1/48 scale modeling
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A quick (almost) weekend build
This is the 1/48 Hasegawa Japanese Isuzu TX40 fuel truck that comes with one of their Ki-45 Nick kits that I’m building.
(I’m building three Nicks and you can follow the build log here)
Last weekend I decided to start this as a [...]
Curtiss-Wright, AT-9, Jeep
Hi All,
Adding another Lycoming powered aircraft, the Curtiss Wright AT-9 “Jeep”, to my Lycoming builds.
The AT-9 was a twin engine, advanced trainer, used to train those pilots moving from primary to multi-engine roles. The AT-9 was [...]
RCAF Hawk: 1/48th Eduard P-40N Warhawk
This Weekend in The Hangar: My 1/48th Eduard P-40N model represents RCAF serial number 857, aircraft "V" of No.135(F) Squadron, RCAF. Stationed at Patricia Bay, British Columbia, in 1944-45. This P-40N had an unusual paint finish [...]
Pro-Modeler F-86D-40
This is my 1/48 F-86D-40-NA from Pro-Modeler. Markings are for the 498th FIS, Geiger Field, Washington and is built Out-of-Box with no aftermarket parts. The model is painted with Tamiya Lacquer silvers and I used the alternate kit [...]
Hobbycraft 1/48 Avro CF-105 Arrow
The origins of the Arrow can be traced back In the post-Second World War period, when Canada, like many other western countries, seeked their long range interceptor to counteract the Soviet long range nuclear bomber threat. Upon realizing [...]
Carpathian Eagle...1/48 Messerschmitt Bf109G-2, Royal Romanian Airforce
After the first 1/48 armour model, here´s my dad´s first aircraft model for 2025.
Eduard kit, decals from Techmod, the kit and the sparesbox, painted with MRP RLM 74 and 76.
Added brake lines using plastic rods and antenna wires with EZ [...]
Bodney Blue Nose
Bought back around '91 and been with me ever since. This is an original issue Hasegawa 1:48 P-51D which I started just two-and-a-half weeks ago as a side-build to my Tamiya 1:48 F-14. Also served as a test-bed for new (to me) metallic [...]
Richard Bong P 38
This is a famous plane and a well known model kit- Tamiya’s 1/48 late model P 38. I built this for a friend and mailed it to him yesterday. I hope I did it justice.
Kit goes together very well except for the fit of the three piece [...]
“Silent Sentinel”: M10 Tank Destroyer
Hi All,
This vignette, “Silent Sentinel”, my tribute to the 80th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge, portrays a U.S., M10 Tank Destroyer, somewhere deep in the Ardennes Forest, silently waiting to halt the oncoming German [...]
