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Hell´s Angels…1/48 Curtiss Tomahawk Mk.IIb, American Volunteer Group

Built over 6 years ago. The "infamous" 1/48 Trumpeter kit..lol At first my dad wanted to do a RAF North Africa a/c but during the build he decided that it should be a Flying Tiger. Found a nice scheme in Kagero´s P-40 Vol.I, the [...]

Mystery Bird…1/48 Curtiss P-40N Warhawk, USAAF

Built over 6 years ago, Hasegawa kit Limited Edition, built oob except seatbelts, antenna wire and brake lines added. The model was painted with MM Metalizer Aluminium (1418). The orange-black nose trim is painted, kit decals used for the [...]

Mean and Green Down Under...1/48 Supermarine Spitfire Mk.VIII, 79 Sqn RAAF

Eduard kit built in 2016. Wanted something different than the usual two-tone camo so I suggested my dad to do a Foliage Green Aussie Spit. Sadly the decal aftermarket for green Spits isn´t big. Finally I found a nice sheet from DK Decals [...]

Diamond Nose...1/48 North American P-51D Mustang, 356th FG USAAF

Built in 2013, this was the third Merlin Mustang my dad built, but the first he did correct, regarding the wings. Back then it was new info for us that the P-51 had sealed/filled panel lines on the wings. Besides that the wings were [...]

Speed Bomber…1/48 Messerschmitt Me262A-2a/U2 with glass nose

And my dad has finished the next 262. Hobby Boss kit, painted with AK Real Color RLM81/82/76, EZ line for antenna wires and brake lines. The kit includes decals for both prototypes. I don´t know why but HB printed the "V555" [...]

Under new Management…1/48 Messerschmitt Me262A-1a/U4 “Pulkzerstörer” with 5cm MK214A, USAAF

And my dad has finished the next one. Hobby Boss kit, Eduard seatbelts, EZ line for antenna wires, brake lines added. Painted with AK Real Color RLM81/82 and Gunze Aqueous RLM76. Kit doesn´t include US markings, took some from the [...]

Last Hope...1/48 Heinkel He162A-2 Salamander/Spatz, 1./JG1

Built in 2016. One of the weapon systems towards the end of the war that was intended to bring the change. Has some connection to our home region. About 30km away from our hometown there was a He162 underground facility in Hinterbrühl. [...]

Desperate Measures...1/48 Bücker Bü181C-2 Bestmann, Tankbuster

Built in 2017. One of the last desperate measures of the Luftwaffe in the final stage of the war, fitting sports aircraft with Panzerfäuste. The model shows an aircraft of 3.Panzerjägerstaffel, established on March 4th 1945, first combat [...]

Honved...1/48 Krupp Protze with 3,7cm Pak, Hungarian Army

Next one finished. One of my dad´s excursions to the 1/48 armour world. To avoid the usual single grey look, I searched for something different. Came across the 1/35 Bronco kit wich included a 3-tone prewar and a 3-tone Hungarian scheme. [...]

Austrian Aces…1/48 Messerschmitt Me262A-1a, III./JG7, Major Rudolf Sinner

Another last foto session of one of my dad´s older models. This Tamiya kit was built about ten years ago, mostly oob, only added seatbelts, brake lines and antenna wires. Rudolf Sinner was born in 1915 in Austria. In the thirties he [...]