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After a longer pause and for some diversion between all the aircraft, my dad built a little armour model.
Great Tamiya kit, falls together, painted with Tamiya XF-60/62/64
Build thread here
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So, this is my dad´s last good old Hasegawa 109, only a few Eduard ones left in the stash.
Markings taken from the Eduard Regensburg kit. Also Eduard seatbelts and cockpit fuel line used. Plastic rods and lead wire for the brake lines, EZ [...]
New year, new count...
Here´s my dad´s first finished model in 2023.
Academy edition of the old Hobbycraft kit, markings from Hi-Decal. Had some True Details (Squadron) T-33 resin seats in our stash. Although they are a bit too low for [...]
My dad´s now 75 and still cranks out one model after another, hope he still has some good years ahead.
All aircraft models in 1/48, the F1 car in 1/20.
Most probably my dad´s last finished model for 2022.
Ebbro kit, painted with with AK Real Color Signal Red, Tamiya XF-2 Flat White and Gunze H9 Gold. Used aftermarket decals from F'artefice for the missing cigarette ads.
Used elastic [...]
Another 109 by my dad.
Eduard Weekend Edition, added PE seatbelts from the sparesbox, antenna wires with EZ Line, brake lines added with plastic rods and lead wire. Painted with AK Real Color RLM 78/79/80.
Build thread here
(link)
Franz [...]
Next Latin American subject finished by my dad.
ICM A-26B-15 kit (which includes also the late canopy), Vespa Model Kits decals (based in Peru, printed by Fantasy Printshop in the UK). Upper turret hole closed with plastic sheet, removed [...]
So, after Harvard and Saab 17, here´s my dad´s third and last Swedish subject for now.
As with all HB/Trumpeter kits the HB Lansen has its shape and accuracy issues but it looks like a Lansen. The only thing my dad did was engraving some [...]
And another of my dad´s models has passed the finish line.
After the Harvard, here´s the second of three Swedish subjects.
Tarangus kit which has short-run character, so some more work is needed. Kit decals were great. Added Eduard [...]
My dad continues with the Latin American subjects.
Hobbycraft edition of the HC/Trumpeter co-developed F9F-2 kit. For the wingtip lightnings and air-intake warning decals my dad used some from a Printscale sheet, had to cut them apart to [...]
