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

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 [...]