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Fill ‘er up…1/48 Hasegawa Ki-44 gets gassed.

by Bill Koppos on February 6, 2013 · in Aviation · 5 ≡

I had built the 1/48 Isuzu petrol truck with the Ki-45 Kawasaki "Nick" it came with, and thought it would work well with the Shoki too. So I set up this quick scene using a generic base, a couple of drums and a bicycle from an [...]

1/72 Fw-190 D-9

by Anders Isaksson on February 6, 2013 · in Aviation · 10 ≡

This Dora is finished as an aircraft belonging to JG26 during 1944-45. The model is the Tamiya offering built straight from the box with a set of Eduard seatbelts added. All markings were painted on with Eduard masks, using an Aeromaster [...]

1/48 Hasegawa F4U-4 as Tom Hudner’s airplane

by Tom Cleaver on February 5, 2013 · in Aviation · 9 ≡

One of the most poignant tales of the Korean War is that of Lt.(j.g.) Thomas J. Hudner, Jr., and Ensign Jesse L. Brown, Jr., fellow Corsair pilots in VF-32. Their story is inextricably woven into one of the greatest tales of Americans in [...]

Tamiya 1/24 Renault Alpine 110C

by James Kelley on February 5, 2013 · in Automotive · 3 ≡

Tamiya's Alpine 110C, built OOB. Engine was airbrushed with Testor's Metallizer Aluminum & Tamiya Clear Blue, then given an acrylic wash. Frame and interior airbrushed with Polly Scale Engine Black. Exterior was painted with Tamiya [...]

Old Otaki P-47

by Don Cruzan on February 5, 2013 · in Aviation · 6 ≡

As mentioned in my profile...not very good, but still at it. This is the only P-47 I have so far. I like the Tamiya kits but can't afford them. This was $5.00 at a show. Built S.O.B. Still had fun just he same. I build for me, not [...]

Tamiya 1/48th Scale F4U-2, “BLACK GEORGE” VMF (N)- 532, South Pacific, 1944

by David Hansen on February 5, 2013 · in Aviation · 7 ≡

This is the Tamiya F4U-1 Birdcage Corsair, built with the optional conversion parts to do an F4U-2 Night Fighter. It's the third 48th scale WWII Pacific Fighter i've finished, dating back around mid 2007. It's also the first model i [...]

USAF Thunderbolts Part 2 – P-47D22 "Miss Behave"

by Tolga ULGUR on February 5, 2013 · in Aviation · 6 ≡

This is my 1/48 Tamiya P-47 D 22 Thunderbolt (Miss Behave) finished on the markings of 82 nd FS, 78 th FG, 8th AF based at Duxford - England in November 1944 I built it several years ago OOB except for the Eduard seat belts. I've used a [...]

USAF Thunderbolts Part 1 – P-47D28 “Rat A Dat"

by Tolga ULGUR on February 5, 2013 · in Aviation · 11 ≡

This is 1/48 Tamiya P-47D28 Thunderbolt with the markings of 353 rd FG, 8th AF based at Raydon-England, during the late summer of 1944. ( Rat a Dat was flown by Lt. Ken Gallup ) Cockpit modified by Eduard PE intstrument panel, seat belts [...]

Since I can't build for awhile while getting unpacked a Ventura.....

by Rob Anderson on February 4, 2013 · in Aviation · 9 ≡

VPB 150 built from the newish 1/48 Revell kit. I really enjoyed the build EXCEPT for the bomb bay doors! Other than that though great fit, a few mistakes on my part here and there. I bought aftermarket props and engines (can't remember [...]

Tamiya 1/48 F4U-1

by Tom Cleaver on February 3, 2013 · in Aviation · 11 ≡

This was done in around 1996, and depicts an early F4U-1 as it would have been seen in service on New Georgia or Bougainville. Corsairs were so scarce that Marine squadrons in the Solomons in 1943 didn't have their own airplanes - when a [...]