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Here´s my dad´s newest model. Tamiya kit, Eduard seatbelts, EZ line for brake lines and antenna wires, painted with a blue-gray selfmix /Tamiya XF-18 + XF-2) and Gunze H51 Light Gull Grey.
Wanted to use HGW wet transfers. My dad tried [...]
And here´s my dad´s second 109 of Eduard´s Wilde Sau Pt II Dual Combo I bought my dad for Father´s Day.
Like with the other, mostly built oob. Added brake lines with plastic rods and lead wire, EZ Line for the antenna wires.
Towards [...]
Newest 109 by my dad, Eduard´s Wilde Sau Pt II Dual Combo I bought him for Father´s Day.
Built oob, added brake lines with plastic rods and lead wire. Antenna wires done with EZ Line, the slack is intended. When the mast was mounted on [...]
My dad´s next 15th AF pony, after the Tuskegee one.
Tamiya kit with Aeromaster decals. Did some minor filling and removing to get a D-5 model. Also filled the wing panel lines, like on the original. Painted with AK Xtreme Metal Color [...]
And my dad has finished the next one.
Hobby Boss F4F-3 (late) kit with Superscale decals. The wing walkway decals came from the sparesbox. The kit and also the Superscale star decdals for the wings were to small, took suiting decals from a [...]
So, my dad has finally finished his mojo killer.
The Kitty Hawk kit looks good in the box but is no beginners kit. Many parts don´t fit good, pins don´t fit in their holes...so if you build it, dryfit everything.
Well, it didn´t turn [...]
Eduard Weekend Edition oob, EZ line for antenna, brake lines with plastic rods and lead wire, painted with AK Real Colors RLM 74/75/76, fuselage band is painted too, no decal for that in the kit.
Build thread here
(link)
In June 1944 [...]
Hasegawa limited edition kit, stars and bars decals taken from the sparesbox because the kit ones were typical Hasegawa cream coloured and not white. The "Creamer´s Dream" decals are slightly undersized compared to the original [...]
My dad´s next finished model.
Eduard kit oob, EZ line for antenna wires, brake lines added with lead wire and plastic rods, painted with Gunze Aqueous RLM74/75/76, fuselage band painted with a selfmixed blue.
Build thread [...]
Ark Models kit, Eduard seatbelts, EZ Line for antenna
Painting instructions call for cherry red, but there are lots of different cherries...my dad used Tamiya X-7 Gloss Red with a touch of brown.
The cockpit detail is a bit sparse, only [...]
