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1/48 scale modeling

Wild Boar...1/48 Messerschmitt Bf109G-6/R6, I./JG300

Built 6-10 years ago. Hasegawa kit with EagleCals. Basic camo 74/75/76 with Gunze paints, RLM 66 as additional camo on the upperside, Tamiya Nato Black for the underside. The model shows the aircraft of Oberfeldwebel Arnold Döring, [...]

From the beginning…

I want to show the first models I built after returning to the hobby in 1988. I was 35 years old and hadn't built a model plane since I was around 10. I wanted to compare the new aircraft of that era and thought building 1/48 scale [...]

Coastal Command Beau

Long time no visit, work life has gotten in the way of my modelling, but i managed to roll one out of the hangar finally. Tamiyas 1/48 Beaufighter. OOB build with a paint scheme i came across whilst looking for something more interesting [...]

Luftwaffe Group Build: Wingsy Kits 1/48 Bf-109E-1

History: The Bf-109E-1 was the first sub-type of Messerschmitt’s fighter to receive the DB 601 engine. Ourside of the powerplant and cooling system, which included radiators under each inboard wing, the airframe was essentially the same [...]

AMT 1/48 Grumman F7F-2N Tigercat “Big Bird”

The kit directions have a note that I started putting paint to plastic on July 16, 2020 and I finished the model July 5 of this year. During that time, I did manage to complete one other model that had been set aside, and also started [...]

Review: Hobby Boss 1/48 F/A-18E Super Hornet review

Vichy...1/48 Marcel Bloch MB.152, French Armistice Airforce

For a kit with shortrun character the new Dora Wings Marcel Bloch isn´t so bad. But the decals are thin and the white areas are translucent, as you may see. Camo done with Gunze RLM65 for the underside, Tamiya XF-10 Brown and selfmixed [...]

SHORT Sunderland MK III ,Italeri 1/72 scale Costal command 1943 Dakar ( Senegal)

Italeri kit 1/72 scale Same defects as short stirling in the same scale,1/24 scale paneling Otherwise a good starting point,with accurate lines,assembly not easy,i replaced the engines with resin elements from Engine & wheels Bristol [...]

End of War…1/48 Messerschmitt Bf109G-14/AS, JG77

Look, another 109 by my dad ? He´s trying to get rid of his 109 kits by building them. Built in 2018. This was the Hasegawa G-10 JG300 boxing, but in fact both included schemes are G-14/AS. So my dad converted it by filling the wrong and [...]

ESCI 1/48 F-86F Sabre

A build I made many years ago of the F-86F Sabre. The wings in this kit represents the E or early F of the sabre jets. This was a quick build, my log shows only 4 days (that is very quick for me). Built straight out of the box. Any details [...]