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Spanish Civil War...1/48 Messerschmitt Bf109A, 2.J/88 Legion Condor

Like the recently posted "6o30", also this model was built somewhere between 10 and 15 years ago. Hobbycraft kit, AFAIR my dad did some minor corrections to the nose or did some rescribing to get a more correct "A", [...]

Spanish Civil War...1/48 Messerschmitt Bf109B, 2.J/88 Legion Condor

Built more than 10 years ago. Hobbycraft kit with resin nose from Classic Airframes, decals from Cutting Edge. Unteroffizier Willhelm Staege, 2.J/88 Legion Condor, Alar d'el Rey August 1937

Deadly Stars...1/48 Messerschmitt Bf109G-6y/R6, 7./JG3

Built in 2016. Hasegawa kit with EagleCals, Gunze and Tamiya paints, wiring with EZ Line, brake lines with plastic rods and lead wire Model shows the Regensburg built a/c of Staffelkapitän Hauptmann Karl-Heinz Langer, CO of the [...]

Persian Thunder…1/48 North American F-86F-40 “Shamshir”, Imperial Iranian Airforce

Built in 2017. From 1960 to 1961 the IIAF got in total 52 Sabres, F-25 and F-30 Blocks fitted with either 6-3 hard wings or F-40 wings. Initially they were in a nmf livery. 1965/66 they were flown to Israel and overhauled by IAI (think of [...]

End of War...1/48 Focke-Wulf Fw190D-9, I./EKG(J) or V./EJG 2

Built over 6 years ago. Eduard kit oob, except sliding canopy from Tamiya, Gunze and Tamiya paints used, EZ line for antenna wire. Aircraft was captured by US troops in May 1945 at Pilsen airfield in Czechoslovakia. The little stylized [...]

Power Egg...1/48 Messerschmitt Me163B V41 "Red Baron"

Built in 2016. Dragon kit with kit decals and additional ones from Revell and Testors, the RLM red was a selfmix. The model shows an a/c of Erprobungskommando 16 at Bad Zwischenahn in May 1944. This aircraft made the first operational [...]

Naked Bird…1/48 Messerschmitt Me262A-1/2a, JV44

All good things come in three, so here´s my dad´s third and last 262 for now. Hobby Boss kit, "712" decals from Kagero book "Messerschmitt Me 262 In Defence of the Third Reich", rest of decals from the sparesbox, [...]

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 [...]