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Guerre d'Algérie...1/48 Republic F-47D Thunderbolt , Armée de l’Air
So, this is my dad´s final contribution to the French at war theme. Tamiya P-47M kit, drop tank from a Tamiya P-47 Razorback kit, BLU-27 napalm canisters from a Hasegawa weapon set, antenna wire with elastic thread, Eduard seatbelts. All [...]
1/48 Monogram P-51D "Detroit Miss"
I bought this kit on the cheap from a popular online auction site. The finished product falls into the "6 footer" category. Stay 6 feet back and it looks like a P-51 Step a little closer and you will see the thick decals, poor [...]
1/48 Tamiya Douglas A-1H Skyraider MiG-killer Tamiya 1/48
After some 5 years,finished in the Vietnam GB here at iModeler...hope you like it.
(Refurbished) Bf 109E
The Tamiya 1:48 109E kits are just great for quick builds, yes there are newer and better detailed kits around, but for sheer VFM, the Tamiya kits are hard to beat. I've added only belts made from masking tape and AM decals to this one [...]
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 [...]
