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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
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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 [...]
One of my dad´s rare excursions to WW1 and another addition for our Austrian homeland collection.
Eduard kit oob, elastic thread for rigging, wings painted with a light gray and Tamiya XF-55 Deck Tan, fuselage painted with a [...]
After the 109 Emil, here´s my dad´s second Luftwaffe subject this year.
Hasegawa kit, which comes with an early style and for this version wrongly shaped ETC, took a correct one from an older limited Hasegawa 190 kit. Also this kit has [...]
So, here´s my dad´s fourth and last Texan for this year.
Italeri Harvard boxing, the molding is worse than the previous Italeri T-6G boxing. Canopy parts had fit problems, cockpit sidewalls were molded in different thickness, landing [...]
After a longer 109 pause, here´s my dad´s newest one.
Good old Tamiya kit with decals from the Kagero Topdrawings Bf109E booklet. Painted with RLM65 Gunze H67, RLM02 using Tamiya XF-22 and AK Real Color RLM71, field camo on the fuselage [...]
