Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.
Hasegawa 1/48 Ki-61-I Otsu, 149th Speciál Attack Squadron, Ashiya Airfield, Japan 1945
1/72nd scale REVELL F-15E Strike Eagle
Product number 03841, new tool.
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The Airplane:
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