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Hawkeye’s Hobbies Has a New Website!

As with anything new it will take a while to find what works and what doesn’t, but I think you’ll find it is more exciting. In some aspects the site is more friendly, which includes faster loading speeds. We have included more video and image enhancing features.

Gallery

Many of you frequent visitors to Hawkeye’s Hobbies may know that we lost the gallery page when we moved over to a different host server. The gallery was one of the most popular places viewed by hundreds of visitors each day. As part of the website makeover, a new gallery has been created.

To fully experience it be sure to download the PicLens viewer, it’s an awesome way to view slide shows! It like being in front of the computer screen Tom Cruise used in the movie “Minority Report”.

Photo Contest

To rebuild the gallery with images of models that are finished using our products, we are hosting a Photo Contest. Submit photos of your models that are finished with our products. The Winner will receive a $100.00 (USD) Gift Certificate from Sprue Brothers.

Send in your pictures today! Email them to hawkeye@hawkeyeshobbies.com You don’t have to edit your images, we’ll do it for you if you can’t.

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The Hawkeye’s Hobbies website is in the process of being moved to a different server, so if you are having difficulties viewing the site or contacting me via email the situation should be only temporary. We hope to have everything moved as soon as possible. This is also the first step to our website makeover.

Thank you.

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The cross over between modeling aircraft and armor/vehicles in 1:48 (O guage) just turned an important corner. Tamiya released a P-51 Mustand/Staff Car combo recently and as a follow up they are releasing the staff car separately. Kit #32559 1942 US Army Staff Car is a kit that will allow WWII aircraft modelers more incentive to cross over to an automotive subject. Model railroaders who love O gauge and have sough after quality models from this era will love this kit as well.

I know I am looking forward to seeing this kit on hobby shop shelves, which I suspect once word reaches all genres of modeling, it will not be in stock for long. A US Staff Car is something that has been missing from aircraft dioramas for decades. As a friend and fellow modeler of mine just point out…he can now do his “12 O’Clock High” diorama!

Let’s hope Tamiya recognizes that they can capture some of the model railroading market if they continue to offer vehicles such as this. Kitting other vehicles that cross over between military and civilian users makes sense to me, let’s hope they feel the same way. I’m going to ordering mine as soon as they are available!

Photo courtesy of Shizuoka 2008 Expo.

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