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raf 2000lb cookie parachute color?	1	29 Oct 2023 12:05 p.m. PST
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Dom's Decals	9	30 Jan 2023 6:43 a.m. PST
Vallejo Model Color for '42 Betty Bomber in Solomons	4	07 Jan 2023 6:07 p.m. PST
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Go Forward Together- Perry Desert Rats Diorama	8	07 Mar 2022 2:13 a.m. PST
1940 Italian Air force colors in the desert	11	05 Nov 2021 10:01 p.m. PST
Douglas C-47 Color Photographs Part III	1	16 Jun 2021 9:02 p.m. PST
Help with a Fairy Swordfish at Taranto game	15	30 Mar 2021 1:03 p.m. PST
Painting 1/600 TD minis	3	01 Mar 2021 11:52 a.m. PST
1/2400 planes	8	05 Oct 2020 8:07 a.m. PST
Color schemes for manned V-1 and Ohkas?	9	09 Jul 2020 10:17 a.m. PST
1/600 magnetic bases for aerial wargames	7	25 May 2020 3:44 a.m. PST
Suggestions for Vallejo paints for 1/600th German aircraft	5	26 Mar 2020 2:25 p.m. PST
Natural metal finish B-17 questions	6	01 Mar 2020 8:06 p.m. PST
Painting strategy question	9	31 Jan 2020 6:10 p.m. PST
Seeking advice for 1/700 gaming models	7	14 Jan 2020 5:50 a.m. PST
Painting advice needed	14	01 Jan 2020 11:59 a.m. PST
Japanese Aircraft Colors 1941 to Mid 1942 CBI	9	10 Nov 2019 4:21 p.m. PST
Painting canopies	4	17 Aug 2019 7:09 p.m. PST
Oil paints	4	15 Aug 2019 8:18 a.m. PST
Enamels or acrylics	10	13 Aug 2019 12:34 p.m. PST
Vallejo WWII Air Force and Naval color equivalency table	7	04 Jul 2019 7:23 p.m. PST
Eduard's Hawker Tempest Mk/V Series 1	1	18 Jun 2019 11:06 a.m. PST
Vallejo color for BoB Spitfires?	7	28 Apr 2019 11:50 a.m. PST
Most Helpful TMP Member on the WWII Boards?	44	07 Apr 2019 7:19 a.m. PST
Vallejo for German Night-fighters	7	14 Dec 2018 10:14 a.m. PST
Most Helpful Member for WWII? Tango01!	39	11 Jul 2018 8:15 a.m. PST
Decals For Cap Aero 1/1250th Planes	4	29 Jun 2018 9:28 a.m. PST
Great RLM match for Luftwaffe Colours in VAllejo and others	5	20 Jun 2018 3:13 p.m. PST
Battle of Britain Colours	2	17 Jun 2018 1:39 p.m. PST
Painting blood red skies planes	8	28 Apr 2018 8:13 p.m. PST
Mitsubishi A6M2b Zero Colours	15	14 Feb 2018 2:25 p.m. PST
Decal releases 1/100 Hakaristi, 1/144, 1/200, 1/600 aircraft	1	05 Jan 2018 8:43 a.m. PST
Vallejo for RAF Night-bombers	5	31 Dec 2017 6:10 p.m. PST
Humbrol Decalfix and Vallejo Acrylics	5	23 Dec 2017 10:48 a.m. PST
1/200 AIM	9	16 Nov 2017 1:04 p.m. PST
What Tamiya or Testors paints are good for WW2 RAF?	7	09 Nov 2017 4:25 p.m. PST
Help fixing clear coat disaster	9	11 Oct 2017 10:08 a.m. PST
1/285-300 and 1/600 aircraft decals	10	11 Oct 2017 9:14 a.m. PST
Follow up on 1/600 scale decals	7	11 Oct 2017 9:11 a.m. PST
Overpainting semi-gloss or gloss coats	7	31 Aug 2017 11:54 a.m. PST
Tamiya and Testors spray paints	8	31 Jul 2017 11:21 a.m. PST
Trying to contact Bernhard R.	1	20 Jun 2017 6:18 p.m. PST
Looking for a number of decals	6	06 Jun 2017 5:10 a.m. PST
decals for 1/200 P-40b/c 3 sqn AVG	1	30 Apr 2017 4:08 p.m. PST
1:144 scale decals 2	6	27 Apr 2017 2:43 p.m. PST
B 25s at Wright Patterson AFB	10	21 Apr 2017 7:04 a.m. PST
New capability to make decals	23	19 Apr 2017 11:50 a.m. PST
New 1/200 decals - British and Canadian	2	19 Jan 2017 7:42 p.m. PST
Green and Brown RAF Mosquitos?	9	12 Dec 2016 9:22 a.m. PST
More decal designing, printing and testing	15	29 Oct 2016 1:14 p.m. PST
Painting 8th AF B-17s - How to Choose?	13	30 Sep 2016 5:22 p.m. PST
French a/c colors opinion?	13	02 Sep 2016 12:23 p.m. PST
Painting WW2 1/300 scale	7	30 Jul 2016 12:34 p.m. PST
Clearing excess glue from windows and canopies	11	17 Jun 2016 1:28 p.m. PST
Requesting Contact Info for Tactical Painting Service	1	01 Jun 2016 5:11 p.m. PST
1/300 Scale MiG-17's from Luftwaffe Miniatures Review	5	01 Jun 2016 5:00 p.m. PST
Western Desert/Med/Italy air campaign reference works	6	06 May 2016 6:49 a.m. PST
Dirty War Birds	3	17 Apr 2016 6:52 p.m. PST
Heinkel He111 wing markings	17	14 Apr 2016 5:45 p.m. PST
Quick painting tips	7	14 Apr 2016 1:14 a.m. PST
Nearly finished my planes.	3	10 Apr 2016 4:57 a.m. PST
To Base or Not To Base?	5	05 Apr 2016 3:16 p.m. PST
WW2 Desert Air Base Defence	11	15 Mar 2016 11:48 a.m. PST
Andy and the quest for Azure	3	29 Feb 2016 9:48 p.m. PST
MacrossMartin's Battle of Britain 1/100 project- part three!	5	19 Jan 2016 1:32 a.m. PST
German Aircraft codes	8	16 Jan 2016 2:43 p.m. PST
Looking for US tank figures on foot	6	21 Nov 2015 9:20 p.m. PST
MacrossMartin's Battle of Britian 1/100 Project - Part Two!	7	08 Nov 2015 4:50 p.m. PST
1:72 / 20 mm WW2 US Paratroopers Company	10	05 Nov 2015 6:46 a.m. PST
MacrossMartin's Battle of Britain 1/100 project - part one!	6	05 Nov 2015 5:36 a.m. PST
Late-war Soviet red star roundel decals for Wings of Glory?	2	31 Oct 2015 6:39 p.m. PST
Royal Yugoslav Airforce decals	4	29 Sep 2015 6:37 a.m. PST
Early War Japanese Aircraft Colors	13	25 Sep 2015 7:13 a.m. PST
Polish Decal on RAF Planes	5	17 Aug 2015 5:03 p.m. PST
I can't access Don Color anymore	3	23 Jul 2015 2:41 p.m. PST
Yellow line on Luftwaffe A/C tail?	8	27 Jun 2015 1:06 a.m. PST
RAF Prop Bosses	3	10 Jun 2015 10:43 p.m. PST
Any advice how to paint 1/285 WW2 planes?	9	10 Jun 2015 4:02 p.m. PST
German Undershirt?	10	05 Jun 2015 6:11 a.m. PST
Colour Recommendations for the Horsa Glider Camo scheme	7	02 Jun 2015 5:09 a.m. PST
p38 (f-5a f5-b ) recon aircraft color (blue)?	2	31 May 2015 11:19 a.m. PST
New Name for mini Painting Blog???	20	23 May 2015 3:50 a.m. PST
P-40B/C	9	19 May 2015 1:44 p.m. PST
What Vallejo Model Color/ Model Air should I use	2	01 May 2015 9:07 p.m. PST
Black for canopies	6	23 Apr 2015 12:39 p.m. PST
Typhoon stripes	5	09 Apr 2015 1:05 a.m. PST
What do y'all use to cut/thin Future floor polish?	40	07 Apr 2015 9:53 a.m. PST
A little tip on removing FOW vehicle bases	7	25 Mar 2015 12:58 p.m. PST
Need Decals	8	20 Mar 2015 12:31 p.m. PST
Maltese Gladiators	3	17 Mar 2015 7:44 a.m. PST
Paiting Raiden or any other HE 111 1/285th scale	8	02 Mar 2015 8:01 a.m. PST
EPIC AIRBRUSH FAILURE	14	18 Feb 2015 10:52 p.m. PST
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Gold Paint	45	19 Jan 2015 6:55 a.m. PST
Painting 1/600 aircraft	12	09 Jan 2015 7:09 a.m. PST
FAA Fulmars and Albacore	10	30 Dec 2014 10:20 a.m. PST
Painting/marking telescoping flight stands	13	28 Oct 2014 11:23 a.m. PST
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