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Cari @snoozelle.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

nothing lifts my mood quite like a flanker #HistScaleModels

Plastic model Su-30 fighter plane on an assembly stand on my desk, surrounded by model making odds and ends

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Billy Calzada @calzadaphoto.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Hi scale modelers; I’m 90% complete with the Eduard 1/72 F6F-3 Hellcat. I plan to finish it in VF-2 markings of ace Arthur Van Haren, USS Hornet 1944. #histscalemodels #scalemodels

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Paul Gallagher @tardate.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I was allegedly building this #icm Spitfire IX for last weekend's #scalemodel 48hr gb, but there was too much on to distract incl Kits for Kids at ITE charity event. Only made it to invasion stripes during the gb, now taking my time to finish. Next: based! #histscalemodels #scalemodels

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MVS Works @mvsworks.bsky.social · 21h

Fairchild A-10A Thunderbolt II, 1/72nd, Design (ex Academy) #finishedkits #scalemodels #scalemodeling #histscalemodels

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Stef N @stefjn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

No dust, specks nor hair. And the right yellow. 😁👍 #histscalemodels #ItaliaGB

Bright yellow petrol tank for the Ducati Panigale from Tamiya.

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Fly Past Rush @flypastrush.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

👀 Also just arrived at my local hobby shop is this gem - ICM48331 - ICM 1/48 Lockheed Hudson Mk.III

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Fly Past Rush @flypastrush.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Look what just landed at my local hobby shop 👀 Special Hobby 1/48 Martin Baltimore Mk.I/II a brand-new kit, cast from brand-new metal molds, faithfully captures these early versions from their first combat deployments. www.specialhobby.info/2026/09/new-...

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New 1/48 Release: Martin Baltimore Mk.I/II 'First Version in Combat' is now on sale!

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Pater Practicus @paterpracticus.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Nearly finished, with just a few details outstanding. Would be nice to get it done by the weekend, but I’m definitely not going to rush it at this stage. #HistScaleModels

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Philip Sink | Rorty Vindicator @thrillhouse1701.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

B-25B "Ruptured Duck", April 18th, 1942. The Doolittle Raid. Some of my best work IMHO. Pilot: 1st. Lt. Ted Lawson. Copilot: 2d Lt. Dean Davenport Navigator: 2d Lt. Charles L. McClure Bombardier: 2d Lt. Robert S. Clever Engineer/Gunner: Sgt. David J. Thatcher #HistScaleModels #ScaleModels #Airfix

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KLP Publishing @klppublishing.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A tiny bit of progress with the DBMK Hornet, with initial work done on fairing in the nose gun panel. Hoping to push this build forward during some down time between book projects! #scalemodels #histscalemodels #dbmk #hornet

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Matthew Long @dr-robonator.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It does feel good to shift into paint mode after so long cutting plastic. Primed Mr. Surfacer 1500 Black and then a blend of AK RC NATO Brown, Rotbraun, and Flat Black for a rust layer and speckled it with AK 3rd Gen Dark and Medium Rust. Figures cleaned up and primed as well. #histscalemodels

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JC @jcwoodman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

#histscalemodels #italiagb I've been moving along on my Macchi 202 but needed more images of the engine arrangement. The kit has a very nice DB601 provided. Then I saw a post here by KLP & boom! A 202 guide! Very thorough 275 pg guide has EXCELLENT info on building this kit🙂 Here are some pics-

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Badger🇬🇬🦡🏏 @grumpybadger62.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

#ItaliGB #histscalemodels that's the last session for a week. Off down to London for an important family do (well my sister and I). Details with pics on Friday.

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BluFly 🛩 @blufly.media · 28/09/2026

In a clever marketing collaboration, @vanityfair.com Italia and Junkers Aircraft recently hosted 'The Fly Experience' during the @venicefilmfestival.bsky.social. The accompanying video is well worth watching for both the sound and scenery. (📸 See ALT) | 🛩️ 📹 🥇 | 🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=txKj... | 🧵

A bronze-coloured aircraft parked on an aging, marked runway is photographed directly from above. A person walks in front of the left wing. ℹ️ 📸 David Symank | Junkers Aircraft

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darrentuer.bsky.social @darrentuer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Throwing this out there to the #histscalemodels community-I’ll be at the Australian Armour and Artillery museum likely Wednesday this week and also probably Thursday. If there’s something there you know of and want some specific shots of let me know and I’ll see what I can grab for you.

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Fly Past Rush @flypastrush.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Happy Monday to you fellow model makers. I just heard about upcoming release by ICM. Coud we finally gat a good to great 1/48th scale UH-1C kit? (Based in their past work - Yes!) #HistScaleModels

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Jason Hampton @jasonchampton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

“Pinocchio” Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) Douglas C-47 Dakota Reg. 12959 4 Wing (CFB) Cold Lake Alberta, Canada 🇨🇦 May 9, 2026 ⚔️🛩️📸

An aluminum twin piston engine cargo plane with a pointy grey nose, on display in a park. Red painted cowlings & a red and white zigzag stripe down the fuselage.

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My Happy Place @goodnrg.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The Battle of Britain “Big Wing” tribute at Duxford 2026. Truly an epic scene (and sound) with the Spitfires & Hurricanes soaring together. 🇬🇧🙏 🛩️ #Duxford #BattleofBritian #Airshow #Warbirds #BlueSkyArtShow #Photography #ArtYear #EastCoastKin #Aviation #AvGeek

Duxford’s three-ship Spitfire flight together with a formation of Spits and Hurricanes soaring overhead.

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Ian Miles @smilo998.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

🐌🪖More Churchill. Right side wheels done(ish) Building up the turret. Old plastic, so a tow wire broke into three-bodge fix. Too much grubbiness? The water oil is great for wet streaks, fresh muddiness and mellowing rust powder! #scalemodels #histscalemodels #tamiya

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Moz @moz550.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Getting there, just need to find a steering wheel and make some windscreens. The I stumble on to the next project. ##histscalemodels

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Roy Bent @roybent.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

This is what pisses me off. Closing up the fuselage to fit the bottom wing assembly snugly has resulted in gaps between the wings and the fuselage at the roots. If I’d checked I would have had the gap underneath as it’s easier to fix. Out comes the plastic card🙄 #HistScaleModels

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Just Alpal @justalpal.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Got motivated last night, wait, where's that last strut.......🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️ Mr Cant is currently in a holding pattern. 😵‍💫😵‍💫😂👍🍻 #italiagb #histscalemodels

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Fly Past Rush @flypastrush.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

This Weekend in The Hangar: Another "tip of the hat" to the current Italian Group Build, here is my 1/48th Trumpeter S.M.79-II Sparviero (which took a lot more work to correct some issues) Good Luck with yours! www.flypastrush.com/post/wwii-it... #HistScaleModels #ModelAircraft #FinishedKits

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KLP Publishing @klppublishing.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Not much time at the workbench this last week or so, but I did manage to eke out a little progress on the DBMK Hornet. The focus was on fitting the nose gun panel. The next step will be to get it faired in to the fuselage. #scalemodels #histscalemodels #dbmk #hornet

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Paul @pchieza.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Evening All, going right back to the beginning of my scale model journey some five years ago. With this little kit by Airfix a starter kit with the paint and a brush. 👍😃😃 #HistScaleModels #ScaleModels #Airfix

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Carl-Henrik Barnekow @stadsplanering.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

There we have a diorama for #HistScaleModels fan. That tractor 😍😍😍

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Roy Bent @roybent.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Wings on. That was a bit tricky. #HistScaleModels

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Doug really - 2026 version @sensiblearchie.eurosky.social · 26/09/2026

Right, after many disasters, all my own fault. Finemolds Porco Rosso Savoia and Curtiss for #ItaliaGB #HistScaleModels

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Fly Past Rush @flypastrush.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

This Weekend in The Hangar: As a "tip of the hat" to the current Italian Group Build, we take a look back at my Italian era with several types featured 5-10 years back, like this smokin' C.205 Veltro #HistScaleModels #ModelAircraft #FinishedKits www.flypastrush.com/post/smoking...

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Shane Powell @shanepowell.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Finished the Planet Models p170 Schnell Bomber. Hand painted aside from varnish. Was an interesting / different build as a resin kit with everything needing alignment by eye. Had to cut the middle landing gear leg down to get it to sit nicely. Happy with the result. #histscalemodels

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Jason Hampton @jasonchampton.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Erickson Aircraft Collection Lockheed P-38L Lightning c/n reg. NX2114L Red Deer Regional Airshow 2026 📍CYQF July 25, 2026 ⚔️🛩️📸

Head on looking at a Twinprop, twin boom, central nacelle World War II fighter parked.

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midura-m.bsky.social @midura-m.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

About to start putting the two halves together...🤞😀 #histscalemodels #scalemodels #corsair #tamiya #1/32

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My Happy Place @goodnrg.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Another perspective of the fabulous Red Arrows performing at the Battle of Britain Airshow 2026. Airplane zoomies are the best kind of zoomies 😎 🛩️ #Aviation #Avgeek #Airshow #Duxford #Photography #RedArrows #planespotting

The Red Arrows demonstration team captured flying past the roof tops in Duxford 🇬🇧

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Jason Hampton @jasonchampton.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) McDonnell Douglas CF-188 Hornet Reg. 188030 Red Deer Regional Airshow 2026 📍CYQF July 25, 2026 ⚔️🛩️📸

A military grey fighter jet rolling, showing its belly with false canopy in black.

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Terence C. Gannon @terencecgannon.com · 24/09/2026

From @ctvnewscalgary.bsky.social: Pilot Dave From was forced to land his Mooney on the Trans-Canada near Banff due to a ‘mechanical issue’. He made the required repairs and, in an uncharacteristic show of pragmatism by all concerned, was allowed to take off from the highway and was on his way. | 🛩️ 📰

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Visitors recount spotting plane landing in Banff

YouTube video by CTV News

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Fly Past Rush @flypastrush.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

My Ukraine 🇺🇦 Su-25 Rook project makes some more progress today with the decals on side & top. #HistScaleModels #ModelAircraft

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Roy Bent @roybent.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

That was like knitting with spaghetti 🤪 A bit of tidying up and detailing and I’ll get it assembled 👍 #HistScaleModels

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Roy Bent @roybent.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Not a bad afternoon’s toil. I’ll see if I can get the wings and fuselage glued together tomorrow. #HistScaleModels

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Brice Davidson @bricedavidson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Getting closer to finished. Just a tiny bit of detail painting and some splash mud left to go. Italeria “Toyota Land Cruiser” in 1/24 scale. Done up as a beat up BC mountain truck just like I remember them. A bit of fishing, camping and hiking awaits! #scalemodels #histscalemodels

Blue Toyota Land Cruiser on a diorama base. Front view.

Toyota Land Cruiser on a diorama base. Driver side view.

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Matthew Long @dr-robonator.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Hello #histscalemodels! I've been plugging away on the M60A3 and am pleased with my progress. Road wheels, track, and fender sponsons are all that's left.

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Jan Ondrousek @janondroushek.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I think I quite managed to repair all the mistakes I made during the last several sessions and also today. I will see if the top grey keeps the unified shade when dry. I am afraid to touch it again, but I have to yet add the anti-glare stripe in front of cockpit #ItaliaGB #histscalemodels

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Fly Past Rush @flypastrush.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I now have the gloss coat applied on my Ukraine 🇺🇦 Su-25 Rook. Next it will dry for a few days before moving on to the decal & panel wash stages 😎 #HistScaleModels #ModelAircraft

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ifylas.bsky.social @ifylas.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

#FinishedModels #HistScaleModels #ScaleModels And here is finished JAS39-D Gripen in doubleseat version. Chose czech version 🇨🇿, partly because its prominent tail art. Partly because czechs are our good neighbours🤍 My only regret is that i mixed main gray too dark (that color was in instructions)

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Icarus.Scale.Models @ekotte.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

After what feels like an eternity of filling, sanding, priming, resending and repeating the An-22 is actually starting to look like an Antonov. #scalemodel #HistScaleModels #aircraft #modelkit

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Jay Mountain Goat @mountain-goat.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I made a start with the 1/72 F-104S. Hasegawa has you sticking forward and rear subassemblies to each other, but I read about fit problems that way so I've gone about it differently as seen below. Also taxying 104s usually had flaps lowered so I've cut them out as well. #histscalemodels #italiagb

Hasegawa 1/72 F-104S Starfighter build. The fuselage parts. I am attaching forward and rear parts together first, then the completed halves.

Hasegawa 1/72 F-104S Starfighter build, here the cockpit/ nose landing gear well subassembly and wings with cut out flaps

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Just Alpal @justalpal.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Mr Cant moving along....quick mock up. Could be better, could've been worse. 🤷‍♂️😅👍🍻 #italiagb #histscalemodels

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Greg Shaw @zenmousegreg.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I don't paint figurines. I hate painting figurines. I painted a figurine. "Rauchen verboten" or "Hast du eine Ziggi für mich?": plastic and decals by Tamiya; art (including cigarette) by me. I made the cig from a guitar string (d'Addario 0.09" top E). #HistScaleModels

A basic 1:35 scale tableau of a soldier standing right in front of two huge rocket shells while smoking a cigarette.

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Jan Ondrousek @janondroushek.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

On the third try, I got the paint somewhat airbrushable... at this point, everything everywhere was orange, so I had to sand back non orange parts and repaint them by hand... I have no idea what colours did I use few days ago, since all seems different shade now 🤯 #ItaliaGB #histscalemodels

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Terence C. Gannon @terencecgannon.com · 19/09/2026

Of course, you'll want to get a real expert to weigh in on its feasibility, @jeromyyyc.bsky.social, but how about having a De Havilland CL-415, dispatched out of Springbank and scooping out of the brimming Glenmore Reservoir, deal with the stubborn ECCO landfill fire? | 🛩️ 🦆 📍 🇨🇦

A CL-415 water bomber taxiing at Springbank Airport on a sunny July 12, 2024. A red airport pickup truck is visible to its right.

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