King Kong ’33
This was originally part of a group build in our local Club. Sadly the figure modeler passed away before he could finish Kong.
This was originally part of a group build in our local Club. Sadly the figure modeler passed away before he could finish Kong.
Spitfire Mk I, R6776/QVoH, 19 Squadron, F/S George Unwin, September 1940 The cannon armed Mk I has always intrigued me, so when I discovered the story, I had to model one. The Subject Soon after the Spitfire began production, the Air Ministry was keen on adding cannons to the Spitfire. The reason was simple: all
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Spitfire III Prototype, N3297, Spring/Summer 1940 Finished! This is the prototype Spitfire III, of which only this and another were ever made; the type being superseded by the Spitfire V. The Subject The Spitfire III was meant to be the ultimate Merlin engined Spitfire; a truly air superiority aircraft that would outperform anything expected from
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Modifying the Airfix rag wing to the 8 gun metal wing I’ve read on line and in mags where folks have taken the Hasegawa or other metal 8-gun “a” wing kits and grafted it to the Airfix fuselage, but after looking closely at my kit I realized it cannot be too difficult with my modest
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While not the most noticeable difference between the Mk I/V and the III, from a modeling perspective it could be the most challenging alteration. As I indicated in an earlier post, the Mk III radiator is larger than a Mk I/V, and has a boundary layer splitter. Since I decided to use the Airfix Mk
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