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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 [...]
Built in 2017. Hasegawa kit, painted with Gunze and Tamiya acrylics, EZ Line for aerials, plastic rods and lead wire for brake lines and cockpit fuel line, decals from the kit and the Kagero book "Bf109G/K Vol.II"
The model shows [...]
My dad´s latest completion and final? addition to the Empire of Japan GB. Hasegawa kit, painted with AK Real Color IJN Amber Grey and IJN Green Black, EZ Line for antenna and Eduard seatbelts.
Build thread here
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Aircraft of Takuma [...]
