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Tamiya P-47D-30-RE, 'The Bubbletop over Asia'
After a couple of single builds I wanted to get back to the dual combo way of building kits, and so what better than a bubbletop to go along with the razorback P-47? Having completed a bare-metal Mustang just before the Thunderbolts I [...]
1/48 Spitfire Vc, 249 Squadron, Malta, June/July 1942
Spitfire Mk Vc, BP966, was originally manufactured in the desert scheme, then routed to Renfrew, Scotland for shipment to Malta. While there, it was refinished in the temperate sea scheme (as per a misunderstood Malta request), and shipped [...]
1/48 Red Arrows Airfix Gnat
INTRODUCTION
The Plane
The Folland Gnat was a reactionary byproduct of the sophisticated, bigger, faster, heavier and powerful mantra that dominated the aircraft industry in the beginning of the jet age. W.E.W. "Teddy" Petter, [...]
1/48 Hasegawa A6M2 Type 21 Pearl Harbor Attacker
This kit gave me some problems with the fit at the lower wing to firewall joint (large step) and apparent mould misalignment at the tail. I intended to finish this in time for the 80th Anniversary of Pearl Harbor, but I was late in [...]
Hasegawa 1/48 J2M5 Raiden 256 Kokutai
Another model completed for the Empire of Japan build. The Hasegawa kit is good for its age but could sure use a modern update, especially the cockpit, radio, separate cowl flaps, and an open canopy. Paints used were Mr Color and AK RC, [...]
ICM 1/48th BF109 F4 – Russia 1943
Not ENTIRELY finished, the exhaust stains still need doing, but its good enough to have some glamour photos taken as its the only chance im gunna get between now and next week to do them.
The markings on this aircraft are not accurate, as [...]
