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I've been working on Hasegawa's Tracker for a while now so figured it was best to upload a few photos as a work in progress. Lots of firsts for me in this build. First using lots of etched detail...

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Ok, time to get this one finished, it's been sitting on my bench at 90% for too long. This time it's Italeri's F-104G, another great kit.

http://www.scalemodelersworld.com/articles/the-workbench/italeri-1-72-f-104g.html

While I'm working on my F-104G and Tracker I thought it would be a good time to upload another older build. Today we have Italeri's old faithful A-7E which is based on the ESCI kit, as many Itale...

http://www.scalemodelersworld.com/articles/the-workbench/italeri-1-72-a-7e-corsair-ii.html

AirDOC have released LTV A-7D/K Corsair II: The 'SLUF' in USAF and USANG Service 1968-1993 (Famous Aircraft of the USAF and USANG). This paperback has 137 pages packed full of all the details any...

http://www.scalemodelersworld.com/articles/news/airdoc-book---ltv-a-7d-k-corsair-ii.html

Time to get something small finished while the big projects get shelved. So I picked up Academy's 72nd scale Tempest for a quick build to be thrown together over a few days.

http://www.scalemodelersworld.com/articles/the-workbench/academy-1-72-hawker-tempest-v.html

Using paper are often a good idea for complex or small camouflage patterns because the paper is easy to cut into the correct shape.

http://www.scalemodelersworld.com/articles/tips/paper-camouflage-masks.html

Lets see how revells little kit stacks up.

http://www.scalemodelersworld.com/articles/inbox-kitset-reviews/revell-1-72-p-26a-peashooter.html

While building Academy's 1/72nd scale Hawker Tempest I thought it would be a good time to perhaps put something up on how I do my preshading. The basic idea of pre shading is to highlight the pa...

http://www.scalemodelersworld.com/articles/tips/preshading-your-models.html

Airfix have been taking over 10 months of research on their new 1/24th scale Mosquito and now they are nearing release. The kitset will have around 617 parts when put together will produce a airf...

http://www.scalemodelersworld.com/articles/news/airfix-1-24-mosquito.html

I'm not so familiar with helicopters so I can't vouch for how accurate this is but the details look really nice. Two sprues of tan coloured plastic are included and one sprue for the clear part...

http://www.scalemodelersworld.com/articles/inbox-kitset-reviews/amt-ertl-1-72-kamov.html

The Kit This is Kitechs 72nd scale offering which looks to be quite similar to a Hobby Craft kit which was released some time ago. This is my first Kitech kit and I was quite surprised at the qua...

http://www.scalemodelersworld.com/articles/the-workbench/kitech-1-72-beech-c-45f-transport.html

Introduction Parts of this kit came free each month on the cover of one of those aircraft magazines, I think it was Take Off magazine. I can't be for certain but the kit looks like an airfix type...

http://www.scalemodelersworld.com/articles/the-workbench/airfix-1-72-tornado-gr1.html

Ok here's one that I came up with while trying to find a decent way to create a stand with stuff that's just lying around. The idea is very simple, use the CD as a flat base and cut out a plastic...

http://www.scalemodelersworld.com/articles/tips/aicraft-stands-from-old-cds.html

The Aircraft The Fitter is another one of those aircraft that has an aggressive look when seen from various angles. After seeing a few pics of these on the internet somewhere I just had to find...

http://www.scalemodelersworld.com/articles/the-workbench/hobbycraft-1-72-su-22u-fitter.html

The Aircraft The Lightning was a product of the cold war and was the only British jet which was capable of mach 2 flight. Built primarily as an interceptor, its main features were its speed and...

http://www.scalemodelersworld.com/articles/the-workbench/airfix-1-72-bac-lightning-f3.html

The Aircraft Wikpedia says: The de Havilland DH.112 Venom was a British postwar single-engined jet aircraft developed from the de Havilland Vampire. It served with the Royal Air Force as a single...

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Introduction This is superscales 72nd decal sheet featuring enough decals for six different Falcons. Four F-16A's and Two two seat variant F-16B. Enough stencil data is provided for three aircraf...

http://www.scalemodelersworld.com/articles/decal-reviews/superscale-1-72-72-336-f-16a-b-falcons-388-474--8-tfw.html

Introduction Quite a rare kit to find these days, I'm pretty sure that this one is no longer in production by Italeri and is the only game in town if you want to make an EB-66 Destroyer.

http://www.scalemodelersworld.com/articles/inbox-kitset-reviews/italeri-1-72-douglas-eb-66-e-dl.html

Big, rugged and adaptable. The 'Hun' is another one of those aircraft that stands out due to its aggressive ugliness. The Aircraft The F-100 was originally designed as a higher performance follow...

http://www.scalemodelersworld.com/articles/the-workbench/italeri-1-72-f-100-super-sabre.html

Introduction Aeromasters 72-191 sheet features 1/72nd scale decals for three versions of the F-4 Phantom ranging from the F-4B to the F-4J Below are the aircraft represented on this sheet: F-4B P...

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