1:48th scale modelling
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Review: Quinta Studios 1/48 P-38F Interior Detail Set For The Tamiya Kit
As I was finally getting around to get started on the fairly new Tamiya P-38F/G Lightning. It's amazing it has been out for over a year. I have been building Tamiya kits in order that starting with Ki-84 Hayate Frank way back in 1992. [...]
Hobbycraft 1/48 P-36A
Curtis P-36A flown by commander of the 20th Pursuit Group, March Field California, November 1939. My 4th P-36 but the hardest being bare metal finish. 2 months on and off, sanding, filling, resabding, priming, more sanding... but [...]
Roden 1/48 Arado Ar-68E
The Airplane:
Following the 1932 success of the Ar-65 as the airplane that would become the first fighter of the re-born Luftwaffe, Arado commenced work on two diferent prototypes of successor fighters, the Ar-67 and AR-68. The Ar-67 was [...]
F-15E, Academy 1/48
F-15E Strike Eagle of the historical 336th Fighter Squadron.
F-4J Phantom ''Black Bunny'', Esci 1/48
An old kit of Esci. Easy built with Aires seats.
F-4J Phantom ''Black Bunny'' of VX-4, Air Test and Evaluation Squadron Four.
Red Yak
Here’s another older build of mine, the Czech Model 1/48 Yak-15 in the red of the Soviet Aerial Demonstration Team. I remember this being a great kit for a limited run model. If you haven’t done a limited run kit before and like early [...]
Russian naval 10-ton tow tractor 1/48
Not exactly an airplane, but airplane related. I usually build airplanes and I started building Su-33 and planned to make some sort of diorama with it. But the problem was, I couldn't find any appropriate vehicle to place it next to it. [...]
He-219 Uhu, by Tamiya in 1/48
When I got back into modeling, I had been out for a long time and was amazed at what detail could be attained with resin. So of course I took a very good model the Tamiya He-219 Owl, and try and make it better. I used the Aires resin [...]
Vought F4U-1D Corsair – US Navy VF-84 – USS Bunker Hill - Febr.1945
Bonjour chers iModelers,
I am glad to introduce my latest model, a very classic Corsair from VF-84, but I wanted it on my shelf.
It is the well-known Tamiya kit which is, despite of its age, a more than excellent kit.
My first try with [...]
RF-84F Thunderflash, Heller 1/48
Hallo again!
Here is my 2nd article.
RF-84F Thunderflash, German Air Force, 1959.
A lovely aircraft for me.
The kit is the old Heller with raised lines. A nice kit, but the decals are a little fat.
The cameras are handmade.
Of course every [...]
