So, when researching about this model I found multiple people mentioning a build guide available for the Kinetic F-18 Hornet with mention to the ARCForums that should help with the build process of the jet (which apparently its a horribly difficult kit to put together)

Issue is I can't find this build guide at all, I've spent the last 40min searching for it to no avail, and the ARCForums a couple of comments here mention seem to be gone? it just shows a picture of two japanese cars and a scantily dressed lady

Something tells me this lady will not help me very much with the kit

I was going to stash the kit after hearing the comments about how terrible it is to put together but the detail is just so gorgeous that I can't bring myself to shelve it

My 4th Model

Trabant601 sluxe 1/24

Since this is fantasy I used as many decals as I could and still be semi-realistic.

This is the F/A-18E from Topgun Maverick , or supposed to be. I have absolutely no idea how to apply the decals and I don’t have paint. And it looks kinda sloppy lol

Sup fellow modellers, this is an first post from me. The 1/350 super Yamato kit, that I’ve personally dubbed ‘Yashima’, that I’ve been working on for about 2/3 weeks now and it’s been something. PE hell, seriously, if you don’t like PE parts, run. Far. I definitely did, as you can see by my neglecting of 90% of railings. But the plastic parts are amazing, blows Revell, Heller (sorry France) and about most brands out of the water for fitment out the box. Anyways 9.5/10 from me, and a couple firsts for me too. If anyone’s got any tips for making the moss and salt streaking look better, I’m all ears. Anyways, see y’all, thanks for reading and any tips in advance!

I've ordered a 1/72 scale Memphis Belle, what number is the most accurate shade of green/drab?

First German panther and first time doing shading any suggestions are welcome

I’m pretty new to airbrushing and i wanted to find Tamiya colour X-23 or (clear blue) to a atom mig version. Do you guys maybe found one that resembles X-23 in atom mig colours let me know please.

Man, I love the T-72

So I'm new to this and made my first 4 tanks. I know they re meh. (Tiger has recommended paints from Italeri but somehow colors looks wrong)

Anyway ,I had this idea to make 4 spaces for 4 different countries. Quite happy with the result.

Really loving this hobby, and I think I am getting better at brush painting. For these three, everything, from primer, to basecoat, to topcoat, was bushed on with Vallejo acrylics.

Any tips from fellow brush painters? I recently started thinning my topcoats with thinner medium, and that helped a lot!

Hello everyone,

I'm not a model builder myself but I do go to model fairs and shows as I think they're cool and my father and brothers build them. So while I have the enthusiasm, my knowledge is sadly lacking.

I bought a 1/48 Tamiya F-14A Tomcat kit for a friend's birthday, to surprise him. I wanted it to be a really cool build so I researched it and saw that Red Fox Studio does 3D decals for the cockpit.

They were unfortunately out of stock on their site and I looked for stockists and they seemed to be out of stock too.

I took a chance and went online to Amazon (foolish I know, I just really wanted to get it before my friend's birthday).

I bought some there and I got them and they are loose in the pack and don't look like the pictures. There's minimal colour, texture, they're missing details.

Can someone with experience with these decals please give me their opinion?

Thanks guys

Hi all. I finally finished the model. Plenty of room for improvement as I run into many many problems. But all in all an enjoyable build.

Hi, I recently took a request from my University to clean their wooden models and wanted to ask how do you guys usually clean them up, mainly the dust on the wooden surfaces and the sails. Any tips on making the sails look better(?) is also appreciated too!

Done on the brand new limited edition boxing of the PR Spitty by Kotare. It’s my first kit from them, first time at 1/32 as well (I can tell you already, it takes so much space, probably won’t do many at all).

I loved the experience of building the kit, the manual alone is probably the single best I’ve ever seen. I really enjoyed the parts breakdown, tolerances were extremely tight, but nothing a sanding stick and some filler to correct the user error later can’t fix. I’m not a 100% happy with it, as I feel I let down the kit a bit. But hey, I’m thrilled to have had the chance to build it, and paint it in my new favorite RAF colour, PRU blue.
What a magnificent kit, I can’t praise it enough!

Wow, it has been a while since I worked on this one as I was mostly focused on the YO barge. I plan to get her finished and ready to paint so I can paint both her and the YO barge. I had some time to attach the sidelights and place the last fairleads (I had to replace them as lost the originals to the carpet monster). The next step is the small crane and getting the rest of the PE figured out.

Hello all. I’ll be in London towards the end of the year, where I hope to get started in this hobby. I’m a complete beginner and in my country of residence it’s hard to come by quality modelling tools.

So I’m looking for suggestions for modelling stores in London where I can purchase all the tools that I will need to take back home. Please advise all the tools I would need and where to purchase.

For reference, I’m interested in aviation so I’m looking to get an airfix spitfire.

Looking forward to it!

A squad of Handschar W-SS division cautiously advances over rugged terrain

This is a neat vignette-in-a-box kit that you can easily build without anything else and it tells a story. Figures are classical late 1990s Dragon. Some flash, somewhat problematic arm-torso fits, but overall nothing a bit of work can’t fix. The biggest issue is assembly of the mortar. Vague and unclear instructions that require some research on how it should look like. Luckily it’s a weapon that was widely used so reference pictures are easy to find.

Smocks are typical W-SS ones so you have a several options for pattern, I opted for spring Oak Leaf one, it’s the one I can do best. And other than headgear these are standard W-SS figures, so nothing special there.

For ground I decided on rockier terrain, more typical of Balkan regions. Box Art gives an good idea for placement and I pretty much followed it.

Overall pretty happy with end result.

Looking at doing a coast guard MH-60 dio. The heli is in 1/72 and I want the crew and an AST jumping into the water or even in a hoist position. Is there anything on the market like this? What size figures should I aim for? Thanks!