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Luftwaffe Fighters and US NAVY planes Modeler (mostly 1/72) and aviation enthusiast. Living in Hamburg, Germany. Private Pilot (inactive). Served in the German Navy (8 years) in Naval Airwing 3. Started to build scale plastic models (1/72 Planes and 1/32 WW II Figures), when I was 8 or 9 years old, till 1995. Paused about 20 years and started this hobby again around 2001. Since 2007 airbrushing with Mr. Hobby colors and HS Evolution, Aztek 470.
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Hello dear board members,
this weekend I got my award for the model of the month, the Eduard FW-190 F8 in 1/72
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This is a very generous gift from iModeler, and I am very happy with that kit. It is the
Eduard Profipack 1:72 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
Here comes my Me 163 Komet in 1/72 with Eduard Set #SS256 an two Preiser Figures. The little shelter is from Airmodel.de. The Academy kit is easy to build, but has some inaccuracies I discoverd to late. The tube attachment on the left wing [...]
The Eduard Fw-190 A8 is a realy nice kit and if you like, you can go further by adding one of Eduards superb brassin parts. I decided to make a maintenance scene in a little hangar (custom made). Let me know what you think about this [...]
