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Airwar over Austria…1/48 Focke-Wulf Fw190A-9, III./KG(J)27

One of the models my dad built around 6 years ago for our ongoing theme "Airwar over Austria". My dad started at first the original A-9 Eduard kit, but due to a bigger mishap it landed in the trash. He kept the A-9 nose ring and [...]

Wild Boar...1/48 Focke-Wulf Fw190A-6/R11, 6./JG300

Besides the already shown Fw190A-8 with the "antler" antennas, my dad also built this "spike" antenna version more than 6 years ago. Eduard Fw190A Nightfighter dual combo, decals from EagleCals. The antenna pieces are [...]

Operation Barbarossa...1/48 Focke-Wulf Fw190A-5, 5./JG54

Built over 6 years ago. Eduard Weekend Edition (initial tooling) mostly oob, added seatbelts, antenna wire and some landing gear detail. Painted with Gunze and Tamiya acrylics. Aircraft of Leutnant Emil "Bully" Lang, CO of [...]

Mediterranean Predator…1/48 Messerschmitt Bf109G-2/trop, 6./JG53

Built over 6 years ago. Hasegawa kit, decals from the sparesbox, Gunze and Tamiya paints used, Eduard seatbelts, brake lines and antenna wires added. Kagero Monographs 19 "Bf109G/K Vol.I" used as reference. Aircraft of 6./JG53, [...]

Magyar Schmitt...1/48 Messerschmitt Bf109Ga-6, Royal Hungarian Airforce

Built in 2015. The 101st fighter wing of the Hungarian Airforce, called Puma after their CO Aladar Heppes, was formed out of several other smaller units, after the US bomb attacks on Hungary increased in the first half of 1944. While the [...]

Operation Barbarossa...1/48 Messerschmitt Bf109F-2, 11./JG51

Built over 6 years ago. Hasegawa kit, decals from Kagero Topcolors 19, brake lines and antenna wires added, painted with Gunze and Tamiya acrylics. Aircraft had a standard 74/75/76 camo but was oversprayed with 70/71 in the field. It was [...]

Operation Barbarossa…1/48 Messerschmitt Bf109F-2, 7./JG54

80 years ago today... Here´s another Barbarossa participant, built over 6 years ago. Hasegawa kit with Eagle Strike decals, Gunze and Tamiya paints used. Aircraft of 7./JG54 in winter 1941.

Operation Barbarossa…1/48 Messerschmitt Bf109F-4, 6./JG54

My father always liked but avoided this camo because he thought it would be hard to do with the airbrush. Back in 2013 he took the challenge and it wasn´t as hard as he had feared. Used a Hasegawa G-2 kit from their old "J" [...]

Under new Management…1/48 Messerschmitt Bf109G-10 (Mtt.Regensburg), 401 Sqn RCAF

Built in 2019. Hasegawa kit with Rising Decals, plastic rods and lead wire for the brake lines, Eduard seatbelts, EZ Line for antenna wires, exhaust flame dampers are PE parts from the Eduard G-10 kit, Gunze, Tamiya, MRP and AK paints [...]

Luft ´46...1/48 Focke-Wulf Triebflügel VTOL Fighter

My dad isn´t usually a friend of whiffers and Luft 46 subjects. But the Amusing Hobby kit of the Triebflügel is rather simple, hasn´t many parts, so he decided to give it a try. Painted it in prototype style, some metal some primer some [...]