266 articles · 15K karma · 13 friends · active 3 days, 6 hours ago
Built over 6 years ago.
Whereas the "H" model was designed as a high-altitude fighter with elongated wings and a Jumo engine, the "C" model was intended as a normal fighter and fighterbomber with the standard 190 wings [...]
Built over 6 years ago. Dragon kit, built oob, even used the microskopic PE Parts for the tiny external canopy locking lugs.
Gunze Acrylics for camo, Gunze and Tamiya clear flat for finish, EZ Line for antenna wire.
Decals partly used [...]
And my dad´s next model is finished. Wanted to avoid one of the usual blue schemes so we chose a French one in an atlantic scheme.
Revell USA kit with Berna decals. Painted with Tamiya XF-2 White and Gunze H317 FS36231.
Build thread [...]
One of my dad´s rare excursions to WW1.
Eduard kit, silver dope painted with Tamiya Aluminium, metal engine covers with Tamiya Titanium Silver, EZ line (the thicker one) for rigging.
Build thread here
(link)
Aircraft flown by Donat A. [...]
Built 6-10 years ago. Hasegawa kit, decals from Lift Here!, Humbrol enamel paints for upper camo, selfmixed acrylic paint for underside, don´t know which ones anymore. Brake lines and Eduard seatbelts added.
Info about the original
(link)
All good things come in three, after the Bf109K-4 and Fw190A-5/U7, this is my dad´s third and last red tulip so far. Built in 2018.
Eduard kit Bf109G-6 early version. Regarding the decals, funny thing is that the kit´s tulip decals are [...]
Finished in 2018. Hasegawa kit, painted with Gunze and Tamiya acrylics, EZ Line for antenna, Ultracast wheels.
After starting to apply the kit decals and the tulip leaves, my dad and I realized, that Hasegawa got them wrong. There are not [...]
Built in 2017. Hasegawa kit, Eagle Cals which were brittle as usual and some repainting was neccessary, EZ Line for aerials, plastic rods and lead wire for brake lines, Gunze and Tamiya acrylics.
There are several slightly different [...]
Built in 2018. Zoukei-Mura kit, painted with Gunze and Tamiya acrylics.
My dad thought it would be a shame to hide all the nice detail, so he decided to keep it naked and show a fictious not yet finished prototype. Besides that, the fit of [...]
Built a couple of years ago. Used a Tamiya F-8 kit as base. Previously this aircraft was wrongly designated as A-7 but due to some exterior features seen on the pics of the original a/c and the assumed Werknummer, it´s an A-8. Also the [...]
