Features

Björn Goldman (Polarbear) has built Eduard's 1:48 scale Dassault Mirage IIICJ and chose to finish it as the famous Shahak 59 which was the highest scoring aircraft of this type in Israeli service with a total of 13 kills. The accompanying text combines bo

Here are some pictures of Eetu Tahvonen's (Emeritus> superb 1:72 scale Revell (reboxed Hasegawa) Heinkel He111 H-6 model. Eetu won the Aeroscale April Model of the Month contest with it.

Matthew Quiroz builds Trumpeter's impressive Su-24M "Fencer".

Peter Allen brings more Luftwaffe paper projects to life with a mega-collection of his superb artwork .

Louis Carabott tells the story behind another of his amazing dioramas.

Here is a photo feature of Steffen Arndt's 1:48 scale MQ-1 Predator from Bronco. Quite an unusual aircraft if you ask me...

Brad Cancian describes how he built his stunning Wingnut Wings Albatros.

Bill Cross describes the RAF Museum's London branch situated at Colindale.

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.

Here are some pictures of Tamiya's 1:48 scale A6M5 zero model. Photos of both the Mitsubishi and Nakajima built versions are included, as well as the Kurogane light vehicle and some figures.

Steffen Arndt has built the AFV Club 1:48 scale F-5E in the very exotic markings of an Ethiopian machine from the Ogaden War between Somalia and Ethiopia. Here are some pictures of the finished model.

Geoffrey Toillié (Rogue2332) has built three P-51 Mustangs of the 23rd FG based in China in 1944-1945. These are the 1:48 scale Hasegawa kits finished with some interesting and exotic paint shemes.

Steffen Arndt (alpha_tango) has waisted no time building the lovely 1:48 scale Tamiya Komatsu G40 bulldozer. The model was built in two days and then photographed in an appropriate diorama setting.

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.

The Douglas A-26 Invader entered service with the USAAF in late 1944. It served through the Korean War and into the Viet Nam War with the USAF. The War Eagles Air Museum of Santa Teresa, New Mexico, displays this bombardier-nosed A-26C.

Louis Carabott brings us pictures of his impressive Suez Crisis diorama.

In the second part of our Eduard Fw 190D Dual-Build, Rowan tackles some of the minor problems and omissions in the kit.

Here is a feature showing the construction of Eduard's new 1:48 scale Fw 190 D-9. The model was built strictly from the box in the markings of a Dora of Stab/JG 4, Frankfurt am Rhein-Main, April 1945.

Andrew Beard (CMOT70) has built the 1:32 scale Wingnut Wings L.V.G. C.VI after having done the review of it for Aeroscale. He can now back up his article with some hard evidence.

Borys Szczypka shows us his beautiful 1:32 Silver Wings resin Fw 44D Stieglitz.

Péter Lõrincz shows his superbly detailed and painted little Roden Sopwith F.1/3 Comic.

Here is a build report by Fabrice Fanton (ffanton) of Rest Model's 1:48 scale Polikarpov I-15. This is an all resin kit and in the hands of a skilled modeller really makes into a superb replica of this important Russian biplane fighter.

Louis Carabott brings us his amazing diorama of Qrendi Airfield airfield, Malta, 1942.

Jean Barby (MS406C) has sent us some pictures of his 1:48 scale Douglas TBD-1 Devastator. This is the old Monogram kit which can still be made into a very nice model as you can see in this photo feature.

Hubert Louis presents his stunning reworking of Eduard's SPAD XIII.

Torsten Rossman (BlackWidow) has sent us some photos and an interesting report of the Zeiskam Expo 2010 which took place on the 6/7 March weekend. This is the annual model expo of the Plastic Modellers Club Südpfalz in Germany.

Here's Planet Models' quarterscale resin Flitzer, as built for the recent Luftwaffe '46 Campaign.

Here are some pictures of David Johnson's (Moeggo) excellent 1:32 scale Hasegawa Ki-44 model. David won the Aeroscale Model of the Month award January with it.

Michał Sindera (Mecenas) has sent us a complete report of the 7th Scale Models Festival in Bytom, Poland which took place in February 27-28th, 2010. Accompanying the written article, there are more than 120 photos! Thanks a lot to michal for presenti

In this feature, Russell Smith (RussellSmith) tells us why model kits have become an important part of his workflow. Read the article and discover how the cover art for the 100th issue of the WW1 publication "Over the Front" came to life.

Louis Carabott shows his superb diorama of the famous Malta defenders - Faith, Hope and Charity.

Eric Larson demonstrates his excellent wood-graining technique in a step-by-step guide.

Wingnut Wings don’t exactly advertise their presence in the southern Wellington suburb of Miramar. The sleepy industrial feel of the street masks the activities of this small model company that has shaken up the modelling world since they launched their .

The Nürnberg Toy Fair 2010 has closed it's doors one week ago. Here is a report focused on the aircraft news in the plastic model kit industry.

Doug Cohen (DougCohen) has sent us some photos of his nicely done Mil Mi-1 helicopter model. This is the 1:48 scale Special Hobby kit which was done in a superb camouflaged paint sheme.

Here is a full build feature of Czech Model's 1:48 scale mulimedia kit of the Cessna UC-78 Bobcat. The model depicts aircraft n°42-32071 Uncle Tom's Cabin of the 361st FG in England. The project was done for the Aluminium Campaign on Aeroscale.

Marco Magrini goes to town on FineMold's Bf 109G and finishes it in national markings with a difference!

Louis Carabott presents his stunning 1:72 diorama of a Short Sunderland being serviced in Malta.

Jean Barby presents a very rare bird, beautifully built and photographed - Alpha Flight's 1:48 resin Regia Aeronautica trimotor.

Jim McIntosh (JimMrr) demonstrates that the old Revell-Takara kit from the 1970's is still a contender. Jim enhanced the model with an extensive scratchbuilt interior, painted markings, and clear lenses for landing lights.

Here is a photo feature of Justin Mccracken's (Keeperofsouls2099) December 2009 Aeroscale Model of the Month, the 1:48 scale Monogram PBY/OA-10A Catalina. A well deserved win especially if you consider that the huge model was hand painted!

Here is a Portfolio of Magnus Fridsell's (magnusf) fabulous collection of 1:72 scale models. The first were built in the mid' 90' and they all look superb! There is a bit of everything: WWII, modern, mainstream kits, short run kits, resin kits etc...

Dimitris Agios (agiosdimitrios) has built Eduard's 1:48 scale Albatros W.4 for a spectacular result. Coming as a bonus in this On Display feature, there are some photos explaining how to do WWI style spoked wheels.

Wojciech Kulakowski of Silver Wings has sent us photos of their resin Southampton Mk. II built beautifully by his friend Jacek Sznajder.

Péter Lõrincz took Roden's 1:32 kit and really went to town adding lots of extra detail, and then weathering for a well-used look.

Jean Barby (MS406C) has built his very nice 1:48 scale Hobby Boss FM-2 Wildcat kit with the addition of Vector resin correction sets, Falcon canopy and Eduard photo etched armament panels. The aircraft depicted belonged to the VC-93 assigned to the USS Pe

Here is a feature relating the build of a duo of Italeri 1:48 scale Reggiane Re.2002s. One model was built almost from the box while the second has been exentsively modified to correct the numerous errors and omisions of the original kit.

Panagiotis Koubetsos describes his award winning quarterscale Ju 87 diorama.

Raul Corral shows us his collection of beautifully built and painted 1:72 Thunderbolts.

Mark Hamrick (guitarlute101) has built the Wingnut Wings 1:32 scale LVG C.VI almost out of the box and the result is quite spectacular. In the article he also explains how he did to achieve such a realistic rigging on such a big scale model.