Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.
The clean lines of the Pfeil makes Tamiya's kit a pleasure to build and the authentic look of the model when completed. The only criticism I have is the rather modular design of cockpit components and the instrument decal.
1/48 Monogram A-26C "Jersey Bounce" 90th Bomb Squadron, 3rd Bomb Group. Korea 1952
I started this ages ago after finding it for super cheap online with an Eduard interior set thrown in with the listing. Grad school, work, and [...]
Hey Party People! Here is my recently completed Tamiya F-84G Thunderjet in 1/48 scale. I designed and cut my own masks for the nose number and roundels with mixed results. PE belt buckles from Tom Anyz were used along with Tamiya tape to [...]
This kit is made by Pioneer 2 in 1/72 scale of the Yak-15 "Feather." It was first released in 1988 and it is a very simple, basic kit. It has also been boxed by Matchbox and PM Model.
The Yak-15 is one of the Soviets early jet [...]
Finally finished up the MiniArt P-47D-30 as a P-47M-1RE of the 56th Fighter Group aka Zemke's Wolfpack.
Thanks Louis@lgardner for the Tamiya decals. Raided my Tamiya bubbletop Jug for the M prop. Used a Quickboost resin C series R-2800 [...]
The model represents a Spitfire that was flown from Sardinia and southern France by F/Lt A.W. Guest. The aircraft was assigned to No. 43 Squadron on July 13, 1944. MT714 was written off on March 14, 1946.
So here's a thing, IMO, the Skyray is one of the most beautiful looking aircraft ever to fly, simple as that.
Ok, so I have two of the still excellent Tamiya 1:48 kits in my stash and I really want to make them look as different as [...]
The Ju 88A-6/U variant was an upgrade of the failed anti-balloon role variant. It had its ventral gondola removed and added the FuG 200 search radar. These Junkers aircraft were used for marine reconnaissance and anti shipping roles thus, [...]
Having posted my Dragon 1/48 Fw 190D-13
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I realized that much more information concerning the complex camouflage scheme came to light since the model was completed. Although my initial scheme was not entirely inaccurate, the model [...]
