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Banzai!…1/20 Honda F-1 RA272

by Reinhard Spreitzhofer on October 2, 2020
in Automotive — 5 Comments

#22/2020 After the Talbot, this is my dad´s second racecar build in a row after a 25 year hiatus regarding cars. Being used to military aircraft and vehicles, it didn´t turn out that bad. When you are spoiled by modern Tamiya kits which build t[...]

Eyes in the Sky…1/48 Mitsubishi Ki-15-I “Babs”, Imperial Japanese Army ” Tiger Squadron”

by Reinhard Spreitzhofer on September 26, 2020
in Aviation — 20 Comments

#21/2020 My dad´s next finished Imperial Japanese subject and fifth contribution to the Empire of Japan group build. After four combat aircraft, this time a recon plane. The very nice Fine Molds kit, fit is very good, except the one-piece canop[...]

Escape Plan…1/48 Messerschmitt Bf109G-6(Mtt. Regensburg) Romanian Airforce

by Reinhard Spreitzhofer on September 22, 2020
in Aviation — 14 Comments

#/20/2020 My dad´s next finshed model. Eduard kit, Exito Decals, plastic rods and lead wire for the brake lines, EZ Line for the antenna wire, MRP RLM76 and Gunze RLM 74/75. Build thread here The model displays the aircraft of Captain Const[...]

Babylonian Schmitt…1/48 Messerschmitt Bf110D-3 Sonderkommando Junck

by Reinhard Spreitzhofer on September 7, 2020
in Aviation — 7 Comments

#19/2020 After the Yugoslavian Bf110, here´s another one with non-German markings. Cyberhobby/Dragon kit, built it almost two times. The model was already in a progressed state when it had an accident....bought a new kit and my dad started all [...]

Vive Les Bleus!…1/24 Talbot Lago T26C

by Reinhard Spreitzhofer on August 21, 2020
in Automotive — 6 Comments

#18/2020 And now for something completely different... Being usually an aircraft builder and doing from time to time some armour, this is my dad´s first car model since 30 years. The last one he built was this same Heller kit, now he gave it a [...]

Banzai!…1/48 Nakajima Ki-44-II Otsu Shoki ”Tojo” 40mm cannon, Imperial Japanese Army

by Reinhard Spreitzhofer on August 14, 2020
in Aviation — 23 Comments

#17/2020 The Empire of Japan group build entries continue. After an army and two navy subjects now another one from the army. Hasegawa kit oob, only added Eduard seatbelts, EZ line for the antenna wires and plastic rod pieces for the landing ge[...]

Banzai!…1/48 Yokosuka (Kugisho) D4Y1 Model 11 Suisei “Judy” Imperial Japanese Navy

by Reinhard Spreitzhofer on July 25, 2020
in Aviation — 9 Comments

#16/2020 My dad´s next contribution to the Empire of Japan GB. As far as I´ve read the Judy was Fine Molds first 1/48 release, dating back to 1993. So there are some fit issues. As you can see on the pics, the inner landing gear doors have atta[...]

Under new Management…1/48 Messerschmitt Bf110C-4 Royal Yugoslav Airforce

by Reinhard Spreitzhofer on July 18, 2020
in Aviation — 8 Comments

#15/2020 My dad wanted to build the good old Fujimi 110 now for a while. It can´t keep up with the newer Eduard and Dragon offerings but still makes a nice model. Decided to do an exotic scheme. Used parts from a True Details resin cockpit, EZ [...]

Alpine Canary…1/48 Saab 91D Safir, Austrian Airforce

by Reinhard Spreitzhofer on July 14, 2020
in Aviation — 11 Comments

Like the T-6, this was also built by my dad for our homeland collection some years ago. The Tarangus kit is for a B, C and D model. But for a 100% correct D Model some minor changes have to be done, my dad did not all. The D model had a differen[...]

Alpine Canary…1/48 North American T-6G Texan, Austrian Airforce

by Reinhard Spreitzhofer on July 10, 2020
in Aviation — 15 Comments

After my fellow countryman Roland Sachsenhofer posted his Italeri (Occidental) French Texan I looked through my foto albums and realized that there were only very old pics of my father´s Austrian T-6 that he built with the same kit a while ago f[...]