My 2018 builds
Happy new year to all
Here are a brief story of my builds in 2018.
1- 1/48 Tamiya P-47D "Vonnie"
2- 1/32 Hasegawa Bf-109 G2
3- 1/32 Eduard P-40N Warhawk "Lulu Belle"
4- 1/32 Trumpeter P-47N "Chautauqua"
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Age: 47 as of 2013 ( Day after day I m getting older and night after night pretend it's allright)
I am a Turkish modeller from Istanbul. Started to this hobby in my childhood with my father's encouragement. Later I was also interested in scracth ship modelling. Nowadays main area is WWII aviation in 1/48 and 1/32 scale.
1/32 Special Hobby Hawker Tempest Mk.V
This is 1/32 Special Hobby Hawker Tempest Mk.V with the markings of SN222 JF-E "Le Grand Charles", from No.3 squadron, Fassberg, late April / early May 1945.
I have used Special Hobby Hawker Tempest Mk.V “Hi-Tech” [...]
1/32 Hasegawa Messerschmitt Bf 109 G2
This is 1/32 Hasegawa Messerschmitt Bf 109G2 with the markings of Hannes Trautloft (Co of JG 54 Eastern Front, Summer of 1942)
Cockpit modified with MDC cockpit set.
I have used metal wheel well surfaces of Aires set .
Other modifications [...]
1/32 Hasegawa Focke Wulf Fw 190A6 /R11 "Black 8"
This is 1/32 Hasegawa Focke Wulf Fw 190A6 with the markings of "Black 8"
This is field modified R11 for night fighting which was one of the Neptun radar equipped aircraft of JG300 in Fall of 1943.
Base kit is Hasegawa Fw 190A6. I [...]
1/48 Airfix P-40B Tomahawk
This is 1/48 Airfix P-40B Tomahawk with TuAF markings circa 1942-44.
Cockpit modified with Eduard PE set and Ultracast seat.
Other modifications are:
Ultracast wheels
Aires landing gear doors
Quickboost gun barrels
Ultracast [...]
1/32 Trumpeter P-47N Thunderbolt “Chautauqua”
This is my 1/32 Trumpeter P-47N Thunderbolt with the markings of “Chautauqua”
flown by Lt. Victor Schmidt from 463td FS 507th FG (20th AF) Ie Shima, April 1945.
Trumpeter kit has an accurate overall shape but some serious inaccurate [...]
1/32 Eduard P-40N Warhawk “Lulu Belle”
This is 1/32 Eduard (Hasegawa sprues) P-40N Warhawk finished with the markings of famous Lulu Belle
No need to after market additions due to Eduard's Profipack contents like resin wheels, exhausts, PE instrument panel parts and kabuki tape [...]
1/32 Eduard / Alley cat Messerschmitt Bf-109D-1
This is 1/32 Messerschmitt Bf-109D-1 with the markings of 2./JGr 176 in Gablingen during August 1939.
I have used Eduard Bf-109 E-1 as base kit and converted it to D-1 by using Alley cat conversion set.
Additionnaly I swapped Quickboost [...]
1/48 Tamiya P-47D-20 “Vonnie”
This is 1/48 Tamiya P-47D-20 with the markings of “Vonnie” 509 FS,504 FG flown by William McCrystal.
Standard Olive drab and Neutral Grey finish with red cowl, wing tips, tail bands and canopy trim.
Cockpit modified with Eduard [...]
1/32 Hasegawa Bf-109G-6 “Black 10”
Here is my 1/32 Hasegawa Bf-109G-6 with the markings of Black 10 of IV./JG54, Dorpat, Soviet Union (Estonia), early 1944.
Cockpit modified with MDC cockpit set as usual.
Other modifications are:
-Masterdetails horizontal [...]
