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Built in 2018. The excellent Zvezda kit, Eduard seatbelts added, EZ Line for the antenna wires. For the AMT-1, -4, -7 and -12 camo my dad used the new AK Interactive Real Color Air paints.
12th Guards Divebomber Regiment in 1944
One of my dad´s older still existing models. Built 5-10 years ago. Tamiya kit, replaced the kit´s too small in diameter wheels with some from the sparesbox, seatbelts and detail to the landing gear added, fishing line for the antenna [...]
Built 5-10 years ago. Classic Airframes kit oob, painted with Gunze and Tamiya acrylics.
Fourth prototype of the Bf109. Was tested and saw some action in the Spanish Civil War, later designated "A".
Here´s my dad´s fourth and last seaplane for a while. Italeri kit oob, fit is mostly only mediocre. The gunsight is molded onto the instrument board but was in the way of the windshield. So my dad cut it off and replaced it with a part [...]
Built a couple years ago. Hasegawa kit, added seatbelts, some detail for the landing gear, EZ Line for the antenna wire, painted with Gunze and Tamiya acrylics.
Schlachtgeschwader 4, Eastern Front, summer 1944
Built 5-10 years ago. Took some final pics before the clear flat coat deteriorates more. Hasegawa kit, decals from EagleCals and sparesbox, fuselage and canopy side armour from Tamiya, painted with Gunze and Tamiya acrylics. Seatbelts, [...]
Built in 2019. Tamiya kit with HR Model decals, AK Real Color RLM 74/75/76, EZ Line for the antenna wires, plastic rods and lead wire for the brake lines.
Build thread here
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In early 1942 a bunch of Slovakian pilots were sent to [...]
After the Beriev and the Rufe, here´s my dad´s next finished seaplane.
The good old Monogram kit. First released in 1966, this is the "Hi-Tech" version from 1993 which includes PE parts.
Built mostly oob, the thin main float to [...]
Built in 2015. Initially my dad wanted to build a Defiant Mk.II nightfighter with the Classic Airframes kit with the fancy red codes but he didn´t get along with the itsy bitsy tiny PE parts for the antennas, so he decided to build a Mk.I [...]
Built in 2016. Trumpeter kit with decals from the CA kit. Regarding the a/c number, the 8 has to be exchanged with a 9. Added the missing gunsight from the sparesbox and used a plastic rod for the missing headrest support strut.
The [...]
