Hi there. Over 40 years ago I built my first Bismarck model with my Dad on a beach holiday at Waiheke Island in New Zealand. Forty years later I thought I would have a crack at building it again. A Tamiya 1/350 version. This is my first [...]
This is the original Hasegawa long nose Ki-61 kit from 1994. I bought it brand new when it was released and it marinated in the stash for 31 years. I pulled it out of the stash last month along with a short nose Ki-61 Hei and an Otaki [...]
As an assembly ship in the 458th Bombardment Group in the Eighth, Spotted A*s Ape flew more than 60 missions, assembling her group’s aircraft. It had its guns removed and formation lights in the letter “I” on her flanks and the red [...]
This is my first aircraft carrier diorama. It required many hours of work but I love the result and hope you like it too . You can watch the full making process at my YouTube Channel: 4thecraft
Stolen from the Tamiya instructions:
Unveiled to the public in 1996, Honda's CBR 1100XX "Super Blackbird" has brought the leading edge of motorcycle technology to a new height.
Even though it provides an awesome 165 horsepower [...]
I completed this 1/72 Japanese fighter today, after four days of work. It is part of the #TonyTonyTony group build on the Bluesky #HistScaleModel group, and is my first group build. It's a straight out of the box build of the 2018 Tamiya [...]
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This is my first model of a Tiger I. Bought the kit at a swap meet for $20 in mint condition. Love these "3 in 1" Dragon kits, not only are they sharply molded with great detail, they come with lots of [...]
Ciao here my Italeri Puma, now I’m working on a small Ardennes diorama. I wanna represent a veichle of Pz. Auckl. Abt. 2 Kampfgruppe von Bohm 2 Pz. Div. Belgium 1944. The soldiers are coming from Tamiya and Dragon. More photo [...]
The Mitsubishi J8M1 Shusui (Sharp Sword) was a reverse-engineered copy of the Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet. It was built as a rare cooperative project between the Imperial Japanese Navy and Army, the Army version was designated Ki-200. [...]