Oliver Peissl Erla's Werke of FB's first book showcasing his modelling talents in "1/48 Luftwaffe Modelling Workbook" featuring WWII kites. Contents in our preview... www.themodellingnews.com/2025/10/want...

Krupp K5 heavy railway gun. This gun had the following characteristics: It weighed 218 tons and was capable of firing shells weighing 243 kg. Its range was 64 kilometers. The gun had a rate of fire of 15 rounds per hour. Only 25 Krupp K5s were produced, and two survived the war.

Some grunge added. You have to be careful with rust effects, because most of the hull is plywood. Decals and ropes to be added. Yes, there is rigging! 😀

Spotted in this week's uploads #1 A 1:18th scale (yes, really!) Hobbyboss Me 262A-1A, originally from Merit International in 2013. I had no idea aircraft kits came in 1:18. www.ebay.co.uk/itm/25457830...

Spotted in this weeks uploads #2 A Special Hobby 1/48 scale Martin 167 F-A.3 - because we don't see aircraft in WW2 French schemes very often #histscalemodels www.ebay.co.uk/itm/40603658...

Internal main section ready. #HKB17F

The immensely talented modeller David Chou has just published his first book, highlighting the last eight models in his collection from the last two years. Contents & how to grab one in our preview. www.themodellingnews.com/2025/10/book...

This is the world’s first operational jet fighter, the Messerschmitt Me 262. In 1944 it outpaced every piston aircraft. Only a few still fly today, with modern engines hidden in replica casings instead of the unreliable wartime Jumo 004s. #aviation #aviationlovers #aircraft #aviationdaily

#histscalemodels Huey basically done….diorama next

Update on the Tamiya Quad Gun Tractor: window glass is in and dusted up. Wiped away a bit to make it look like the crew did it so see. Hopefully the body is on the chassis to stay. The gap between the two is annoying, but oh well. But the finish line is close. 🙂

Lysander done. Now to start on a base for it. #Histscalemodels #scalemodels

Das Lehrgeschwader 1 – The Mediterranean Campaign 1941/1942 from Luftfahrtverlag-Start on the people & planes of Germany's Campaign 1941/42. Engrossing stories, colour images not published before, profiles, maps & illustrations all in our preview. www.themodellingnews.com/2025/09/das-...

My wife picked up a six pack of this beer today. Brewery located up near Cleveland. Nice Pilsner.

After the kill, flying through the debris of the V1. #ProbablyAHawkerTempest

Nothing will nail down a Nobel like rebranding to the “Department of War.” Also sorta overrides the key military mission of deterrence, which is a piece of our national & defense security strategy.

More Images from Saturday

Images from Lunken Airport Days in Cincinnati Saturday.

The M1278A1 Heavy Gun Carrier w/MCTAGS vehicle in 1/35th scale from I Love Kit is our subject today. With art, info & a built-up test kit to show you in our preview... www.themodellingnews.com/2025/09/prev...

German fighters in winter – three singles, two sets of two & a limited release of three figures are all-new from @Ardennes Miniature in September. We take a look at each of them in our preview... www.themodellingnews.com/2025/08/arde...

Remarkable news. 80 years after British Seafires flew over Japan in 1945, Japanese F-15s are now expected to fly over the UK. Japan to deploy F-15s to UK in historic first share.google/SP53CoH7vfDI...

Fokker Dr.1 Stow Maries airshow. #Aviation #AvGeeks

At first glance I thought the B29’s massive propellers were almost touching at the tips. The closer I got though, I realised they’re actually offset just enough to clear each other. One of those clever design details you only notice up close! #AviationHistory #Warbirds #B29Superfortress #AvGeek

This is a replica of the Fat Man bomb, the type dropped on Nagasaki in August 1945. It might only be the size of a truck, but it carried the power of around 21,000 tons of TNT. What do you think, is this replica to scale? #usaf #secondworldwar #history

Enjoying Germania Fest today. Humidity final broke. Lovely day to be outside. Great food and beer!

The sound of the German MG34/MG42/M40 that every #WW2 soldier in Europe would recognise! #HISTORY

Decals on, wheels off (so I can put them on the right way round! 🤦‍♂️). This is a really fun build.

Decals on the Lysander. Needs a bit of weathering. Pleased with it. Started the SOE agent. #histscalemodels. #scalemodels

Think I've finished this one. Airfix British 25 pounder gun set, painted in desert colours with 51st Highland Division insignia. Sand temporarily 'borrowed' from my daughter's sandpit...

I told you all...😜😉😋

Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) CF Snowbirds CT-114 Tutor Reg. 114096 Red Deer Regional Airshow 2023 July 29, 2023 🛩️⚔️📸

Another blitz build. The incredibly ancient Airfix SB2C Helldiver, a terrible kit. Dodgy decals from the equivalent Academy kit. US Coastguard, San Diego, 1945

It would be remiss of me if I did not include the British across the pond in these #PhantomPhriday goings on. - FGR.2 👻 - Rolling into the Weekend 😎

Metal Earth 1/535 International Space Station. Three frets of photoetch parts. About 3 months of lunches to build. Really impressed by the engineering behind it. #scalemodels

Fascinating. The crew has done this before. #WW2 #HISTORY

WIP: now for decals and finishing work. Started painting the figures. It’s been 40 years since my last diorama, may attempt one with the Lysander. 😁 #histscalemodels #scalemodels

If I had a pilots license and money. Two big ifs😁. This would be a nice plane to own.

The Fairey Swordfish was slow, outdated and vulnerable, yet in May 1941 it struck a blow that changed naval history. These fabric-But how could such an old-fashioned aircraft succeed against one of the most powerful warships ever built?

Finished my first ever vignette over the weekend for my Meng Kubelwagen. Pleased with how it turned out, and I’m fairly happy with the figure (still need to work on faces though). Might do another for the Land Rover. Should be taking it to Stoke end of the month. #histscalemodels #scalemodelling

The TBM-3W is such a funky looking aircraft.

From the 1/200 AMT Man in Space set. Gemini 2 during hot staging of the Titan II booster. #scalemodels #spacehistory

We have art, features, profiles & CAD sprue layouts of MiniArt's 1/48th scale P-47D-10R-E Thunderbolt. Early jugs in art, colours, layout, features & the real kites in our preview... www.themodellingnews.com/2025/08/mini...

I started out last year building a collection of 1/72 armor and notable vehicles. Here's where we are at the moment. Still a Chi-Ha, King Tiger, skirted Panzer IV, PzKw IV/70 and Ukrainian tanks in the stash. And the Kettenkrad, of course. But the ModelArt StuG III is up next! #HistScaleModels

Dora Wings 1/48 Vultee Vengeance II finished ready for #KItoff , if you're going to We Have Ways fest, then pop along to the Kitoff display, there'll be great raffle prizes, plus loads of models and cool stuff.

Three RAF squadrons were equipped with the Westland Whirlwind twin-engine heavy fighter but despite its success as a fighter and ground attack aircraft, it was withdrawn from service in 1943. #WW2 #HISTORY

Zimi Model's latest release is the 10.5 cm leFH 18/4 auf Geschützwagen Lr.s.(f) kit, matched with the T-Model-supplied SSy45 Flatcar. Art, features, the machines & their colours & test build in our preview... www.themodellingnews.com/2025/08/zimi...

It was crowded and hot so we couldn’t get up close but here’s a video of one craft going off the end of the ramp😁. Really fun to watch.

Pics from Red Bull Flugtag today. A lot of interest flying machines. One group took a more conventional approach, the Wright Flyer. While the Ohio Air Guard showed up with their version of an A-10

Heading downtown today to watch homemade flying machines and their builders launch themselves into the Ohio river😁

#RIP naval aviator and astronaut Jim Lovell who passed away on Thursday at the age of 97. A 1952 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, Lovell flew F2H Banshee fighters before being selected for NASA’s Gemini program. In 1970, he commanded the near-tragic Apollo 13 mission.