Luftwaffe Fighters Modeller (mostly 1/72) and aviation enthusiast. Living in Hamburg, Germany. Private Pilot. Served in the Navy (8 years) in Naval Airwing 3 in Nordholz, Germany. Started to build scale plastic models (1/72 Planes and 1/32 WW II Figures), when I was 8 or 9 years, till 1995 then paused and starting this hobby again around 2001. Since 2007 airbrushing with Mr. Hobby colors and HS Evolution, Aztek 470.
Hello, This is another Emil from my workbench. I converted a E3 to an E1 by removing the ammo bulges under the wings and recessing new hatches. The canopy is from spare parts, cause Airfix is providing the E4 - E7 canopy only. The decals are fro[...]
Hi everybody, After a long abstinence I am back today with the type model, which I think I know best. I have dedicated myself to the "weekend kit" of the FW-190 A5 from Eduard in 1/72 and added a set of etched parts to it.
I have used the relati[...]
Hello,
this time I have a little jet from the 50s for you. Sea Hawk Mk. 101, RB+259 from the "Marineflieger" of West-Germany 1957/58.
the 2nd plane as shown on one picture ist the very old Airfix version of this kit.
Originally, this aircraft s[...]
Hello and welcome to my rollout and short build review of this fairly new kit from Eduard.
First of all, no aftermarket parts are used, so this is an “out of the box” model. The only exception is the thin wire (yellow) on the undercarriage and t[...]
Hello and welcome to this review. The kit was provided by iModeler for you, to have a closer look at this new Eduard release.
• Kit no# 82142 (Fw-190 A4 ProfiPACK)
• plastic parts: about 100, plus etched parts
• No. of decal options: 5
• decal[...]
Hello dear board members,
this weekend I got my award for the model of the month, the Eduard FW-190 F8 in 1/72
This is a very generous gift from iModeler, and I am very happy with that kit. It is the
Eduard Profipack 1:72 Messerschmitt Bf-110G[...]
Hello, today I would like to show you a few pictures of a "ordinary" day at the JG 26 luftwaffe squadron in 1940. The planes are the brown 5 and the brown 6, both Airfix kits in 1/72. The figures are from Zvezda and Preiser. I Was inspired by th[...]
This is the Bf-109 E1"Leo Zaunbrecher" made from Hasegawas 109 E4. Uffz Zaunbrecher managed a forced landing with his machine on 12 August 1940, after an air battle with Spitfires from 615 Sqn, in a wheat field near Lewes. This shot was assigned[...]
This is a superb kit, If you like to bulid a F8, you can't find a better one like this. Complete out of the box (Profipak) incl. nice decal options. I used Mr. Hobby Colors
H68 – RLM 74
H69 – RLM 75
H417 – RLM 76
H70 – RLM 02
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The aircraft, "blue 2" of Leopold (Poldi) Wenger was stationed in Caen-Carpiquet France in the middle of August 1942. This plane has no outer armor in the wings, probably to compensate the weight of the bomb.
On 19 August 1942, Wenger made a cra[...]
