1/48 scale modeling
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1/48 Fokker DVIII
Eduard 1/48 Fokker DVIII flown by Gefr. Kurt Blumener, Jasta 6. Bernes, France August 1918. When I'm not in the mood to do alot of rigging I build a late war Fokker. This one was easy as, to build. Back to rigging next though, with a [...]
Supermarine Spitfire Mk. VIII "HAVA GO JO"
This is my last build for 2021. It was built for a club competition with a photo evidence deadline of 23:59 on 31 December and was completed with 5 hours 34 minutes to go. The reason for this deadline was the various Melbourne Covid-19 [...]
Academy P-47 D, 1/48, 1st Brazilian Fighter Squadron
Salute, gents.
This is Academy's P-47 D in 1/48, a well known kit which was superseded by the Tamiya offering. It is not a bad kit, but can use some improvements. Ultracast resin wheels, seat (with molded harness) and propeller were used. [...]
A-10A Thunderbolt II
Having fun with the ancient Tamiya A-10 kit
The kit really shows its age (not Tamiya’s best) with some fit problems joining the fuselage halves and a few raised panels. But, when it’s solved, all the rest goes quite right.
Until [...]
HK'S 1/48 B-17F-35-BO Lucious Lady
Any aircraft modeler who knows anything about WWII certainly knows about the iconic Boeing B-17. The images and film of the 8th AF bomber fleets smashing the Reich, along with countless books, movies, documentaries, TV and personal [...]
Donkeys, Rats and Flies, oh my! 1/48 Polikarpov I-16
The Polikarpov I-16 is considered by many to be the first truly modern fighter - a low wing monoplane with an enclosed cockpit and retractable landing gear. Early models saw combat in the Spanish Civil War, where they were referred to as [...]
Fifty shades of grey-Eduard(Revell) 1/48 Tornado F3 ADV
Hi all,
My recently completed Tornado F3 ADV in 1/48 scale. This is a rebox of Revell kit by Eduard with theirs usual goodies to create an Limited Edition box.
Revell tornado is nothing but a nightmare, it is as bad as the movie mentioned [...]
TBD-1 Devastator Monogram 1/48 and Tamiya figures "WW2 pilots with moto-tug" 1/48
Hello friends,
here comes my TBD-1 Douglas Devastator from Monogram in 1/48. The kit was released in 1974 and cannot live up to the high standard of the Great Wall Hobby kit. I also would like to point out that there are better built [...]
Airfix P-40B Warhawk 1/48
Based this build on the P-40 currently on display at the USAF museum located in Ohio, United States.
I had built this plane when I was a kid, so there was a bit of nostalgia when choosing to go with it as my first USAAF build since [...]
