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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.

1/48 Dragon Junkers Ju-188A2

This is the 1/48 Dragon Junkers JU-188A2 with the markings of 3E HK from II KG/6. This Ju-188 was found abandoned at Melsbroek in Belgium (1944). Cockpit components painted to RLM 66 and modified by CMK seats. The upper fuselage and [...]

1/48 Eduard Spitfire Mk.IXc

This is 1/48 Eduard Spitfire Mk.IXc finished with the markings of ML296, DU-N flown by F/Lt Otto Smik, No. 312 (Czechoslovak) Squadron, North Weald AB, Late August, 1944. Eduard s Profipack kit was the prize of iModeler Best in Show – [...]

1/48 Hasegawa F-104G Starfighter TuAF 191st sqd.

Here is my recently finished Starfighter. This is 1/48 Hasegawa F-104G with the markings of Turkish Air Force 191st squadron markings in 1972. Cockpit modified by using Eduard PE instrument panel and CMK C2 ejection seat. Different tones [...]

1/48 Great Wall Hobby – Northrop P-61A Black Widow

Here is my 1/48 scale Great Wall Hobby P-61A Black Widow. The kit is finished with the markings of “Lady Gen” 42-5544 flown by Capt. Eugene Lee from 422nd Night Fighter Squadron in 1945. The 422nd Squadron was the first to operate [...]

1/32 Hasegawa Focke Wulf Fw-190A-5

This is recently finished 1/32 Hasegawa Focke Wulf Fw-190A-5 with the markings of 5.JG 54 flown by Lt Emil Lang in Eastern front during the summer of 1943. Lt. Emil Lang accumulated 173 aerial victories , 144 of which were gained on the [...]

1/48 Hasegawa Spitfire Mk.IXe TuAF

This is 1/48 Hasegawa Spitfire Mk IXe finished -several years ago- with the markings of the Turkish Air Force (TuaF). After WWII, between January 1947 and February 1948, TuAF received 170 Spitfire Mk.IX ans used them up to the beginning [...]

Scratchbuilt “Bosphorus Steamer Ferry”: 1/100 S/S KANLICA

This time a different thing from the long past. This is 1/100 scratchbuilt model of S/S Kanlıca which was one of the nine sisters passenger steamers served in Istanbul Bosphorus in different lines including Prince ‘s islands since [...]

Eduard’s Spitfire MkIXc on the bench…..

I have started to built "Eduard Spitfire" this week. You can see the building process from the Work in progress section by using the following link. (link) Happy modelling.

1/48 Tamiya Focke Wulf Fw-190 A8R8

This is an old built, but with new taken pictures. The kit was finished with the markings of JG3. This A8R8 flown by Wilhelm Montz in the summer of 1944. The construction of the kit is very easy. Though it has some accuracy problems [...]

Prize kit has landed :)

My prize kit (from Imodeler August Best in Show winner) has arrived this week. Here are some pictures. This is 1/48 Eduard Profipack Spitfire Mk.IXc late version. The kit looks very very nice, especially surface details are excellent. Hope [...]