1:48th scale modelling
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Flying Gecko...1/48 Ling-Temco-Vought A-7 Corsair II, VA-22 "Fighting Redcocks", USN
My dad´s US naval theme continues, this time with something more modern.
Hasegawa´s A-7 kit, first released in 1987, this is the P14 kit from back then. Aires A-7 late seat, TwoBobs decals used which were very thin and tended to wrap and [...]
Special Hobby's 1/48 scale He115B-2/C
Hi, guys... this is my latest completed kit and another return to a kit I tried a few years back, and arguably, a better outcome this time. As anyone who has attempted this model will know, it's a difficult kit in places but certainly [...]
Show report: Blue Angel Modelfest in Milton, FL.
I attended the Blue Angel Modelfest in Milton, Florida yesterday. The show was sponsored by the Pensacola Modeleers. This was a fun way to spend a day with fellow enthusiasts from the Florida panhandle and south Alabama. It was a really [...]
P 38J Tamiya 1/48
P 38 J Lightning #131 Major Thomas McGuire. 431st FS, 475th Fighter Group.
Pudgy III
Tamiya 1/48. Out of box except for eduard seatbelts.
Vallejo metals over primer and Mr color GX2 gloss black. Tamiya and Vallejo acrylics.
Really great [...]
Tamiya, 1:48 scale, Mitsubishi G4M1, Model 11, "Isshikirikko", (Land Attack Plane), Reporting Name - 'Betty'
Howdy Y'all
This is an older build from a few years back. Pretty much OOB, except for the True Details weighted wheels.
Paint was the old Aeromaster Enamels line, (Think Floquil Military). Decals are from the kit, aerial is stretched [...]
Trumpeter 1/48 F-100F Super Sabre
A nice and easy to build model. The highlight of the model is the engine exhaust area with the colorful burnt metal patterns. No fancy metallizers there, just a touch of diluted colors over darkened silver paint.
Airfix 1/48 Hawker Hunter GA.11
Another belter of a kit from Airfix.
The fit was superb and very little filler was needed.
Primed with Tamiya Nato Black,
Painted with Colourcoats Extra Dark Sea Grey and Light Aircraft Grey.
Tamiya Nato Black, Rubber Black, White mixed a [...]
Airfix 1/48 scale Curtiss P-40, 10th Air Base Squadron, Chanute Field, Illinois
This is a build that I had started a while ago. My very first model I built was the old 1/32 scale Revell P-40E "Flying Tigers" model. I was 8 years old. I was captivated by the box art, showing a P-40 diving through a [...]
A6M2 Zero (Nakajima build) from Edaurd in 1/48 scale
Here are few photos from my actual build of Eduard´s 1/48 scale A6M2 Zero "out of box". Kit are quite good, except missing some rivets and panel lines on rear part of fuselage. Building kit are easy with some nice details, like [...]
Tamiya, 1:48 scale, Heinkel He-162A-2, "Salamander"
Calling THIS one done!
This early jet had the distinction of killing more German pilots than those of the enemy.
A really nice little kit that was a lot of fun, and builds well. I know, some of you may be thinking, "What? A [...]
