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Revell 1/48 Douglas C-47 Dakota USAAF PTO

Built two years ago. Because there are a lot of D-Day striped Dakota models out there, I convinced my father to do a PTO aircraft. Revell Germany kit (Berlin airlift) with North Star Models decals. They came without US insignias (and the [...]

Eduard 1/48 Bf109G-10 (WNF/Diana) II./JG52

End of year factory clearing ? the next one finished. Eduard kit with Avalon decals, EZ Line for the antenna wire, plastic rods for brake lines, AK Real Color RLM76, Gunze and Tamiya for the upper RLM 75/83 camo (75 was lightened up a [...]

Hasegawa 1/48 Curtiss P-40K Warhawk Soviet Airforce/VVS

And another one finshed. Hasegawa kit with Authentic Decals, AK Real Color AMT-7 and AMT-11, EZ Line for antenna wires and brake lines, Eduard seatbelts The model shows an aircraft of the 760th fighter regiment, 261st composite division in [...]

Eduard 1/48 Siemens-Schuckert-Werke D.III Deutsche Luftstreitkräfte

After a long pause my father finally build a new WW1 model. This is Eduard´s latest boxing of the Schuckert D.III, used EZ Line for the rigging and for the first time some Gaspatch PE turnbuckles. All the large lozenge decals were a PITA [...]

Airfix 1/48 Hawker Sea Fury FB.II, Fuerza Aerea Revolucionaria

Some more Latin-American stuff from my father. Airfix kit (export version), Quickboost gunsight (kit has none), Eduard Superfabric RAF seatbelts, Barracuda Studios replacement resin cowl, a scratch part for the missing headrest [...]

GWH 1/48 Lockheed T-33A Shooting Star Target Tug, Imperial Iranian Airforce

After P-47, F-84, F-86 and F-4, this is my father´s newest addition to our IIAF collection. He used the GWH kit, which is mostly very nice, together with the freshly released decal sheet from Hi-Decal. Painted with Gunze Orange with a [...]

Eduard (Accurate Miniatures) 1/48 Douglas A-24 Banshee, Mexican Airforce

After the shiny Mexican T-Bolt, my dad also finished another shiny Mexican not long ago. He had to fight with some fit issues but in the end it turned out nice. He used the limited Eduard edition of the Accurate Miniatures kit with Aztec [...]

Tamiya 1/48 Republic P-47D Thunderbolt, Mexican Airforce

My father did also some Latin American stuff this year, like this T-Bolt. Tamiya M kit, Aztec decals, Eduard seatbelts, EZ Line for the antenna wire, MRP White Aluminium for the NMF. All nose trim, wing and fuselage stripes are painted. [...]

Under new Management, 1/48 Messerschmitt Bf109G-2/R6 Soviet Airforce

My father´s latest and last? contribution to his captured Bf109 theme this year. Had a Hasegawa Bf109 F/G fuselage lying around from an abandoned project. Then he had the idea to play Frakenstein and fusion it with a wing and [...]

Tamiya 1/48 MiG-15bis North Korean People´s Airforce

And here´s and old school jet my dad finished before the Su-27. He used the still nice Tamiya kit together with decals from H-Models. Camo done with AK Real Color Russian AMT-7 Blue, Russian AMT-4 Green, Tamiya XF-10 Brown and a selfmixed [...]