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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
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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 [...]
Built in 2017. Eduard kit with HAD decals (the Hungarian crosses on the F-4 sheet were too large so my dad used some of another HAD sheet), Gunze and Tamiya acrylics, EZ Line for wiring, plastic rods and lead wire for brake lines.
The [...]
Built in 2016. Hasegawa kit with Techmod decals (which weren´t the best, as you may see, the outer areas of the spinner spirale didn´t lie down smoothly), painted with Gunze and Tamiya acrylics, aerials with EZ Line.
The book [...]
Built more than 6 years ago. Hasegawa G-14 kit with canopy from a G-6 kit, decals from Kagero and an Unimodel Bf109 kit.
Kagero SMI Library Messerschmitt Bf109G/K as reference
Aircraft of SSgt Hemmo Leino, 1/HLeLv 34, Kymi June 1944. The [...]
Built in 2016. Hasegawa kit with Kommandeur decals, the JG5 batch is from Kagero because it came closest to the original, the little 4s on the gear covers are from the sparesbox. Painted as usual back then with Gunze and Tamiya acrylics, [...]
