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British Style...Tamiya 1/48 North American P-51B Mustang 334th FS USAAF

Built in 2018. Tamiya Mustang Mk.III kit, main markings are from Kits World Decals, the rest from Aeromaster and the kit. Vallejo Metal Color Aluminium for the NMF, Gunze and Tamiya acrylics for the rest, brass wire for the whip [...]

Dutch Push´n´Pull...RS Models 1/48 Fokker D-XXIII

Built in 2018. A typical shortrun kit with all its disadvantages, also the plastic didn´t respond good to the plastic glue, for example the left tail boom broke off two times, after the model was painted. Gunze and Tamiya acrylics used, [...]

Suez Crisis...Airfix 1/48 Gloster Meteor F.8 Israeli Airforce

Built in 2017. The Meteors were Israel´s first jet aircraft and they served in the No.117 Squadron which was also called the "First Jet Squadron". Airfix kit, Isradecals, Vallejo Metal Color Aluminium, antennas on spine are [...]

GWH 1/48 Douglas TBD-1 Devastator in Barclay Scheme No.8

Hope everybody got savely into 2020! Here´s another more rare scheme, built in 2015. Besides the USAAF also the USN tested experimental camos on their aircraft. The US artist McClelland Barclay designed 8 schemes which were applied to two [...]

Baltic Sea Vessel Cracker...Xuntong 1/48 Ilyushin Il-4T Soviet Navy

My father and I wish you a Happy New Year! Stay healthy and all the best! Built in 2017. Xuntong kit, painted with Tamiya Nato Black and Vallejo Model Air A-24m Green. EZ Line for the aerials. During construction the balance weight on the [...]

Under Jolly Roger...Tamiya 1/48 Messerschmitt Me262A-1a KG(J)54

Built in 2018. Tamiya kit with EagleCals, the fuselage band is painted because the decal didn´t look right. EZ Line used for antenna wires and front brake line. Gunze and Tamiya paints for camo. Kagero and JaPo books for reference

Revell 1/48 Heinkel He111H-6 North Africa

Built about 10 years ago. My dad didn´t want to do the usual 70/71 camo, so it has become a desert version. Revell Germany kit with Aeromaster decals, Gunze and Tamiya acrylics, Humbrol Matt Cote. Still a good kit, only critical point is [...]

GWH 1/48 Focke-Wulf Fw189A-2 Uhu, Royal Bulgarian Airforce

Built in 2013, the nice GWH kit with Authentic decals, painted with Gunze and Tamiya acrylics. The model shows an a/c that flew with the Bulgarian 331 Air Squadron in July 1944.

Tamiya (Italeri) 1/48 Opel Blitz with ACE 1/48 Flak 38 Afrikakorps

Here´s another little armour project my dad did for diversion back in 2015. Used the Tamiya Opel Blitz boxing of the Italeri kit together with the Flak 38 from ACE. The flak base/mount came from gaso.line, the truck bed enclosure was [...]

Hobby Boss 1/48 Messerschmitt Me262B-1a/U1 Nightfighter, Kommando Welter – 10./NJG11

Here´s another interesting and not often built nightfighter scheme, built in 2016 Hobby Boss kit with Aeromaster decals, stencils partly from the sparesbox, brake line on front leg and seat belts added, painted with Gunze and Tamiya [...]