The Germans used the Ju 88C-6 as a Tag Zerstorer (Day Destroyer) in the Eastern Front. The fake bomber windows were painted to lure enemy fighters into head on attacks. The effectiveness as well of the fate of the depicted 4. Staffel/KG [...]
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Here’s my recent project, a Mitchell B-25H, one of the strafer versions. This Hasegawa kit came with damaged decals, so I opted for new ones, this time depicting the Pacific theater bird baptized “Powerhouse”, with that not so [...]
German submarine U-552 was a Type VIIC U-boat built for Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine for service during World War II. She was laid down on 1 December 1939 at Blohm & Voss in Hamburg as yard number 528, launched on 14 September 1940, and [...]
Merit 1/48 Grumman J2-5 Duck of the Air Photographic Unit Atlantic-3, 1941. Very nice build, going together better than expected. I painted the tail markings to avoid potential decal adhesion problems.
Looks great amongst my growing [...]
This is my 4th vacu-form build and an interesting subject, the Yak-17. Waku is a company from Poland which has released other vacu-form kits in the past, their Yak-17 kit was released in 1984. This kit consists of one styrene sheet with [...]
This is the third generation Mazda MX-5 which was sold 2005 – 2015.
The kit is Fujimi’s Mazdaspeed Roadster, #4633. Typical Fujimi, the kit is well designed. The kit has a fully detailed engine bay (Yay!). Fujimi even provides pre-cut [...]
Inspired by a previous post, I searched for an aircraft with call letters ‘G-A-S’ and found this P-51C with 112 Squadron RAF. There’s actually a ‘J’ required for my complete initials as I do have two middle names, always a [...]
This is the Grumman TBM-1C Avenger flown by a LTJG Rothwell from USS Petrof Bay (CVE 80). The kit is from Hasegawa, decals are from Techmod sheet 72128. No surprises from either the kit or the decals, a very enjoyable build!
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