283 articles · 16.6K karma · 13 friends · active 15 minutes ago

The British Way...1/48 Sherman Firefly Ic

My dad´s next little armour project for diversion. Tamiya kit built oob, only added an antenna. Painted with AK Real Color British SCC15 Olive Drab. It´s one of Tamiya´s older kits with a metal lower hull. Gives the model nice weight [...]

Yom Kippur War…1/48 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21F-13, “Black Ravens” Egyptian Airforce

Like the Iraqi Su-7 this was built in 2016 too. Trumpeter kit with Aztec decals, initially wanted to use the Pavla SK-1 seat but it didn´t fit well (was also too short) so my dad used the kit seat, only stole the seatbelts from an Eduard [...]

Yom Kippur War...1/48 Douglas A-4E Ayit, Israeli Airforce

Back in 2016/17 my father built a fully loaded Israeli hotrod too as adversary for the Iraqi Su-7. Like with the Fitter, also took some new pics to pay tribute to my dad´s model. Hasegawa kit (VA-55 A-4E/F), decal sheets for Ayits are no [...]

Yom Kippur War…1/48 Sukhoi Su-7BMK Fitter, Iraqi Airforce

After the refreshed Latin American subjects from 2016, now on to a few from the Middle East. Kopro kit, Wolfpack Design ejection seat (had to cut away several mm of it´s bottom because it is too tall), IFF antennas with plastic rods, [...]

Soccer War...1/48 Goodyear FG-1D Corsario Fuerza Aerea Salvadorena vs. Vought F4U-5N Corsario Fuerza Aerea Hondurena

So, here are the last two refreshed latinas from 2016. FAS Corsair: Tamiya kit with Aztec decals, Tamiya and Gunze paints, EZ Line for brake lines, plastic rod for antenna. According to fellow Hyperscaler/Britmodeller Marco, the wheel [...]

Navy Revolt...1/48 Vought F4U-5 Corsario, Comando de Aviacion Naval Argentina

Another latin girl from 2016. Hasegawa F4U-5N kit, Aztec decals, True Details cockpit, Gunze and Tamiya acrylics, EZ Line for brake lines and antenna wire, the "T" antenna on the belly was taken from the ancient Hasegawa F4U-4 [...]

Counter Insurgency...1/48 North American F-51D Mustang, Fuerza Aerea Guatemalteca

Built in 2016. Hasegawa kit, Aztec decals, Mk.82 bombs from a Hasegawa weapon set, Gunze and Tamiya acrylics used. The F*G used Mustangs for anti-guerilla fighting in the 60ies and early 70ies before the a/c were succeeded by the A-37 [...]

Out for a Hunt…Tamiya 1/48 Marder III 7,62cm Pak36

First little armour for 2020. Tamiya kit oob, painted with Tamiya XF-24 and XF-2, weathering with oil wash, drybrushing, Tamiya weathering sets and some pigments. Panzerdivision in Russian winter 1942

Black Knight...Eduard 1/48 Messerschmitt Bf109G-6/AS, 2./EJG2

My father hasn´t built one but two of the new Eduard G-6/AS at once. Like with the JG27 scheme also this was built oob. Added antenna wire with EZ Line and fishing line, brake lines with plastic rods and lead wire. Painted with with [...]

Airwar over Austria...Eduard 1/48 Messerschmitt Bf109G-6/AS JG27

First 109 for the new season and first new Eduard G-6/AS. A troublefree build like all their new 109s. But the molded on pitot tube still looks off and like with their G-10 kits the elevator trim tabs are too small. The antenna mast has [...]