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Under new Management...1/48 Messerschmitt Bf109G-2/R2/trop, 79th FG USAAF

Built in 2019. Eduard kit with Rising Decals, brake lines with plastic rods and lead wire, paints used from Tamiya, Gunze and AK Real Color (RLM78/79). This aircraft was originally "Black 14", assigned to 2.(H)/14, [...]

Under new Management...1/48 Messerschmitt Bf109G-6, USAAF

Built in 2015. Hasegawa kit with Delta One Decals. Former JG77 bird captured by the 325th FG in North Africa. The unit´s CO, LtCol Baseler, let it paint black and red like his P-40. The aircraft was used some time as a hack and to scare [...]

Aquatic Eyes in the Sky…1/48 Beriev Be-4 (KOR-2), Soviet Navy

My dad´s latest achievement. Something a bit exotic and rare, the wonderful Mars Models Beriev 4. Quality and fit are very good. Only the instructions are sometimes confusing and misleading. You can build an early or late version and [...]

Panzerschreck 2...1/48 Focke-Wulf Fw190F-8, 5./SG77

Built in 2015. Another antitank weapon was the Panzerschreck, also in use with several units. The common version seemed to be Panzerschreck 1 (3-tube bundles), the Panzerschreck 2 or PD 8,8 (2-4 tube bundles) were rare or only tested. [...]

Panzerblitz 1...1/48 Focke-Wulf Fw190F-8, 9./SG77

Built in 2015. Towards the end of the war different weapons were tested and used to try to stop the allied tank masses. One of these weapons was the Panzerblitz 1 rocket system and several units were equipped with it. Sadly pics are very [...]

Italian Stallion...1/48 Messerschmitt Bf109G-6, Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana

Built in 2016. Besides a bunch of factory fresh G-6s the ANR also received a few used ones from German JGs that were stationed in Italy. Usually the a/c had the German grey camo but some were already "italianized" by the [...]

African Storm...1/48 Hawker Typhoon Mk.Ib cardoor, RAAF

Built in 2012. In mid 1943 five Typhoons were intended for desert trials but only three made it to Egypt where they served and were tested by 451 Sqn RAAF until October 1943. They were fitted with a trop filter. Sadly found no (close-up) [...]

Bohemian Schmitt...Avia S-99 (WNF/Diana G-10) Czechoslovak Police Airforce

Built in 2018. Previous to the WNF G-10 Profi Pack, Eduard already released a limited Czech edition. My dad built it mostly oob, EZ Line for the antenna , brake lines added, painted with Gunze and Tamiya acrylics. The model displays Avia [...]

Learning to Fight...1/48 Mitsubishi A6M2-K, Imperial Japanese Navy

Built in 2018. Hasegawa kit, Fine Molds seat belts, EZ Line for antenna wire, Gunze and Tamiya acrylics used, selfmixed orange-yellow. Model depicts a 21st Kokusho, Tsukuba Naval Flying Group aircraft in 1944.

Fancy Friedrich...1/48 Messerschmitt Bf109F-2, 5./JG52

Built a couple of years ago. Hasegawa kit, Iliad Design decals, Gunze and Tamiya paints used. EZ Line for the antenna wire and brake lines added. Airbrush job done freehand, so there´s some paint spray, hard to avoid. This aircraft wears [...]