Monday, October 12, 2009
Lunar models
LIFE has a gallery of concept models built whilst NASA was designing the lunar landing module.
via BoingBoing
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LIFE has a gallery of concept models built whilst NASA was designing the lunar landing module.
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Labels: inspiration, reference, Space
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Monday, September 07, 2009
Soviet Fords, and Chevrolets
English Russia is tracing the history of the Soviet motor industry. Part one covers the beginnings, which mostly consisted of copying others' designs.
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English Russia is tracing the history of the Soviet motor industry. Part one covers the beginnings, which mostly consisted of copying others' designs.
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Sunday, August 09, 2009
Billetproof
Jalopnik has pictures from Billetproof.
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Jalopnik has pictures from Billetproof.
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Labels: Hot Rod, inspiration, rat rod, reference
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Wednesday, June 03, 2009
The Military Vehicle Technology Foundation
BoingBoing video visits the largest private collection of military vehicles in the world.
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BoingBoing video visits the largest private collection of military vehicles in the world.
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Labels: inspiration, Military, reference
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Friday, May 29, 2009
Hot Rods and Custom Stuff
This professional customising shop has build photos of many of its projects online. If you know how it's done in real life you can better replicate it in scale.
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This professional customising shop has build photos of many of its projects online. If you know how it's done in real life you can better replicate it in scale.
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Labels: 1:1, custom car, Hot Rod, inspiration, reference
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Wednesday, May 27, 2009
The Jalopy Journal
The Jalopy Journal is an online car magazine specialising in more traditional rods and customs. It also has a busy forum for you to dive into, so you shouldn't be lacking inspiration.
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The Jalopy Journal is an online car magazine specialising in more traditional rods and customs. It also has a busy forum for you to dive into, so you shouldn't be lacking inspiration.
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Labels: custom car, Hot Rod, inspiration, model car, reference
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Thursday, April 16, 2009
Post Apocalypse Camaro
I'm currently working on a 1960s Camaro to go with the Post Apocalypse Pony. If I find a 70s/80s version of the model maybe I can make it looks like this.
I've not put any bullet proof plating on the cars I've built so far, and that would be an obvious addition.
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I'm currently working on a 1960s Camaro to go with the Post Apocalypse Pony. If I find a 70s/80s version of the model maybe I can make it looks like this.
I've not put any bullet proof plating on the cars I've built so far, and that would be an obvious addition.
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Labels: inspiration, model car, reference
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Thursday, March 26, 2009
Vintage Racers in action
If, like me, you've got a couple of the reissued Airfix vintage car kits from a couple of years go these vintage racing pictures could giveyou some conversion ideas.
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If, like me, you've got a couple of the reissued Airfix vintage car kits from a couple of years go these vintage racing pictures could giveyou some conversion ideas.
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Labels: inspiration, model car, pictures, reference
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Monday, March 09, 2009
Hot Rod 7s
I recently got, from Ebay, this kit of a BMW Dixi.
The Dixi was basically an Austin 7 made under licence in Germany. I'm thinking of turning it into a rod, so this post about hotrod Austin 7s was interesting. I may use some of the stuff available from Scale Link in 1:24th, which includes a Rover V8, the quintessential british rodding motor.
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I recently got, from Ebay, this kit of a BMW Dixi.
The Dixi was basically an Austin 7 made under licence in Germany. I'm thinking of turning it into a rod, so this post about hotrod Austin 7s was interesting. I may use some of the stuff available from Scale Link in 1:24th, which includes a Rover V8, the quintessential british rodding motor.
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Labels: Hot Rod, inspiration, model car, reference
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Monday, December 15, 2008
Where old Fords go to die
Jalopnik has a big gallery of photos from a secret junkyard in the woods. Given enough left overs and abandoned projects you could make a diorama depicting an abandoned corner of a place like this.
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Jalopnik has a big gallery of photos from a secret junkyard in the woods. Given enough left overs and abandoned projects you could make a diorama depicting an abandoned corner of a place like this.
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Labels: inspiration, model car, reference
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Monday, October 20, 2008
A brief history of the MIG
English Russia has a quick history of all the models of plane made by the MIG company.
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English Russia has a quick history of all the models of plane made by the MIG company.
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Labels: aircraft, photo, reference, Russia
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Monday, October 06, 2008
Russian train pictures
English Rusia has some very nice pictures of Russian trains and railways. I wonder if anyone's built any Russia based layouts? Given the grand scale of the Russian network they'd probably have to be in one of the really small scales.
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English Rusia has some very nice pictures of Russian trains and railways. I wonder if anyone's built any Russia based layouts? Given the grand scale of the Russian network they'd probably have to be in one of the really small scales.
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Labels: inspiration, Model Railway, pictures, reference, Russia
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Wednesday, October 01, 2008
Lots of rat rod pictures from Billetproof 2008
Jalopnik has a mega gallery of pictures taken at the Billetproof rod meet in Antioch.
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Jalopnik has a mega gallery of pictures taken at the Billetproof rod meet in Antioch.
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Labels: inspiration, photo, pictures, rat rod, reference
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Friday, August 22, 2008
Woodward Dream Cruise pictures
The Woodward Dream Cruise is a huge car meet. Jalopnik was there and they have lots of pictures- Hot rods, customs and muscle cars.
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The Woodward Dream Cruise is a huge car meet. Jalopnik was there and they have lots of pictures- Hot rods, customs and muscle cars.
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Labels: Hot Rod, inspiration, model car, pictures, reference
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Friday, May 09, 2008
Citroens on the streets of Oslo
Lots of pictures of old Citroens roaming around Norway.
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Lots of pictures of old Citroens roaming around Norway.
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Wednesday, May 07, 2008
Baikonur and St. Petersburg
English Russia keeps delivering the goods with cool photo collections. The Baikonur space launch facilities in Kazakhstan, as photographed by a visitor and the darker side of St. Petersburg.
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English Russia keeps delivering the goods with cool photo collections. The Baikonur space launch facilities in Kazakhstan, as photographed by a visitor and the darker side of St. Petersburg.
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Labels: inspiration, photo, pictures, reference, Russia
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Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Russian Aviation Museum
A few pictures of Soviet aircraft parked up in a Kiev aircraft museum.
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A few pictures of Soviet aircraft parked up in a Kiev aircraft museum.
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Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Model maths and scale jumping
Available from The Modeler's Weapons Shop as a download for $3.99 is the Guide to Model Math and Scale Jumping.
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Available from The Modeler's Weapons Shop as a download for $3.99 is the Guide to Model Math and Scale Jumping.
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Friday, April 11, 2008
Soyuz on the train
io9 has pictures of a Soyuz rocket being hauled across the desert to its launch site by a diesel train. It might be hard to scale match a model of the rocket (or even find one, I couldn't get a match for "Soyuz" at Hannants) and a Russian train, but think of the diorama possibilities.
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io9 has pictures of a Soyuz rocket being hauled across the desert to its launch site by a diesel train. It might be hard to scale match a model of the rocket (or even find one, I couldn't get a match for "Soyuz" at Hannants) and a Russian train, but think of the diorama possibilities.
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Labels: diorama, inspiration, pictures, reference, rocket, Russia, Space
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Monday, April 07, 2008
Rebuilding a Sherman tank
Jalopnik has pictures of one man's project to rebuild a Sherman tank
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Jalopnik has pictures of one man's project to rebuild a Sherman tank
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Labels: inspiration, pictures, reference, Tank, World War 2
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Thursday, April 03, 2008
Russian WW2 memories
A collection of personal photographs from a Russian soldier's collection.
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A collection of personal photographs from a Russian soldier's collection.
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Saturday, February 09, 2008
Russian soldiers in Chechnya
This photoset from English Russia shows Russian troops in less hectic moments during the Chechen conflict.
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This photoset from English Russia shows Russian troops in less hectic moments during the Chechen conflict.
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Tuesday, January 29, 2008
St. Petersburg reconstruction
The anniversary of the siege of Leningrad (St. Petersburg) was recently celebrated with a huge reconstruction of the battle featuring authentic uniforms and tanks.
Wikipedia history of St. Petersburg/Leningrad
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The anniversary of the siege of Leningrad (St. Petersburg) was recently celebrated with a huge reconstruction of the battle featuring authentic uniforms and tanks.
Wikipedia history of St. Petersburg/Leningrad
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Labels: inspiration, reference, Russia, World War 2
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Friday, January 25, 2008
Anglia Obsolete
A website dedicated to the old Ford Anglia/Pop.
via Jalopnik
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A website dedicated to the old Ford Anglia/Pop.
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Friday, January 18, 2008
Library of Congress photo collection on Flickr
If you're interested in modelling any American subjects then you might want to check out the Library of Congress feed on Flickr, which is filling up with documentary images, mostly from the start of the twentieth century.
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If you're interested in modelling any American subjects then you might want to check out the Library of Congress feed on Flickr, which is filling up with documentary images, mostly from the start of the twentieth century.
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Labels: inspiration, pictures, reference
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Wednesday, January 16, 2008
American weapons in the Soviet army
English Russia has a gallery of American weaponry sent to the USSR during World War 2.
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English Russia has a gallery of American weaponry sent to the USSR during World War 2.
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Tuesday, January 08, 2008
Model figure manufacturers
This site has a list of companies that manufacture model figures. However, a lot of the links go to dead sites, so I thought I'd work my way through and produce a more up to date collection. I have merely weeded out the dead links, and occasionally chased down new addresses. I've also added a couple of manufacturers I've found in my surfing. I cannot vouch for any of these companies except for Historex-Agents, who I have successfully ordered stuff from.
Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Space Figures
Alienage Models and Videos - USA Fantasy and Horror figures and Busts
Alternative Images - USA Film and fantasy resin kit figures.
Andrea Miniatures - One of the world's premier figure manufacturers
Armorcast - USA Fantasy and Wargame figures
A Boyd - USA Fantasy and Film figures and kits
Bronze Age Miniatures. 28mm and 54mm figures, mostly for gaming.
Darkness Studios - USA Fantasy World Miniatures, model-kits.
Diceman Creations
Disturbed Earth Productions - USA Fantasy and Horror figures and Busts
Dragon Models - USA Home page of Dragon Models.
Dream Master Creations - USA Erotic resin figures
Dutkins' Collectables - Among the many products sold by this company are figure models.
Dynasty Scale Models - Military figures and busts
Firing Line Miniatures - USA+UK Napoleonic and Civil War figures.
Fontegris Miniatures. Spanish resin and white metal figure manufacturers.
Frontier Models - UK Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Horror Model Specialists
Gremlins in the Garage! - USA Welcome to Gremlins in the Garage the first webzine dedicated to figure kit modeling
Ground Zero Games. Gaming miniatures and fantasy figures.
Wayne "The Dane" Hansen - Figure Kits and Sculpting Supplies
Hassle Free miniatures Gaming figures and accessories.
The House of Anime - USA Anime figures and dolls
Image Anime - USA General Anime kits and figures
Jimmy Flintstone/ Dr Flintbone Primarily manufacturers of hot rod and custom car bodies in resin, Jimmy Flintstone also produce figures to complement the vehicles. Dr. Flintbone is the more adult arm.
J.J. Models - Resin models (Garage Kits) and Gadgets of most famous characters from Manga and Italian Comics. Coloured pins to collect in Limited edition and more.
Kaiyodo - Japan Star wars, Godzilla (original) and Anime figures.
K'resin kits - France Anime, Comics and Movies resin and vynl kits : Alien, Batman, City hunter, Cobra, Crow, Die hard,Frankenstein, etc
Legends - We carry products (kits, accessories, reference materials, Japanese si-fi & anime) from all over the world.
Link and Pin Hobbies - Dinosaur models, Sci Fi models and model trains
MBM Models - Holland Military, Sci-Fi and Fantasy fig specialists
Menagerie Productions - USA Fantasy and 'Paleo' kits and figures
Moebius Models. Licenced re-releases of old Aurora kits.
Monsters In Motion: A Sci-Fi Gallery - Welcome to Monsters In Motion, the world's greatest gallery of Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror & Famous Movie Personalities as finished statues and model kits for the hobbyist and collector.
New World Miniatures 1:35th and 1:16th scale military miniatures.
Peloquin's Model Page - I have several Model kits for sale. I have mostly figures from the Horror, Sci-fi, Adult catagories.
Phebus Creations. French company producing sci-fi, fantasy, war and civilian figures in 1:43rd, 1:35th, 1:24th and larger.
Reaper Minis.
Resin D'Etre - My name is Nicolas Tanguma, the big doofus in the picture above, and I am the owner of a model kit producing company called Resin D'Etre.
Rising Sun Creations - USA Anime collectable superstore
Sassy's Satellite - Some excellent garage figure
Solid Image Arts - Dynamic Toy and Model Design: action figures, figure model kits, collectibles, commercial
Sideshow Inc - USA Site specializing in liscensed figurative vinyl/resin model kits and collectibles based on some of todays leading artists, including: Clive Barker, Bernie Wrightson, Tim Bradstreet, Frank Kelly Freas, Brom, and Bill Stout.
Solarwind Productions - Welcome to the fantasy figure world of Solarwind Productions.We design, develop and manufacture high quality, limited edition resin kits.
Spectral Motion Inc - This company sells some amazing horror figures!!
Styrene Studio - Excellent resin figures
Swede Creations - Manufacturer of Collectible Fantasy, Horror and Related Resin Sculptures.
Watson Sculptures and Models - Dinosaur, Ancient reptile and Prehistoric figures and models
Zotz - Mexico Glamour and Erotic figure specialists
Military Figures
Border Miniatures - UK High quality historical figures for collectors
W Britains - Military figure manufacturer
Le Cimier - France Military Figures, tools and reference books
Diecast Direct - UK Suppliers of Elite Command Diecast American Civil War, WWII, Napoleonic and Roman figures
Miniaturas by F. M. Beneito - Spain Historical Miniatures specialist
Elisena - Metal figures - Italy An Italian manufacturer with a lot of interesting products (figures, flats, bases etc.).
El Viejo Dragón Miniaturas - Spain Historical Figure specialists
Frontline Figures - Beautiful 54mm award winning collectible figures!!
Gene Gill Miniatures - Historical landmark miniatures are amazingly petite, with an average height of 3" to 5". Each replica is strictly one-of-a kind and the artist will not duplicate a piece nor will he mass-produce one.
HaT Industrie - HäT Industrie produces 1/72 and 1/32 scale soft plastic military miniatures or toy soldiers. Our goal is to produce a line of figures not produced by any of the past or present manufacturers.
Historex Agents - UK Historex Agents represents over 70 different companies, specialising in connoisseur model soldier kits and AFV conversion sets
Historical Miniatures - USA Custom made military figures for the collector
Imperial Gallery Military Model Figurines - UK Military figures through the ages
William King Military Miniatures - UK Wonderfully detailed Military figures
Kings X Toy Soldiers - Models from various toy soldier manufacturers, plus an exclusive range of Alamo figures
The Last Square - Historical Miniatures;| Military History Books; Limited Edition Art Prints; Painting Service
Metal Modeles - France Collectable model figurines
Miniature Alliance - USA Recreations of conflicts in miniature
Minutemen Toy Soldiers - USA Military figure kits and gaming specialists
Pegaso Models - Italy Manufacturers of 54mm, 75mm, and 90mm figures.
Prince August Factory Shop - Ireland Military figures for the collector, together with moulds and Chess sets
Quarter Kit - France White metal and diecast military miniatures
Saratoga Soldier Shop - USA Pewter Civil War and American revolution figures
Stockade Miniatures, Inc - USA "Soldiers of the World" figures, plus metal and plastic figures from a variety of manufacturers
S & S Models - UK 1:76 scale model figures, games and accessories
Tedtoy Miniatures Online - USA Civil War Military figure specialists
The Toy Soldier Company - The Toy Soldier Company featuring the sales of toy soldier figures, sets, books and accessories
Toy Soldiers of San Diego - USA We offer a wide variety of plastic figures from many periods to include Napoleonic, American Civil War, Alamo and World War II from a variety of manufacturers.
Collectable Figures
Dimensional Designs - USA Dimensional Designs is a company that specializes in Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy related collectibles. We are currently manufacturers of our own model figure kits.
DragonNet - UK This page is a showcase of Dragons and other Legendary creatures. All the figures are either white metal, pewter or resin and are mounted on rock or semi- precious stone.
Hard Hero Enterprises - USA Hard Hero Enterprises offers fine limited edition sculptures in bronze, porcelain, or resin.
King & Country - Design and manufacture the most amazing (and affordable) range of toy soldiers, miniature figures,military vehicles, model aircraft and buildings in the world today! All our products are hand-made and hand-painted to the highest professional standards.
Mithril Figures - Ireland Mithril was founded in 1987 and has been dedicated since then to the creation of miniature figures, inspired by J.R.R. Tolkien's world of Middle-earth as portrayed in his famous works "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings".
Valiant Enterprises. Figures and wargaming miniatures.
Ron Wall Miniatures - USA Ron Wall Miniatures are the very finest in collectible toy soldiers. Currently featured are the American Civil War, Custer (Custer's Last Stand at Little Big Horn), Sioux Indian War, The Gambler and The Wild West Series. Each 54 mm, pewter figure is hand painted and made in America.
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This site has a list of companies that manufacture model figures. However, a lot of the links go to dead sites, so I thought I'd work my way through and produce a more up to date collection. I have merely weeded out the dead links, and occasionally chased down new addresses. I've also added a couple of manufacturers I've found in my surfing. I cannot vouch for any of these companies except for Historex-Agents, who I have successfully ordered stuff from.
Alienage Models and Videos - USA Fantasy and Horror figures and Busts
Alternative Images - USA Film and fantasy resin kit figures.
Andrea Miniatures - One of the world's premier figure manufacturers
Armorcast - USA Fantasy and Wargame figures
A Boyd - USA Fantasy and Film figures and kits
Bronze Age Miniatures. 28mm and 54mm figures, mostly for gaming.
Darkness Studios - USA Fantasy World Miniatures, model-kits.
Diceman Creations
Disturbed Earth Productions - USA Fantasy and Horror figures and Busts
Dragon Models - USA Home page of Dragon Models.
Dream Master Creations - USA Erotic resin figures
Dutkins' Collectables - Among the many products sold by this company are figure models.
Dynasty Scale Models - Military figures and busts
Firing Line Miniatures - USA+UK Napoleonic and Civil War figures.
Fontegris Miniatures. Spanish resin and white metal figure manufacturers.
Frontier Models - UK Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Horror Model Specialists
Gremlins in the Garage! - USA Welcome to Gremlins in the Garage the first webzine dedicated to figure kit modeling
Ground Zero Games. Gaming miniatures and fantasy figures.
Wayne "The Dane" Hansen - Figure Kits and Sculpting Supplies
Hassle Free miniatures Gaming figures and accessories.
The House of Anime - USA Anime figures and dolls
Image Anime - USA General Anime kits and figures
Jimmy Flintstone/ Dr Flintbone Primarily manufacturers of hot rod and custom car bodies in resin, Jimmy Flintstone also produce figures to complement the vehicles. Dr. Flintbone is the more adult arm.
J.J. Models - Resin models (Garage Kits) and Gadgets of most famous characters from Manga and Italian Comics. Coloured pins to collect in Limited edition and more.
Kaiyodo - Japan Star wars, Godzilla (original) and Anime figures.
K'resin kits - France Anime, Comics and Movies resin and vynl kits : Alien, Batman, City hunter, Cobra, Crow, Die hard,Frankenstein, etc
Legends - We carry products (kits, accessories, reference materials, Japanese si-fi & anime) from all over the world.
Link and Pin Hobbies - Dinosaur models, Sci Fi models and model trains
MBM Models - Holland Military, Sci-Fi and Fantasy fig specialists
Menagerie Productions - USA Fantasy and 'Paleo' kits and figures
Moebius Models. Licenced re-releases of old Aurora kits.
Monsters In Motion: A Sci-Fi Gallery - Welcome to Monsters In Motion, the world's greatest gallery of Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror & Famous Movie Personalities as finished statues and model kits for the hobbyist and collector.
New World Miniatures 1:35th and 1:16th scale military miniatures.
Peloquin's Model Page - I have several Model kits for sale. I have mostly figures from the Horror, Sci-fi, Adult catagories.
Phebus Creations. French company producing sci-fi, fantasy, war and civilian figures in 1:43rd, 1:35th, 1:24th and larger.
Reaper Minis.
Resin D'Etre - My name is Nicolas Tanguma, the big doofus in the picture above, and I am the owner of a model kit producing company called Resin D'Etre.
Rising Sun Creations - USA Anime collectable superstore
Sassy's Satellite - Some excellent garage figure
Solid Image Arts - Dynamic Toy and Model Design: action figures, figure model kits, collectibles, commercial
Sideshow Inc - USA Site specializing in liscensed figurative vinyl/resin model kits and collectibles based on some of todays leading artists, including: Clive Barker, Bernie Wrightson, Tim Bradstreet, Frank Kelly Freas, Brom, and Bill Stout.
Solarwind Productions - Welcome to the fantasy figure world of Solarwind Productions.We design, develop and manufacture high quality, limited edition resin kits.
Spectral Motion Inc - This company sells some amazing horror figures!!
Styrene Studio - Excellent resin figures
Swede Creations - Manufacturer of Collectible Fantasy, Horror and Related Resin Sculptures.
Watson Sculptures and Models - Dinosaur, Ancient reptile and Prehistoric figures and models
Zotz - Mexico Glamour and Erotic figure specialists
Border Miniatures - UK High quality historical figures for collectors
W Britains - Military figure manufacturer
Le Cimier - France Military Figures, tools and reference books
Diecast Direct - UK Suppliers of Elite Command Diecast American Civil War, WWII, Napoleonic and Roman figures
Miniaturas by F. M. Beneito - Spain Historical Miniatures specialist
Elisena - Metal figures - Italy An Italian manufacturer with a lot of interesting products (figures, flats, bases etc.).
El Viejo Dragón Miniaturas - Spain Historical Figure specialists
Frontline Figures - Beautiful 54mm award winning collectible figures!!
Gene Gill Miniatures - Historical landmark miniatures are amazingly petite, with an average height of 3" to 5". Each replica is strictly one-of-a kind and the artist will not duplicate a piece nor will he mass-produce one.
HaT Industrie - HäT Industrie produces 1/72 and 1/32 scale soft plastic military miniatures or toy soldiers. Our goal is to produce a line of figures not produced by any of the past or present manufacturers.
Historex Agents - UK Historex Agents represents over 70 different companies, specialising in connoisseur model soldier kits and AFV conversion sets
Historical Miniatures - USA Custom made military figures for the collector
Imperial Gallery Military Model Figurines - UK Military figures through the ages
William King Military Miniatures - UK Wonderfully detailed Military figures
Kings X Toy Soldiers - Models from various toy soldier manufacturers, plus an exclusive range of Alamo figures
The Last Square - Historical Miniatures;| Military History Books; Limited Edition Art Prints; Painting Service
Metal Modeles - France Collectable model figurines
Miniature Alliance - USA Recreations of conflicts in miniature
Minutemen Toy Soldiers - USA Military figure kits and gaming specialists
Pegaso Models - Italy Manufacturers of 54mm, 75mm, and 90mm figures.
Prince August Factory Shop - Ireland Military figures for the collector, together with moulds and Chess sets
Quarter Kit - France White metal and diecast military miniatures
Saratoga Soldier Shop - USA Pewter Civil War and American revolution figures
Stockade Miniatures, Inc - USA "Soldiers of the World" figures, plus metal and plastic figures from a variety of manufacturers
S & S Models - UK 1:76 scale model figures, games and accessories
Tedtoy Miniatures Online - USA Civil War Military figure specialists
The Toy Soldier Company - The Toy Soldier Company featuring the sales of toy soldier figures, sets, books and accessories
Toy Soldiers of San Diego - USA We offer a wide variety of plastic figures from many periods to include Napoleonic, American Civil War, Alamo and World War II from a variety of manufacturers.
Dimensional Designs - USA Dimensional Designs is a company that specializes in Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy related collectibles. We are currently manufacturers of our own model figure kits.
DragonNet - UK This page is a showcase of Dragons and other Legendary creatures. All the figures are either white metal, pewter or resin and are mounted on rock or semi- precious stone.
Hard Hero Enterprises - USA Hard Hero Enterprises offers fine limited edition sculptures in bronze, porcelain, or resin.
King & Country - Design and manufacture the most amazing (and affordable) range of toy soldiers, miniature figures,military vehicles, model aircraft and buildings in the world today! All our products are hand-made and hand-painted to the highest professional standards.
Mithril Figures - Ireland Mithril was founded in 1987 and has been dedicated since then to the creation of miniature figures, inspired by J.R.R. Tolkien's world of Middle-earth as portrayed in his famous works "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings".
Valiant Enterprises. Figures and wargaming miniatures.
Ron Wall Miniatures - USA Ron Wall Miniatures are the very finest in collectible toy soldiers. Currently featured are the American Civil War, Custer (Custer's Last Stand at Little Big Horn), Sioux Indian War, The Gambler and The Wild West Series. Each 54 mm, pewter figure is hand painted and made in America.
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Saturday, January 05, 2008
Steam buses and trucks
A selection of photos of steam powered buses, trucks and showman's engines.
via Jalopnik
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A selection of photos of steam powered buses, trucks and showman's engines.
via Jalopnik
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Labels: photo, reference, steam
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Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Down on the Street
Jalopnik has a regular feature called Down On The Street, where old cars on the streets of Alameda, an island in San Francisco bay, are photographed. It just reached its 150th vehicle. Each of these little photo essays has loads of reference, whether for particular vehicles or just weathering and realistic damage.
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Jalopnik has a regular feature called Down On The Street, where old cars on the streets of Alameda, an island in San Francisco bay, are photographed. It just reached its 150th vehicle. Each of these little photo essays has loads of reference, whether for particular vehicles or just weathering and realistic damage.
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Labels: inspiration, model car, reference
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Monday, November 05, 2007
Mk 1 Zephyr Zodiac reference pictures
I've got a 1:76th Ford Zephyr Zodiac Mk 1 model from Classix that may become another Small Scale Custom project. So I'm looking for reference pictures.
Zephyr Zodiac and Consul Convention 1999.
Image from the Cotswold Classic Car Club
A V8 Mk1
No Zephyrs here, but some quite mad Capris and Cortinas.
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I've got a 1:76th Ford Zephyr Zodiac Mk 1 model from Classix that may become another Small Scale Custom project. So I'm looking for reference pictures.
Zephyr Zodiac and Consul Convention 1999.
Image from the Cotswold Classic Car Club
A V8 Mk1
No Zephyrs here, but some quite mad Capris and Cortinas.
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Labels: Ford, inspiration, reference
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Coop goes to the So-Cal Speed Shop
Coop has a gallery up on Flickr from a visit to one of the most famous customising companies in the world- So-Cal Speed Shop L.A. Open House, 11/3/07
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Coop has a gallery up on Flickr from a visit to one of the most famous customising companies in the world- So-Cal Speed Shop L.A. Open House, 11/3/07
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Labels: Hot Rod, inspiration, pictures, reference
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Sunday, October 21, 2007
The Vulcan flies again
After a 14 year campaign and rebuild, there is once again a flying Vulcan bomber.
There are more pictures on this forum thread.
via Alan Bell
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After a 14 year campaign and rebuild, there is once again a flying Vulcan bomber.
There are more pictures on this forum thread.
via Alan Bell
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Labels: aircraft, photo, reference, Vulcan
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Tuesday, October 09, 2007
Lowrider magazine
Whilst I was in the states I picked up the latest edition of Lowrider magazine. As luck would have it, blogger Iowahawk dug out a copy of the first issue from 1977 and scanned it in for all to see.
via BoingBoing
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Whilst I was in the states I picked up the latest edition of Lowrider magazine. As luck would have it, blogger Iowahawk dug out a copy of the first issue from 1977 and scanned it in for all to see.
via BoingBoing
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Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Russian tank museum
English Russia has photos from a tank museum near Moscow. Started in 1931, the collection now numbers near 300 vehicles.
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English Russia has photos from a tank museum near Moscow. Started in 1931, the collection now numbers near 300 vehicles.
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Labels: Military, reference, Russia
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Wednesday, September 05, 2007
Volksrods
Volksrods are VWs customised in ways more often associated with hot rods and rat rods. They look like the creations of some sick but brilliant minds and are just begging to be modelled.
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Volksrods are VWs customised in ways more often associated with hot rods and rat rods. They look like the creations of some sick but brilliant minds and are just begging to be modelled.
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Labels: Hot Rod, inspiration, reference
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Monday, September 03, 2007
Reader's Rides
Pictures of hot rods belonging to readers of Hot Rod Gazette. As a number of these are very English it may be hard to get models of them in larger scales. But I have a liking of small scale customs, so I may take inspiration.
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Pictures of hot rods belonging to readers of Hot Rod Gazette. As a number of these are very English it may be hard to get models of them in larger scales. But I have a liking of small scale customs, so I may take inspiration.
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Labels: Hot Rod, inspiration, pictures, reference
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Tuesday, August 28, 2007
MAKS 2007 International Air Show
More airshow pictures from English Russia.
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More airshow pictures from English Russia.
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Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Russian photo reference
English Russia remains a great source of photographs for reference and inspiration.
World War 2 Photos by Dmitri Bal'termants
Military Aircraft Show in Monino. Moscow
Abandoned Trains of the Soviet Era
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English Russia remains a great source of photographs for reference and inspiration.
World War 2 Photos by Dmitri Bal'termants
Military Aircraft Show in Monino. Moscow
Abandoned Trains of the Soviet Era
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Labels: inspiration, reference, Russia
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Wednesday, July 04, 2007
British car tax discs
A brief history of the tax disc, on a site that sells replicas.
Reproduction vintage number plates.
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A brief history of the tax disc, on a site that sells replicas.
Reproduction vintage number plates.
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Friday, June 22, 2007
A tank from a lake
Tanks from the Second World War are still being pulled out of the lakes around St. Petersburg. If I remember my history correctly, the city was resupplied across the frozen lakes during the winter phases of the siege and at times the ice broke. The site refers to it as a "BT" tank. You can get BT5 or BT7 tanks in 1:35th scale from Zvezda, or BT5, BT7 or BT2 from Unimodel in 1:72nd. A salvage operation like this would make for an interesting diorama.
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Tanks from the Second World War are still being pulled out of the lakes around St. Petersburg. If I remember my history correctly, the city was resupplied across the frozen lakes during the winter phases of the siege and at times the ice broke. The site refers to it as a "BT" tank. You can get BT5 or BT7 tanks in 1:35th scale from Zvezda, or BT5, BT7 or BT2 from Unimodel in 1:72nd. A salvage operation like this would make for an interesting diorama.
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Labels: diorama, inspiration, Military, pictures, reference, Russia, World War 2
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Monday, June 18, 2007
Scale reference
I keep getting mixed up over scales and gauges and figure scales. So here's a list compiled from sources around the internet to refer back to.
1:285 6mm
1:220 8mm Z
1:180 10mm
1:160 11mm N
1:120 15mm TT
1:87 20mm HO
1:76 24mm OO
1:72 25mm
1:64 28mm S
1:60 30mm
1:48 37.5mm O
1:45 40mm
1:35 51.4mm
1:32 54mm I
1:30 60mm
1:25 72mm
1:24 75mm
1:22 80mm G
1:20 90mm F
1:18 100mm
1:15 120mm
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I keep getting mixed up over scales and gauges and figure scales. So here's a list compiled from sources around the internet to refer back to.
1:285 6mm
1:220 8mm Z
1:180 10mm
1:160 11mm N
1:120 15mm TT
1:87 20mm HO
1:76 24mm OO
1:72 25mm
1:64 28mm S
1:60 30mm
1:48 37.5mm O
1:45 40mm
1:35 51.4mm
1:32 54mm I
1:30 60mm
1:25 72mm
1:24 75mm
1:22 80mm G
1:20 90mm F
1:18 100mm
1:15 120mm
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Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Japanese Kei cars
Kei cars are a class designed to get around Japanese tax and insurance legislation. They're tiny, the light weight making them nippy around town despite their one or two cylinder engines.
Jalopnik drove a trio of kei cars belonging to an American fan, then took anexample of Mazda's first ever four wheeled vehicle to a dealer so they could compare it to the manufacturer's current models.
If you want to model these cute little things, then Arii's Owner's Club range has a number of them, and the three wheeled delivery trucks and other classic Japanese vehicles of the 60s and 70s that you keep seeing in Kung Fu movies.
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Kei cars are a class designed to get around Japanese tax and insurance legislation. They're tiny, the light weight making them nippy around town despite their one or two cylinder engines.
Jalopnik drove a trio of kei cars belonging to an American fan, then took anexample of Mazda's first ever four wheeled vehicle to a dealer so they could compare it to the manufacturer's current models.
If you want to model these cute little things, then Arii's Owner's Club range has a number of them, and the three wheeled delivery trucks and other classic Japanese vehicles of the 60s and 70s that you keep seeing in Kung Fu movies.
Technorati tag: Scale Models, Model Car, Japan
Labels: inspiration, Japan, model car, reference
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Wednesday, June 06, 2007
Billetproof
The Billetproof rod show concentrates on less "polished" hot rods, rat rods and the like. Jalopnik has some pictures- El Camino, Party Wagon, Billetproof.
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The Billetproof rod show concentrates on less "polished" hot rods, rat rods and the like. Jalopnik has some pictures- El Camino, Party Wagon, Billetproof.
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Labels: Hot Rod, model car, pictures, reference
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Friday, May 25, 2007
Ekranoplan
Jalopnik has video of Ekranoplans, Soviet era transport planes that used the Wing-In-Ground effect to skim mere feet above the waves.
Revell released a model of the A90 ekranoplan.
Remote control WIG effect models.
Alternate history ekranoplan.
An ekranoplan blog.
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Jalopnik has video of Ekranoplans, Soviet era transport planes that used the Wing-In-Ground effect to skim mere feet above the waves.
Revell released a model of the A90 ekranoplan.
Remote control WIG effect models.
Alternate history ekranoplan.
An ekranoplan blog.
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Labels: inspiration, reference, Russia
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Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Gluesniffers Anonymous
Coop's uploading dozens of photos a day. They're all interesting and loads of them are relevant as photo reference (some of them include naked ladies, which is cool too). Subscribe to his feed if you're interested in hot rods.
A set that I think went up today is of, as he puts it "Some bad photos of vintage model kits I have assembled in a sloppy fashion."
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Coop's uploading dozens of photos a day. They're all interesting and loads of them are relevant as photo reference (some of them include naked ladies, which is cool too). Subscribe to his feed if you're interested in hot rods.
A set that I think went up today is of, as he puts it "Some bad photos of vintage model kits I have assembled in a sloppy fashion."
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Sunday, May 20, 2007
A bundle of reference links
Whilst going through the archives of Spinneyhead, I've found a few posts and links that might be of interest to modellers-
Fetch!
The Russian dog anti tank mine.
Captured
In the dynamic flow of a battlefield equipment can get lost or captured. A quick trip through captured and repurposed weaponry-
The world of captured planes
Captured Planes
Captured Allied planes (Warning- cheesey beyond belief music, which is a shame because there are some very useful images here.)
A collection of pieces about captured B-17s
Fleet Air Arm planes captured by the Axis
A gallery of tanks captured by the Germans
Modelling a captured Russian KV-2
Israel made good use of captured T54s and T55s and various other vehicles.
Russian tank museum, including many captured tanks.
Captured First World War tanks.
Ships captured by the German Navy.
Test Beds
I've just been to the Museum of Science and Industry and checked out the aviation hall. Interesting stuff-
Avro Lancasters were used as flying test beds for jet engines. Video of the tests is online here.
The Avro 707 isn't quite a flying wing, but I have a soft spot for the delta wing planes such as this and the Vulcan.
A picture of the Hafner Rotachute (more) hiding away in the corner of a painting has given me ideas for another novel way to land assault troops. The Germans used similar devices for spotting from U-Boats.
But the most affecting plane in the whole display is still the tiny Yokosuka OHKA, a suicide jet that was pretty much a desperate last gasp from the Japanese.
Wing and a Prayer
The Me-163 'Komet' was quite an astounding beast. I alluded to a similar plane when the Wasp squadron visited Dreamland (Chapter Three, blink and you miss it). Flight Journal has a long interview with one of the Komet's chief test pilots.
It also has to be remembered that the Germans weren't the only ones experimenting with new and unusual aeroplane designs. The Allies' first jet plane was the Gloster Whittle, a pre-cursor to the Meteor and test bed for jet engines.
The 'Hiller-copter' and Landgraf H-2 were early twin bladed helicopter designs.
America experimented with flying wings in designs such as the XP-56 and XB-35, which I've mentioned many times before, but there were also experiments with gliders along the same lines.
The Brits also experimented with flying wings, as well as canard and tandem wing designs.
Even the Swedes got in on the act with the Saab 21A.
And also- Engines of the Red Army
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Whilst going through the archives of Spinneyhead, I've found a few posts and links that might be of interest to modellers-
Fetch!
The Russian dog anti tank mine.
Captured
In the dynamic flow of a battlefield equipment can get lost or captured. A quick trip through captured and repurposed weaponry-
The world of captured planes
Captured Planes
Captured Allied planes (Warning- cheesey beyond belief music, which is a shame because there are some very useful images here.)
A collection of pieces about captured B-17s
Fleet Air Arm planes captured by the Axis
A gallery of tanks captured by the Germans
Modelling a captured Russian KV-2
Israel made good use of captured T54s and T55s and various other vehicles.
Russian tank museum, including many captured tanks.
Captured First World War tanks.
Ships captured by the German Navy.
Test Beds
I've just been to the Museum of Science and Industry and checked out the aviation hall. Interesting stuff-
Avro Lancasters were used as flying test beds for jet engines. Video of the tests is online here.
The Avro 707 isn't quite a flying wing, but I have a soft spot for the delta wing planes such as this and the Vulcan.
A picture of the Hafner Rotachute (more) hiding away in the corner of a painting has given me ideas for another novel way to land assault troops. The Germans used similar devices for spotting from U-Boats.
But the most affecting plane in the whole display is still the tiny Yokosuka OHKA, a suicide jet that was pretty much a desperate last gasp from the Japanese.
Wing and a Prayer
The Me-163 'Komet' was quite an astounding beast. I alluded to a similar plane when the Wasp squadron visited Dreamland (Chapter Three, blink and you miss it). Flight Journal has a long interview with one of the Komet's chief test pilots.
It also has to be remembered that the Germans weren't the only ones experimenting with new and unusual aeroplane designs. The Allies' first jet plane was the Gloster Whittle, a pre-cursor to the Meteor and test bed for jet engines.
The 'Hiller-copter' and Landgraf H-2 were early twin bladed helicopter designs.
America experimented with flying wings in designs such as the XP-56 and XB-35, which I've mentioned many times before, but there were also experiments with gliders along the same lines.
The Brits also experimented with flying wings, as well as canard and tandem wing designs.
Even the Swedes got in on the act with the Saab 21A.
And also- Engines of the Red Army
Technorati tag: Scale Models, Reference
Labels: inspiration, Military, pictures, reference, Russia, World War 2
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Friday, May 18, 2007
Russian reference picture
From English Russia-
Russian snipers of World War 2. Modelling link- 1:35th scale WW2 Soviet snipers by Zvezda.
The aircraft carrier Riga/Varyag. Varyag on Wikipedia. I can't find any Varyag models yet.
Moscow 1967.
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From English Russia-
Russian snipers of World War 2. Modelling link- 1:35th scale WW2 Soviet snipers by Zvezda.
The aircraft carrier Riga/Varyag. Varyag on Wikipedia. I can't find any Varyag models yet.
Moscow 1967.
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Labels: reference, Russia, ship, sniper
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Thursday, November 02, 2006
Jalopnik at SEMA
Car blog Jalopnik is at the SEMA motor show in Las Vegas at the moment, providing us with galleries of interesting reference material.
Honda's many custom cars on display. Bizarre and overblown examples of the tuner car phenomenon.
Matte is the new black. High end customisers display their take on the rat-rod primer look.
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Car blog Jalopnik is at the SEMA motor show in Las Vegas at the moment, providing us with galleries of interesting reference material.
Honda's many custom cars on display. Bizarre and overblown examples of the tuner car phenomenon.
Matte is the new black. High end customisers display their take on the rat-rod primer look.
Technorati tag: Scale Models, Custom Car, Photo Reference
Labels: reference
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Monday, September 18, 2006
The Ford Cortina site
Airfix didn't release the Cortina in their Classic Cars box set, but there are other kits of the Mk1, and maybe some of the others, out there. So this Australian Cortina reference site may be of use to you if you choose to model one.
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Airfix didn't release the Cortina in their Classic Cars box set, but there are other kits of the Mk1, and maybe some of the others, out there. So this Australian Cortina reference site may be of use to you if you choose to model one.
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Wednesday, September 06, 2006
Decay
Mostly, when modellers depict abandoned buildings they're that way because of battle damage. However, there are corners of every town with buildings that have just been vacated, fair subjects for the railway layouts and non-military dioramas. So these pictures of a Russian ghost town, abandoned after the collapse of the Soviet Union, might be useful reference material for the effects of 20 years abandonment.
via BoingBoing
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Mostly, when modellers depict abandoned buildings they're that way because of battle damage. However, there are corners of every town with buildings that have just been vacated, fair subjects for the railway layouts and non-military dioramas. So these pictures of a Russian ghost town, abandoned after the collapse of the Soviet Union, might be useful reference material for the effects of 20 years abandonment.
via BoingBoing
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Thursday, July 27, 2006
Graf Zeppelin found
Hitler's only aircraft carrier was the Graf Zeppelin. Despite being launched in 1938 it never saw service. The Red Army captured and recovered the ship after it was scuttled in the Polish port of Szczecin in April 1945. Contrary to agreements to sink or destroy Nazi vessels, the Russians used it to transport looted equipment, and later as target practice for their dive bombers. After this battering the ship disappeared and its exact location was never known until recently, when an oil exploration survey found the ship on the bed of the Baltic Sea near the Bay of Gdansk.
Graf Zeppelin in wikipedia.
A model of the Graf Zeppelin.
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Hitler's only aircraft carrier was the Graf Zeppelin. Despite being launched in 1938 it never saw service. The Red Army captured and recovered the ship after it was scuttled in the Polish port of Szczecin in April 1945. Contrary to agreements to sink or destroy Nazi vessels, the Russians used it to transport looted equipment, and later as target practice for their dive bombers. After this battering the ship disappeared and its exact location was never known until recently, when an oil exploration survey found the ship on the bed of the Baltic Sea near the Bay of Gdansk.
Graf Zeppelin in wikipedia.
A model of the Graf Zeppelin.
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Tuesday, July 11, 2006
Iraq's new army
An interesting subject for a conversion- Iraq's army is being reconstituted with Soviet era T-55s and T-72s (NYT article, you may need to visit BugMeNot.com to get a password.)
via BoingBoing
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An interesting subject for a conversion- Iraq's army is being reconstituted with Soviet era T-55s and T-72s (NYT article, you may need to visit BugMeNot.com to get a password.)
via BoingBoing
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Labels: reference
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Thursday, June 22, 2006
More Manchester Transport Museum pictures
Cross posted from Steam Geek.
I finally got round to visiting the Transport Museum yesterday, and took lots of pictures.
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Cross posted from Steam Geek.
I finally got round to visiting the Transport Museum yesterday, and took lots of pictures.
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Friday, June 02, 2006
Gun trucks in Iraq
I built this Ford F150 with a machine gun in the pickup bed as a joke. I was contemplating a Mad Max style future set of models, a black humour apocalypse.
It seems that real life is a step or two ahead of me, as these pictures of gun trucks in Iraq show. It's not so funny any more, but still tempting as a subject.
via BoingBoing
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I built this Ford F150 with a machine gun in the pickup bed as a joke. I was contemplating a Mad Max style future set of models, a black humour apocalypse.
It seems that real life is a step or two ahead of me, as these pictures of gun trucks in Iraq show. It's not so funny any more, but still tempting as a subject.
via BoingBoing
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Sunday, May 07, 2006
Model Car Resources
A great way to lose a couple of hours on a rainy Sunday evening. The SoCal Car Culture Model Car Resources has a load of links to, mostly American, garage kit manufacturers. I'm dreaming of having enough time, money and space to make a few of the things I found. There are occasional dead links, but not so many.
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A great way to lose a couple of hours on a rainy Sunday evening. The SoCal Car Culture Model Car Resources has a load of links to, mostly American, garage kit manufacturers. I'm dreaming of having enough time, money and space to make a few of the things I found. There are occasional dead links, but not so many.
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Labels: reference
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Tuesday, April 18, 2006
Manchester Transport Museum
Ickle went to the Greater Manchester Transport Society Museum of Transport last week and posted a gallery from the visit today. Lots of stuff for Manchester bus modellers. I think I'll be visiting the museum some time this summer as well.
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Ickle went to the Greater Manchester Transport Society Museum of Transport last week and posted a gallery from the visit today. Lots of stuff for Manchester bus modellers. I think I'll be visiting the museum some time this summer as well.
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Friday, March 24, 2006
Licence Plates
Useful for something I'm working on at the moment-
UK Number plate history.
Wikipedia on British car number plates.
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Useful for something I'm working on at the moment-
UK Number plate history.
Wikipedia on British car number plates.
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Labels: reference
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Wednesday, March 22, 2006
How to
Blur-modeller has links to two useful online how-to guides- Testor's Model Master Technical Guide with tips for painting, and an Eduard tutorial on using photo etched details.
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Blur-modeller has links to two useful online how-to guides- Testor's Model Master Technical Guide with tips for painting, and an Eduard tutorial on using photo etched details.
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Wednesday, February 01, 2006
Scratch-building spaceships
Using household items to scratch-build spaceships, Part One and Part Two.
via BoingBoing
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Using household items to scratch-build spaceships, Part One and Part Two.
via BoingBoing
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Wednesday, January 18, 2006
Landships
A comprehensive site on the weapons and soldiers of the first world war.
Found via the Fine Scale Modeller forums
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A comprehensive site on the weapons and soldiers of the first world war.
Found via the Fine Scale Modeller forums
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Saturday, January 14, 2006
Ford Pop hot rods
The next two big builds for Small Scale Customs will be 1:76th scale Ford Popular and Model Y hot rods. I've ordered the whitemetal kits today and it's time to start looking for ideas and photo reference.
Popdaddy, one man's history of the build of his second Pop hot rod.
Images from hotrodding.org.uk- 1 2 3 4
The "Revell Rebel"- 1 2 3 4 5
A battered but very fast Pop.
'Pop' Browns hot rods
'59 Pop featured in American Car World
Hotrodphotos.co.uk
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The next two big builds for Small Scale Customs will be 1:76th scale Ford Popular and Model Y hot rods. I've ordered the whitemetal kits today and it's time to start looking for ideas and photo reference.
Popdaddy, one man's history of the build of his second Pop hot rod.
Images from hotrodding.org.uk- 1 2 3 4
The "Revell Rebel"- 1 2 3 4 5
A battered but very fast Pop.
'Pop' Browns hot rods
'59 Pop featured in American Car World
Hotrodphotos.co.uk
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Thursday, January 05, 2006
The Model Makers Resource
Striving to be the ultimate resource for model makers in the UK.
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Striving to be the ultimate resource for model makers in the UK.
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Sunday, December 11, 2005
Cars in Barns
As a follow on to the rusty old cars pool, another resource for abandoned motors.
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As a follow on to the rusty old cars pool, another resource for abandoned motors.
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Funicular Railways
Funicular railways of the UK and Crown Protectorates within the British Isles.
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Funicular railways of the UK and Crown Protectorates within the British Isles.
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Saturday, December 10, 2005
Rusty Cars
The rusty old cars pool on Flickr should provide plenty of reference material for weathering vehicles.
via Jalopnik
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The rusty old cars pool on Flickr should provide plenty of reference material for weathering vehicles.
via Jalopnik
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Tuesday, December 06, 2005
Renault FT 17s in Afghanistan
This review of the new HaT models of the Renault FT 17 WW1 tank mentions that a couple were recently found in Afghanistan by US troops. I had visions of the little beasts puttering around the streets of Kabul with Talibanis in them, but the truth is they were found in a field of scrap.
One or both of the tanks were sent back to the States to be restored and displayed. I think the discovery of the little treasures amidst so much rubbish is worthy of a diorama. It would probably require the more detailed RPM versions (1, 2) and could utilise Preiser's modern US infantry.
More information on the find, and other Afghan FT 17s here (bottom of the page, but the other stuff's interesting as well.
Some FT 17 photo reference
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This review of the new HaT models of the Renault FT 17 WW1 tank mentions that a couple were recently found in Afghanistan by US troops. I had visions of the little beasts puttering around the streets of Kabul with Talibanis in them, but the truth is they were found in a field of scrap.
One or both of the tanks were sent back to the States to be restored and displayed. I think the discovery of the little treasures amidst so much rubbish is worthy of a diorama. It would probably require the more detailed RPM versions (1, 2) and could utilise Preiser's modern US infantry.
More information on the find, and other Afghan FT 17s here (bottom of the page, but the other stuff's interesting as well.
Some FT 17 photo reference
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Tuesday, November 08, 2005
Scale Modelling Aviation Wiki
Judging by the front page the Scale Modelling Aviation Wiki seems to be dedicated to 1:48th scale models of Second World War German aircraft. Not my area, but I'm sure there are a lot of you who will be interested in it.
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Judging by the front page the Scale Modelling Aviation Wiki seems to be dedicated to 1:48th scale models of Second World War German aircraft. Not my area, but I'm sure there are a lot of you who will be interested in it.
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Thursday, November 03, 2005
Model Ships Online Articles
Does exactly what it says on the tin. Articles about building model ships and finding plans and historic information to make them more detailed.
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Does exactly what it says on the tin. Articles about building model ships and finding plans and historic information to make them more detailed.
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Wednesday, October 26, 2005
Photos from the Eastern Front
For the First World War modeller, this Flickr gallery contains official and personal photographs of the Eastern Front from a German officer's collection. Many of them are previously unpublished and offer up details of uniforms and architecture.
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For the First World War modeller, this Flickr gallery contains official and personal photographs of the Eastern Front from a German officer's collection. Many of them are previously unpublished and offer up details of uniforms and architecture.
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Friday, October 07, 2005
Primer Nationals
Take a look at the showpics section of the Primer Nationals site for loads of hot rod photos to mine for inspiration.
via Jalopnik
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Take a look at the showpics section of the Primer Nationals site for loads of hot rod photos to mine for inspiration.
via Jalopnik
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Monday, September 19, 2005
Bloodhound Gang
Today I finally received the Airfix Bristol Bloodhound model I won on EBay a month and a half ago (it did have to come surface mail from the States). I don't know where this fits into the to-do pile of kits, but thought some reference photos were required.
The APMA has this page and some pictures of completed versions of the kit, and other Bristol aircraft, on this page.
A shot from the Transport Archive of a Bloodhound on the Woomera proving grounds. It might be worth trying to reproduce the circular base it's mounted on- they're shown on the box art as well.
Another picture of a preserved Bloodhound.
Two Bloodhounds and lots of other aircraft on this page.
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Today I finally received the Airfix Bristol Bloodhound model I won on EBay a month and a half ago (it did have to come surface mail from the States). I don't know where this fits into the to-do pile of kits, but thought some reference photos were required.
The APMA has this page and some pictures of completed versions of the kit, and other Bristol aircraft, on this page.
A shot from the Transport Archive of a Bloodhound on the Woomera proving grounds. It might be worth trying to reproduce the circular base it's mounted on- they're shown on the box art as well.
Another picture of a preserved Bloodhound.
Two Bloodhounds and lots of other aircraft on this page.
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Wednesday, July 27, 2005
Cars and Girls (oh, okay, just cars)
There are a lot of sites out there like Jalopnik that regularly serve up links to images and articles of interest to car modellers.
Recent highlights include-
A 1,000 horsepower Toyota Supra, which would put those Fast & Furious models to shame.
A customised '35 Ford pickup from Australia. It's powered by LPG, but the interesting thing for any modeller is that they're right hand drive- probably a major modification on any of the kits available.
The "Big T" model T that inspired a classic kit.
Building the perfect Demolition Derby car Anyone who got this right on a model could be looking at a show winner.
The Asphalt Invitationals. Lots of lovely rods to inspire you.
Automotive interiors from the '70s on.
And more and more. Jalopnik's the only car blog I subscribe to, but I bet there are a load more out there serving up this sort of inspiration as well.
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There are a lot of sites out there like Jalopnik that regularly serve up links to images and articles of interest to car modellers.
Recent highlights include-
A 1,000 horsepower Toyota Supra, which would put those Fast & Furious models to shame.
A customised '35 Ford pickup from Australia. It's powered by LPG, but the interesting thing for any modeller is that they're right hand drive- probably a major modification on any of the kits available.
The "Big T" model T that inspired a classic kit.
Building the perfect Demolition Derby car Anyone who got this right on a model could be looking at a show winner.
The Asphalt Invitationals. Lots of lovely rods to inspire you.
Automotive interiors from the '70s on.
And more and more. Jalopnik's the only car blog I subscribe to, but I bet there are a load more out there serving up this sort of inspiration as well.
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Sunday, July 24, 2005
Spacedock
A site dedicated to reference photos for spaceship modellers.
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A site dedicated to reference photos for spaceship modellers.
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Thursday, July 14, 2005
Locust
Because some of the original equipment was replaced or replicated from scratch, you can't really use this rebuild of an M22 Locust air portable tank as a source of internal reference photos. However, from the outside the rebuilt tank is nearly identical to the original and is used in Second World War re-enactments.
More reference pictures here. 3D model here. Profile here.
But are there any models of it? A 1997 issue of Finescale Modeller has an article about building a model, but it's not online. Spirit Games do them in 1:300th scale for wargaming. And Commanders Series were thinking about it but shelved the project.
via Jalopnik
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Because some of the original equipment was replaced or replicated from scratch, you can't really use this rebuild of an M22 Locust air portable tank as a source of internal reference photos. However, from the outside the rebuilt tank is nearly identical to the original and is used in Second World War re-enactments.
More reference pictures here. 3D model here. Profile here.
But are there any models of it? A 1997 issue of Finescale Modeller has an article about building a model, but it's not online. Spirit Games do them in 1:300th scale for wargaming. And Commanders Series were thinking about it but shelved the project.
via Jalopnik
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Saturday, June 11, 2005
UAV model round up
Summer is here, so there's little modelling being done. I'm too busy with things like the allotment. However, as I am guesting on the UAV blog, I thought I'd see how this relatively new type of plane was represented for modellers.
The first stop on this tour is Unicraft, which is pretty much your one stop shop for UAV modelling needs. They have 1/72nd scale models of-
Bell EAGLE EYE, Boeing X-45A UCAV, Boeing X-36 UAV, Boeing BIRD OF PREY, "Piloted UCAV"(?), DRAGON WARRIOR, Northrop-Grumman X-47A Pegasus UCAV-N, GA Prowler II, RQ-1 Predator, RQ-2 Pioneer, RQ-3 DarkStar, RQ-4 Global Hawk, RQ-5 Hunter, MQ-9A Predator B / ALTAIR, ALTUS and Aurora THESEUS. They also do the Boeing SENSOR CRAFT in 1/144th (though that link wasn't working when I tried). For British modellers, Hannants stock a few Unicraft kits.
With that fairly exhaustive list you hardly need to go anywhere else, but I thought I'd have a look anyway.
French company Sharkit does a NASA HyperIII, actually a remotely piloted test bed for lifting body designs, but a UAV precursor of sorts. They also have a few other UAV grandparents in the North American X10 and Vought Regulus 1 (more of an early cruise missile really). And there are a number of unrelated but interesting models such as the Davy Crocket atomic gun and Bell rocket belt (in either 1/12th or 1/35th).
Wings models do 1/48th and 1/72nd scale vacform model of the GTD-21, a Kennedy era reconnaisance drone.
I'm sure there are more, but if I carry on looking I'm going to lose a day to finding ever more obscure and fascinating model companies.
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Summer is here, so there's little modelling being done. I'm too busy with things like the allotment. However, as I am guesting on the UAV blog, I thought I'd see how this relatively new type of plane was represented for modellers.
The first stop on this tour is Unicraft, which is pretty much your one stop shop for UAV modelling needs. They have 1/72nd scale models of-
Bell EAGLE EYE, Boeing X-45A UCAV, Boeing X-36 UAV, Boeing BIRD OF PREY, "Piloted UCAV"(?), DRAGON WARRIOR, Northrop-Grumman X-47A Pegasus UCAV-N, GA Prowler II, RQ-1 Predator, RQ-2 Pioneer, RQ-3 DarkStar, RQ-4 Global Hawk, RQ-5 Hunter, MQ-9A Predator B / ALTAIR, ALTUS and Aurora THESEUS. They also do the Boeing SENSOR CRAFT in 1/144th (though that link wasn't working when I tried). For British modellers, Hannants stock a few Unicraft kits.
With that fairly exhaustive list you hardly need to go anywhere else, but I thought I'd have a look anyway.
French company Sharkit does a NASA HyperIII, actually a remotely piloted test bed for lifting body designs, but a UAV precursor of sorts. They also have a few other UAV grandparents in the North American X10 and Vought Regulus 1 (more of an early cruise missile really). And there are a number of unrelated but interesting models such as the Davy Crocket atomic gun and Bell rocket belt (in either 1/12th or 1/35th).
Wings models do 1/48th and 1/72nd scale vacform model of the GTD-21, a Kennedy era reconnaisance drone.
I'm sure there are more, but if I carry on looking I'm going to lose a day to finding ever more obscure and fascinating model companies.
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Monday, May 09, 2005
Dragons and Sentries
Two items originally posted on Spinneyhead-
The Nest of Dragons, a great resource for oddball planes.
Lone Sentry- "Photos, Articles, and Research on the European Theater in World War II"
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Two items originally posted on Spinneyhead-
The Nest of Dragons, a great resource for oddball planes.
Lone Sentry- "Photos, Articles, and Research on the European Theater in World War II"
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Sunday, May 08, 2005
Wings
Early aircraft designs. Some of these are positively bizarre, whilst others went on to the prototype, if not full production, stage.
via Drawn
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Early aircraft designs. Some of these are positively bizarre, whilst others went on to the prototype, if not full production, stage.
via Drawn
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Tuesday, April 26, 2005
Tweety Bird
The tale of a T-37 training jet's retirement.
Trainers don't have the glamour of combat planes, but they're still an interesting subject. The Tweet was modified into the A-37 light bomber, so you could have the siblings sat next to each other on the runway.
T-37/A-37 models and detailing sets (all via Hannants)-
1:48th Revell Cessna A-37A/B Dragonfly
1:48th detailing set (for Monogram model)/ Weighted wheels
1:72nd Academy A-37 Dragonfly
1:72nd Academy Cessna A-37B "Black Eagle" R.O.K.A.F Display team
1:72nd detailing set (for Hasegawa kit)
1:72nd decals, including Vance Air Force base T-37
T-37 pages on Google.
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The tale of a T-37 training jet's retirement.
The commander of the 8th - Navy Cmdr. Brian Osborn - is an old friend of retired Navy Capt. Rance Dunmire of Pueblo. Osborn also knows Dunmire is vice president of the Pueblo Historical Aircraft Society and is always on the lookout for classic military aircraft for the Pueblo museum.
So telephone calls took place, paperwork was filed, and last Friday, Dunmire was at Vance having a sparkling T-37 loaded on a trailer for shipment to Pueblo. The little Tweet had been in use training pilots as recently as last month.
Trainers don't have the glamour of combat planes, but they're still an interesting subject. The Tweet was modified into the A-37 light bomber, so you could have the siblings sat next to each other on the runway.
T-37/A-37 models and detailing sets (all via Hannants)-
1:48th Revell Cessna A-37A/B Dragonfly
1:48th detailing set (for Monogram model)/ Weighted wheels
1:72nd Academy A-37 Dragonfly
1:72nd Academy Cessna A-37B "Black Eagle" R.O.K.A.F Display team
1:72nd detailing set (for Hasegawa kit)
1:72nd decals, including Vance Air Force base T-37
T-37 pages on Google.
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Saturday, April 23, 2005
War Wheels
WarWheels.Net is a comprehensive online resource for modelers and enthusiasts of armored cars and wheeled fighting vehicles from all eras. Not a lot there yet, but they are looking for contributors if you have anything for them.
via Hyperscale.com
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WarWheels.Net is a comprehensive online resource for modelers and enthusiasts of armored cars and wheeled fighting vehicles from all eras. Not a lot there yet, but they are looking for contributors if you have anything for them.
via Hyperscale.com
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Friday, April 22, 2005
Captured
Luftwaffe planes in British liveries. Part of a larger message board that's bound to be a great source of pictures and information.
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Luftwaffe planes in British liveries. Part of a larger message board that's bound to be a great source of pictures and information.
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Ducks and swans
One of the joys of car modelling is coming up with vehicles that are rare or non-existent in the real world. But sometimes the real world produces oddities that look like they came from someone's parts box after a little too long breathing glue fumes. Inspiration for your next project-
101 things to do with a 2CV.
Big block Chevy powered Ferrari.
True beauty- a hot rod inspired by board track racing.
All via Jalopnik
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One of the joys of car modelling is coming up with vehicles that are rare or non-existent in the real world. But sometimes the real world produces oddities that look like they came from someone's parts box after a little too long breathing glue fumes. Inspiration for your next project-
101 things to do with a 2CV.
Big block Chevy powered Ferrari.
True beauty- a hot rod inspired by board track racing.
All via Jalopnik
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Wednesday, April 13, 2005
Virtual Hangar
The National Museum of the United States Air Force, a good source for information and pictures. It has a brief history of every aircraft type used or built for the USAF, including X planes.
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The National Museum of the United States Air Force, a good source for information and pictures. It has a brief history of every aircraft type used or built for the USAF, including X planes.
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Saturday, April 09, 2005
Olive Drab
Olive Drab military information
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Olive Drab military information
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Friday, April 08, 2005
Luft '46
Some resources for modellers of the more bizarre weapons of WW2.
Unfinished or aborted German warplane projects from WW2
Edwards Air Force Base- check out the flying wing bombers
The Vultee XP-54. I like this plane, and I'm already working on designs based upon it.
The reminiscences of an American test pilot circa WW2.
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Some resources for modellers of the more bizarre weapons of WW2.
Unfinished or aborted German warplane projects from WW2
Edwards Air Force Base- check out the flying wing bombers
The Vultee XP-54. I like this plane, and I'm already working on designs based upon it.
The reminiscences of an American test pilot circa WW2.
Labels: reference
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