (projéteis semiperfurantes de blindagens) de 60lb para o meu Hawker Typhoon da Hasegawa em 1/48.

Peter Allen (Flitzer) continues his examination of potential Luft '46 colour schemes by returning to fighters with a fresh series of excellent colour profiles.

Wingman's awesome Ju 87D was the well-deserved winner of the March Aircraft Model of the Month. Here, with specially taken pics and a full description of the build, is Michael's model in all its glory.

This latest edition of Luft 46 Colour applications looks at Night fighters and Zerstörers applying the same logic in respect of colour schemes.

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.

Peter Allen (Flitzer) continues his epic series on Luft '46 colour schemes with the second installment of bomber illustrations.

Esteban Murador (ModelAces) has sent us the story of JV 44's "protection flight", accompanied by great photos of his superb Hasegawa 1/32 scale Dora.

Mal Mayfield (Holdfast) descreve como ele construiu seu suntuoso Hawker Typhoon Hasegawa na escala 1/48 num detalhado artigo com magníficas fotos.

Mal Mayfield (Holdfast) describes how he built his magnificent Hasegawa 1/48 scale Hawker Typhoon in a detailed article with masses of superb pics.

Este é o Henschel Hs 129 B-2 da Hasegawa relançado pela Revell. Minha inspiração para construir este Kit, à parte de querer um 129 em minha coleção, foi a de querer testar minha mão na criação, pela primeira vez, de um wash com branco em um esquema de cam

Just to whet our appetites for his forthcoming Bombers Feature, Peter Allen has produced some stunning new artwork for Luft '46 Fighters.

Peter Allen (Flitzer) turns his attention to Luftwaffe Bomber Projects in the latest installment of this fascinating series.

Mal Mayfield explores the Black Art of Scribing in a wonderfully detailed article which outlines the various tools and techniques he uses.

Mal Mayfield outlines a beautifully neat and simple way to create authentic-looking glass in etched-metal instrument panels.

Pogo an opossum (cartoon character), a stick (toy), and an aircraft (a history maker). Pardon me if I wax nostalgic about this aircraft. I remember, as a young lad (giving away my age), seeing local News coverage of the “Pogo” XFY-1 test flight.

Vince Haworth has submitted a very useful article on how to make paper camouflage masks.

This very timely...they say the Big Chill is coming! What to say? You know it'll be special when Holdfast submits a feature... so just sit back and enjoy.

Bryan Tucker gives a detailed account of how he transformed Airfix's 1960s Short Sunderland with the help of White Ensign Models' etched detail sets.

Garry Beebe gives a detailed description of how he tackled White Ensign's 1/72 WW2 German Navy floatplane catapult. Garry has supplied plenty of pics to accompany his stage-by-stage build report.

Valentin E. Bueno gives us a detailed account of how he built a Japanese Airlines Airbus 380 - complete with a rather unusual colour scheme!

Flitzer takes to the high seas with his latest exploration into Luftwaffe '46 colour schemes.

Flitzer provides a detailed article on how he created the stunning artwork for his Luft '46 series, with stage-by-stage instructions and masses of pics.

Peter Allen (Flitzer) continues his epic investigation into potential Luft '46 colour schemes and aircraft. This time he turns his attention to ground-attack aircraft.

This is the 1/48 Hasegawa kit built out-of-the-box by Michael Wolfe.

Peter Allen returns with Part 2 of his feature on Luft '46 Camouflage Applications. This installment focuses on fighters and Heavy Fighters.

Peter Allen, King of LUFT '46 reviews, shares with us a new article based on LUFT '46 camouflage. In his article, Peter describes a process in which to achieve a realistic looking LUFT '46 camouflage finish.

Michael Wolfe is back again with another great looking WWII bird. The feature this time is a small diorama of a Il-2 Sturmovik.

Michael Wolfe returns again but this time with a Modern Jet. This is the 1/48 scale Hasegawa kit with Eduard photoetch cockpit and utility cart and hardstand by Verlinden.

Many of you will remember the online build Mal was doing with his spitfire and will recognize the aircraft in this feature. Mal finished the spit and has submitted some pictures for your viewing pleasure.

Martin delivers a fine looking 109 diorama framing two pilots having a conversation. I can here it now, "There I was behind this Mustang...."

Shonen_Red is here with his first feature on Armorama, an Accurate Miniatures SBD-3 Dauntless in markings from the Battle of the Coral Sea.

Jason Cole (Bender) brings us his Fw190D today.

Michael Wolfe is back yet again with another sensational looking aircraft diorama. A static display, of static displays.

Martin is here with a great little article to assist you with those recessed panel lines. He'll demonstrate his technique to make them stand out a little better-without a wash.

Mal has released his latest installment of "How To" articles with a very detailed article on Oil Washes. There's a lot of text and pictures to digest in this one so be prepared.

Federico Kunz is here with his first feature at Armorama, a beautiful MIG-15 of the Algerian Air Force.

David Aungst shares with us another of his great modelling subjects. Many of you will recognize the outline of the F-5 from the movie Top Gun. David takes us through his build and the painting of those awesome markings.