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1/48 Hispano Ha-1112 Buchon, Ejército del Aire

Built in 2015. Academy boxing of the Hobbycraft kit, mostly built oob. Replaced the crappy kit canopy with a Hasegawa one, for that some putty and re-scribing was neccessary in the fuselage area behind the canopy. Used a piece of sponge [...]

1/48 Messerschmitt Bf109F-4 Ejército del Aire

Built in 2015. Zvezda kit with decals from LF Models, painted with Gunze and Tamiya acrylics, antenna wires with EZ Line. In 1943 the Spanish Airforce received about a dozen F-4s which were stationed partly in France and Spain. Not much [...]

Austrian Legend...1/20 Ferrari 312T 1976 Niki Lauda

So, my dad has finished his third racecar this year after a decades long hiatus. Well, it´s no show winner but at least it is finished and didn´t go to model heaven. Mostly typical Hasegawa quality. Only mounting the wheels was a bit [...]

Getting Trained...1/48 Junkers Ju87B-2 Royal Hungarian Airforce

Here´s my dad´s latest model, the Italeri B Stuka. The kit is ok but has its issues. Built oob with HAD Decals, EZ line for the antenna wire, painted with a selfmixed RLM65, Tamiya XF-82 Ocean Grey, XF-5 Flat Green and XF-10 Flat [...]

Banzai!…1/48 Nakajima Ki-27b Type 97 “Nate”, Imperial Japanese Army

And my dad has finished his next, and for now last, IJ subject. This time the old Hasegawa ex-Mania Nate. The kit isn´t bad, regarding it dates back to 1977. This is a limited edition from around 2005. Decals tended to tear and float [...]

Balkans Brit...1/48 Bristol Blenheim Mk.I Royal Yugoslav Airforce

My dad´s latest completion. Airfix kit, seatbelt decals for the pilot seat from the sparesbox, masking tape for the other seats, painted with a selfmixed RLM65 (mix not known anymore), ochre paint mixed with Tamiya XF-60 Dark Yellow and [...]

Banzai!...1/20 Honda F-1 RA272

After the Talbot, this is my dad´s second racecar build in a row after a 25 year hiatus regarding cars. Being used to military aircraft and vehicles, it didn´t turn out that bad. When you are spoiled by modern Tamiya kits which build [...]

Eyes in the Sky…1/48 Mitsubishi Ki-15-I “Babs”, Imperial Japanese Army ” Tiger Squadron”

My dad´s next finished Imperial Japanese subject and fifth contribution to the Empire of Japan group build. After four combat aircraft, this time a recon plane. The very nice Fine Molds kit, fit is very good, except the one-piece canopy [...]

Escape Plan...1/48 Messerschmitt Bf109G-6(Mtt. Regensburg) Romanian Airforce

My dad´s next finshed model. Eduard kit, Exito Decals, plastic rods and lead wire for the brake lines, EZ Line for the antenna wire, MRP RLM76 and Gunze RLM 74/75. Build thread here (link) The model displays the aircraft of Captain [...]

Babylonian Schmitt...1/48 Messerschmitt Bf110D-3 Sonderkommando Junck

After the Yugoslavian Bf110, here´s another one with non-German markings. Cyberhobby/Dragon kit, built it almost two times. The model was already in a progressed state when it had an accident...bought a new kit and my dad started all over [...]