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Siam Cat...1/48 Grumman F8F-1B Bearcat, Royal Thai Airforce

Beside the recently posted Hobbycraft Bearcat my dad also built a Hobby Boss one. Built mostly oob. Added seatbelts, used plastic rods for the whip antennas, plastic rods and lead wire for the brake lines, EZ Line for the antenna wire and [...]

Guerre d'Indochine...1/48 Grumman F8F-1B Bearcat, Armée de l’Air

After the French Corsair, my dad has finished the next French subject. Hobbycraft kit, Barracuda Studios wheels, Eduard seatbelts, gunsight from the Hasegawa F4U-7 kit, EZ Line for the antenna wire, plastic rods for the two whip antennas, [...]

Guerre d'Algérie...1/48 Vought F4U-7 Corsair, Aviation Navale

After the P-40K, my dad has already finished the next bird in 2022. Revell boxing of the Hasegawa F4U-7 kit, decals from MDC(Model Design Constructions) and the kit, wheels from Reskit, camo done with Gunze H54 Navy Blue mixed with a touch [...]

Aleutian Tiger, NOT...1/48 Curtiss P-40K Warhawk, 18th FS/343rd FG, USAAF

When my dad started the Aleutian P-38 last year, I thought wouldn´t it be nice if it had some company? So he built a P-40K. Sadly 1/48 decals for this theatre are rare and we didn´t want to do a usual tigerhead scheme. Finally found a [...]

My dad´s 2021 in Pictures...all models in 1/48

Well, this was once again a prolific year for my dad. Being 74, with weaker getting eyes and shaky hands, he still keeps up his good work and i hope he still has some good years ahead and I can present you a lot more of his work. We wish [...]

Aleutian Forktail...1/48 Lockheed P-38E Lightning, 54th FS/343rd FG, USAAF

So, here´s my dad´s last model for this year. The new Tamiya P-38 kit is one of the best my dad has built so far regarding fit and engineering. Already posted it two days ago but deleted it again because I realized that my dad and I have [...]

Opération Mousquetaire...1/48 Republic F-84F Thunderstreak, Armée de l´Air

And my dad has finished another one. This time a French Thunderstreak during the Suez Crisis in 1956, using the Italeri boxing of the Kinetic kit. The fuselage stripes come as decals. There are also decals for the blue wing tips but they [...]

Flying Leathernecks...1/48 Vought F4U-1 Corsair, VMF-213 "Hell Hawks", USMC

Here´s my dad´s newest model. Tamiya kit, Eduard seatbelts, EZ line for brake lines and antenna wires, painted with a blue-gray selfmix /Tamiya XF-18 + XF-2) and Gunze H51 Light Gull Grey. Wanted to use HGW wet transfers. My dad tried [...]

End of War...1/48 Messerschmitt Bf109G-10 (Erla), 3./JG300

And here´s my dad´s second 109 of Eduard´s Wilde Sau Pt II Dual Combo I bought my dad for Father´s Day. Like with the other, mostly built oob. Added brake lines with plastic rods and lead wire, EZ Line for the antenna wires. Towards [...]

Defending the Reich...1/48 Messerschmitt Bf109G-14/AS, 2./JG300

Newest 109 by my dad, Eduard´s Wilde Sau Pt II Dual Combo I bought him for Father´s Day. Built oob, added brake lines with plastic rods and lead wire. Antenna wires done with EZ Line, the slack is intended. When the mast was mounted on [...]