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Wing modeller, father of 4 and a Luftwaffe enthusiast...all my hobbies in no particular order

Review: AK Real Color Air- Is their marketing hype accurate?

Most of you have probably came across banners, printed advertisement or even some you tube stuff about AK Interactive new paint line, Real Colors. They kicked off a few months ago with an extensive AFV and Tank colors, covering several [...]

Review: Exito Decals from Poland

I'm sure you all heard or read about this new decal manufacturer elsewhere, but I got their brand new sheet Wulf Pack pt1and the quality presented raises the bar on the decal AM niche. As you can see in the photos it comes in a A4 size [...]

Open day at the Air Force Museum

Spent the morning enjoying the annual Portuguese AF day at AF Base 1 near my house and home of the Airforce Museum. Only show the outdoor pictures, where you can see some of the museum inventory that is kept outdoors (the Neptune sure [...]

Not Tamiya… but Zvezda 109 G-6 1/48

I've started some months ago a WIP doing a side by side build of 2 bf.109 G-6, one from Eduard and the other from the lesser know mould of the russian company Zvezda. As you can see the kit builds very well providing one carefully reads [...]

Now completed: Butcher bird over the Steppes

Almost completed: Butcher over the Steppes

Inspired by a recent Iron Works from @lgardner, the thought of painting free hand one of those green/brown schemes the german fighters used on the east front during the warm months made me get the brand new 190 A-5 from Eduard. The review [...]

The Japanese Nightfighter: Gekko Late Production 1/48

Hello again, Finished her today after a long battle with minor details and my own faults. Trying to get a less boring, monochromatic all green Jap plane was my challenge, that and cutting my stash by building long time stored kits. The [...]

Bf.109 G-6: Getting a black eye

This is Eduard's revised (and definitive) version of their quarter scale Messerschmitt 109 G-6. This machine was from a batch made by the Erla factory as the zigzag pattern of the camouflage of the wings. The pilot of this colorful [...]

Tamiya Salamander

Made this little gem of a kit around 2 years ago, and still love to see it on my shelf, smaller than most other 1/48 but unique nonetheless. A mix of old war shades (81/82/84 on the fuselage) and early war shades (71 over 65 in the [...]

Bf.109 G-4: building an overtree edition

Hello guys, This is my first post here, so please be gentle. This is Eduard 1/48 latest 109 on their lineage, the G-4 model. Bought the overtree edition last month and also the PE fret. De als came from Kagero book and old Aeromaster sheet [...]