JAPANESE CAMP (TAMIYA 1/35)
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The Pacific war Database at iModeler
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Tamiya G4M1 ‘Betty’ & A6M3 ‘Hamp’ 1/48, Operation Vengeance Collection
I like to think I know a fair bit about WW2 aviation, but I didn't expect how massive the G4M1 was until the box arrived in the post. At a wingspan of 41.6cm, and a fuselage length of 51.8cm, this model dwarfs anything else I've made and [...]
PTO Models
Here are some but not all of my PTO models. My main interest from WW2 was the PTO so I have built a number of them.
1/700 Academy USS Enterprise
1/48 Hasegawa Air-A-Cutie P-39D
1/72 Airfix B-25B Doolittle Raider Hari Kari-er
1/48 Tamiya [...]
My Pacific War builds
Thank you to Michael Woodgate for the good idea to post Pacific War builds.
1.) 1/48 p38 Lightening
2.) 1/700 USS Colorado
3.) 1/350 fm2 Wildcat
4.) USS West Virginia
5.) USS Baltimore
6.) J2m Jack
7.) IJN Suzuya
Earlier today when I told [...]
Following up Michael Woodgate’s good idea VJ Day 75
Some of my models from the Pacific War:
Erik Shilling's AVG P-40, flown on the first Allied offensive mission of the war, December 10, 1941, to photograph JAAF at Bangkok.
P-40E "Tarheel," 2nd Lt George Preddy, 49th Fighter [...]
Leyte Gulf; the Orphans of the USS Princeton.
This is my first attempt at a diorama and it's been a steep learning curve. I wanted to create a scene that captured something of the spirit of the carrier groups that fought so bravely such a long way from home in the Pacific.
The 'Work [...]
Tribute to the Princeton and the men and Hellcats of VF 27
The USS Princeton (CVL-23) was lost on October 24th, 1944 at the battle of Leyte Gulf, after a single bomb hit the aft elevator and several 'locked and loaded' Avengers. Eight F6F's from Fighting 27 were on patrol and engaged around 80 [...]
