Patricio Gonzalez Arequipa, Arequipa, Perú “Stand Alone” is the title of a beautiful Life Miniatures 90mm resin figure that Patricio painted with acrylics. He added scale vegetation, bri...
Joe McCaslin Colville, Washington Joe built a partial cutaway version of the Airfix 1/24 scale Spitfire Mk.IX. He says the build was “95% out of box.”
Charles Lipkin Naperville, Illinois “This is the first model car I've built since I was a teenager, more than 60 years ago,” says Charles of his AMT 1/25 scale '55 Chevy Bel Air Sedan. He...
William Erdman University Park, Illinois William made this scene from a Tamiya 1/35 scale Panzerkampfwagen II and four Dragon Afrika Korps infantry figures. He said he built the Panzer II ove...
Ronald Wells Abingdon, Virginia Ronald constructed for and presented this model to Apollo 17 astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt, the only scientist to walk on the Moon. He painted a Zvezda 1/144 s...
Manuel Castro East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania Manuel’s “Breakthrough at the Siegfried Line” diorama includes a Tamiya 1/35 scale M4A3 (75mm) Sherman dressed for service in the 761st Tank...
Ryan Young Calgary, Alberta, Canada Ryan modified a Kinetic 1/48 scale CF-18A to display an aircraft from the 1991 Gulf War. If you look closely, you can see the Cyrillic writing on the lex (...
Patricio Gonzalez Arequipa, Arequipa, Perú Patricio painted the Kilgore Miniatures 1/10 scale resin “D-Day” scene with acrylics. He applied gloss varnish to simulate wet clothes, metal, ...
Ralph Esposito Tavares, Florida Ralph sent us his drag car version of the AMT 1/25 scale Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Gullwing. He says it is a rare kit, and to make it a drag car, Ralph tubbed the c...
Mike Walston Sarasota, Florida Mike modified the Moebius Models 1/32 scale Fantastic Voyage Proteus kit with Jimmy Flintstone figures and Voodoo FX lighting. Mike added scratchbuilt paneling,...
Ed Ritchey Centreville, Maryland This Tamiya 1/48 A-1 Skyraider flew in from Ed, who was inspired by a brief relationship he had with an A-1 pilot mentioned in the book The Rescue of Streetca...
Van McLemore Wichita, Kansas Van says this Panther Ausf D had a little too much weight for the bridge. He built the Tamiya tank kit basically out of the box except for Friulmodel tracks. Van ...
Myles Marcovitch Louisville, Kentucky Myles’s model depicts the entire weapon system of the Iowa-class secondary battery, the legendary 5"/38-caliber twin dual-purpose gun, from gun house t...
Maurizio Laudisa Toronto, Ontario, Canada Maurizio built the AMP 1/48 scale Mario Castoldi Macchi M.C.72. He noted that the geometry of the floats was tricky to get right. Maurizio opted for ...
Doug Webb Slidell, Louisiana Doug built the SOLMODEL 1/9 scale Verona and painted her with AK Interactive 3rd Gen acrylics for the skin tones and AK Real Colors line for the rest. He said it ...