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My dad finished his first model in the new year already.
Hasegawa kit, part of the decals from the sparesbox, Eduard seatbelts, EZ line for antenna wire, plastic rods and lead wire for the brake lines, plasic rods for the landing gear [...]
Built also in 2017.
The Iranians were supplied with 75 F-84G, in service from 1957 to 1965 as fighters, fighterbombers and for aerobatics in the Golden Crown Team.
Tamiya kit, main markings from Hi-Decals, stencils from the kit and [...]
Built in 2017.
Took a bit longer to complete due to several (selfinflicted) problems. Mounted the nozzles inverted but could fix it. Then followed the camoplan in the Caracal instructions but that was wrong and reshaped the camo. When my [...]
Built in 2015. Tamiya´s excellent Razorback kit with Rising Decals, painted with Gunze and Tamiya acrylics, the model shows an a/c of 258 Sqn RAF at Arkonam base in India 1944.
Eduard kit, upper wing and fuselage Balkenkreuz decals taken from a Fw190 kit because Erla G-10 had smaller ones, besides that the ones on the upper wings were in a slightly more outward position. Brake lines done with plastic rods and [...]
Italeri kit built oob in 2012, Gunze and Tamiya paints used. The open wheel wells leave room for detailing if someone wants.
BTW, the canopy sidewalls should lie down more to the fuselage.
The model shows an a/c of 150th Gruppo Autonomo CT [...]
Built in 2016.
Initially my dad wanted to do the splinter camo "blue 11" with the Special Hobby Sottoserie 0 kit. But then he found out that the kit had only the wings for a Serie 1 aircraft and some filling, sanding and [...]
Built in 2015.
Eduard kit, painted with Gunze and Tamiya paints, the Azure is from Model Master.
Some discussion about the camo paints of these planes. As far as I know they were initially built for and delivered to the Brits but not [...]
Built in 2015.
When the 225 Sqn RAF was in need of long range recce aircraft in North Africa, they borrowed four Mustangs from the USAAF which could stay up in the sky longer then the Spits. There´s some discussion about the camo. [...]
Built in 2016.
Hasegawa kit with Techmod decals, Gunze and Tamiya acrylics except Azure from Model Master, Eduard seatbelts.
The model shows an a/c of the Royal Egyptian Airforce that participated in the Arab-Israel war and was captured [...]
