Features

Tomasz Chacewicz has sent us his superb build report of the Nieuport-Macchi M9. Model kit he used is a resin 1:72 scale product of Choroszy Modelbud company.

Torsten Rossmann brings us some photos from the Speyer Expo. What a nice way to spend your weekend!

The What If? campaign was recent concluded and was themed around build a what if aircraft

Today we continue our tour at the Polish Aviation Museum in Kraków. In the last part we have seen the „Mig Alley”, this time we get back under the roof and visit one of the smallest exhibitions in the Museum.

Doug Nelson brings us some photos of his recently built Montex Yakovlev Yak-1b in 1:32.

The Corsair the Sky Pirates campaign was recent concluded and was themed around build any aircraft that used the Corsair name.

Jaroslaw Kierat presents us with his remarkable build of the "Cyclone" in diorama setting.

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The last weekend of February is a traditional time when the modelers from Poland, but not only, make a ritual journey to Bytom to hold a Scale Modeling Festival. This year was not different so we have a great honour to present you a report from this event

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Gordon Stevens continues the remarkable story of RAREplanes and the birth of the vacform kit industry.

Magnus Fridsell builds Eduard's delightful little MiG 21 Dual Combo kit in the markings of Egypt and the Slovak Republic

Louis describes his master-build of Fly Model's Macchi M5 - totally transforming the kit in the process.

Once again the Nürnberg Toy Fair was the place to be to gather the latest information from the plastic modelling industry. Though the weather was very cold outside this year, it didn't prevent some manufacturers coming by with some very hot news. For more

The legendary Gordon Stevens, the man behind of one of the most famous names in annals of vacform modelling - RAREplanes - tells the story of the company, and thereby the birth of an industry.

The "Mig Alley" almost intuitively comes to our minds as the region of jet fighter dogfights in North Korea. Not many people know this is also a place right in the middle of the Europe.

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Campaign finishers

In this feature Michał Sindera continues the tour at the Polish Aviation Museum in Kraków and takes us to next display hall.

Drabslab takes an old childhood game and applies it to one of modelling's challenges: Making ejection seat handles look easy.

Justin McCracken presents us with the results of the Aerial Screw Campaign, which was themed around building the sometimes least appreciated genre of helicopters.

Doug Nelson presents his latest bare-bones Silver Wings build guide. This time it's the Gladiator, with no filler or paint to hide behind.

Here is a build feature by Jean-Luc Formery (TedMamere) of Great Wall Hobby's hotly discussed 1:48 scale P-61 Black Widow. The model has been built with some minor modifications but no aftermarket items were used.

The Vac Attack campaign was recent concluded and was themed around building a vac-u-form kit.

Ernst Roth builds Tamiya's superlative He-219 as Hauptmann Heinz Strüning's mount the morning after a combat with RAF Mosquitos. Ernst used Aries and CMK aftermarket accessories to liven up his build, and finished the kit with a simple but effective diora

Artur Domański has sent us photographs and a detailed build report of his recent giant model which is a de Havilland Mosquito in the 1:24 scale released by Airfix.

Marko Vidmar brings us a comprehensive photo report on the highly impressive entries at the IVth New Year's Cup in Belgrade.

Ryszard Holak presents his recent build of Hawker Hart in 1:32 scale, a kit made by Silver Wings, together with the historical background.

Steffen Arndt has sent us photos of his HobbyBoss quarterscale Focke-Wulf Ta 152.

Jim Whitbread has sent us details of his impressive largescale Fw 190A-8.

Marko Vidmar looks at some of the excellent entries in the recent Slovenian Open & Nationals model show.

Damian Rigby presents the finishers of the Zerstorer Heavy Fighter Campaign. The campaign resulted in the construction of 22 striking models.

Justin McCracken presents the finishers of the Flight of the Intruder Campaign

This is the third part of the tour at Polish Aviation Museum in Kraków.

Luciano Sartonetti visits the world famous Shuttleworth Collection.

Allen Berry shares his photos of Scale Model World 2011

There being a dearth of detail photos of the Pucara's wheel wells on the web, Luciano Satornetti steps in to fill the need.

Justin McCracken brings us photos of this interesting MD Helicopters' MH-6M

Justin McCracken takes us for a walkaround of a very spiffy MH-60J Jayhawk Helicopter from Florida's USCG Air Station Clearwater.

Doug Nelson provides a detailed guide to building Silver Wings' beautiful resin Flycatcher using no paint or filler to hide behind.

Here's a look at the excellent finished entries for our popular P-40 Campaign.

Luciano Satornetti takes us on a tour of the Middle Wallop Museum of Army Flying.

Hoosier Air Museum displays two of the biggest radial engines used on US aircraft, the Wright R-3350 Duplex-Cyclone, and the Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major.

This Hiller OH-23 Raven is on display at the Hoosier Air Museum next to the De Kalb County Airport at Auburn, IN, USA.

These Stinson airplanes are on display at the Hoosier Air Museum next to the De Kalb County Airport at Auburn, IN, USA.

Jean-Luc Formery brings us Tamiya's renowned Storch set in a desert diorama setting.

Michal Sindera brings us the second installment of a multi-part exploration of Kraków's newly-expanded aviation museum.

Jessica Cooper tackles a challenging build of Roden's new 1/144 DC-7C in Japan Airlines livery.

Here's a look back at the excellent finished entries for our recent F-16 campaign.

Jean Barby shows us his great build of Hasegawa's quarterscale Kawanishi George.