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Too few...1/48 Kawanishi N1K2-J Shiden Kai "George", IJN

Next IJN subject finished by my dad. Hasegawa kit oob, only added brake lines with lead wire and antenna wires with EZ Line. The seatbelts are molded onto the seat. Painted with AK Xtreme Metal White Aluminium and Gunze H59 IJN Green with [...]

War Games...1/48 Grumman F4F-3A Wildcat, VMF-111 "Devil Dogs", USMC

Next naval aviation subject finished by my dad. Took a second attempt to finish it, the first model didn´t make it to finish because my dad didn´t get along with Eduard´s complex and fragile landing gear. Built oob, painted with AK RC [...]

Too late...1/48 Mitsubishi A7M2 Type 11 Reppu "Sam", IJN

And my dad´s naval aviation theme continues. Fine Molds kit oob, only added Eduard PE seatbelts, EZ Line for the antenna wire and plastic rods for the upper wing landing gear indicators. Painted with AK Real Color IJN D1 Deep Green and AK [...]

End of War...1/48 Messerschmitt Bf109K-4, II/JG52

Dad´s finished another one. New Eduard kit oob. A good kit like their other late 109s but still some mnor corrections to be done. Relocated the lift up holes on the rear fuselage, opened the missing shell ejector opening for the engine [...]

Kamikaze Killer...1/48 General Motors FM-2 Wildcat, VC-93, USN

Next one finished by my dad. Eduard Limited Edition kit oob. Painted with MRP Sea Blue. Build thread here (link) Aircraft of Lt. (jg) Robert Sullivan onboard the escort carrier USS Petrof Bay in the battle for Okinawa, providing CAS, [...]

Nocturnal Predator...1/48 Grumman F6F-5N Hellcat, VMF(N)-533 "Black Mac's Killers", USMC

Hellcat double completed, after the F6F-3 now a -5N. Eduard Weekend Edition released in 2016. Sadly the fuselage code F(N)4 is oversized, also the fuselage number 21 and the cowl number 88 of the second included scheme are. Funny thing is [...]

Last of the Breed...1/48 Mitsubishi A6M8 Type 54, IJN

Next Zero by my dad. Hasegawa kit oob, added Eduard seatbelts and EZ Line for the antenna wire. Painted with Gunze H59 IJN Green and Tamiya XF-12 JN Grey. The yellow wing leading edges are painted. Build thread here (link) Last produced [...]

Flying Gecko...1/48 Ling-Temco-Vought A-7 Corsair II, VA-22 "Fighting Redcocks", USN

My dad´s US naval theme continues, this time with something more modern. Hasegawa´s A-7 kit, first released in 1987, this is the P14 kit from back then. Aires A-7 late seat, TwoBobs decals used which were very thin and tended to wrap and [...]

Pacific Aces...1/48 Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat, Lt. Alexander Vraciu, VF-6 "Felix Cat", USN

The doublepack naval theme continues, first of two Hellcats by my dad. Eduard Profipack 2008 edition, built oob, added EZ Line for the antenna wire. Painted with MRP Sea Blue, Intermediate Blue and AK RC White. Build thread [...]

Surrender...1/48 Mitsubishi A6M3 Type 22, IJN/RNZAF

Besides all the US naval stuff by my dad, he decided to turn Japanese a bit. New Eduard kit, a bit over-engineered, lots of detail but also many small plastic and PE parts. Fuselage to wing fit had some tension and needed work. Engine [...]