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Airfix 1:48 Spitfire Mk. I (Kit Number A05126)
The newest Mk.I kit with the fuel tank cover and landing gear issues. Other than that, a great kit. This is WZ⦿H of 19 Squadron, Duxford, 4th May 1939. Innards were painted with Tamiya XF-71 Cockpit Green. Masking tape harnesses. The [...]
Lindberg 1/48 F-8J Crusader
Lindberg 1/48 F-8J Crusader.
I purchased this kit for £3.00 a long time back.
Finally decided to make it.
I had to scratch build the target designator that sits in front of the canopy.
Decals used are aftermarket as the ones that came [...]
Tamiya 1/48 Tiger I (early production)
Anybody who ever does armor, no matter what level of intensity, is sooner or later going to confront doing a Tiger (the ugliest tank ever created, IMO). This is mine from the summer of 2006:
History:
Despite the decision to mass produce [...]
1/48 Kinetic EA-6B with black box cockpit
Hey all,
Thought I'd get my feet wet and submit my first article! This is the kinetic EA-6B. I used the black box resin cockpit that is designed for the old monogram kit. Yes I know, not a good idea but I had it on hand and it seemed a [...]
1/48 Zvezda Mi 24V/VP
After horrific Sword’s F3h I laid down my hands, like a tiger, onto the Zvezda’s 1/48 Mi24. I really don’t want to say anything about this helicopter escept, it is LEGEND. Can You say, for example, Afghanistan without remembering [...]
Aeronautique Navale...1/48 Lockheed PV-1 Ventura, French Navy
And my dad´s next model is finished. Wanted to avoid one of the usual blue schemes so we chose a French one in an atlantic scheme.
Revell USA kit with Berna decals. Painted with Tamiya XF-2 White and Gunze H317 FS36231.
Build thread [...]
Hasegawa N1K2-J ‘George’, 1/48. The Violet Lightning.
Seeing certain aircraft sometimes brings back a memory, for me the N1K2 reminds me of playing Combat Flight Simulator 2 when I was 8 years old, I always thought of it as the 'fat Japanese plane with the big guns and the cool cockpit'. [...]
End of an Era...1/48 Nieuport 17, Imperial Russian Air Service
One of my dad´s rare excursions to WW1.
Eduard kit, silver dope painted with Tamiya Aluminium, metal engine covers with Tamiya Titanium Silver, EZ line (the thicker one) for rigging.
Build thread here
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Aircraft flown by Donat A. [...]
Ford Flivver. 1/48 Williams Bros.
Here's one I've been wanting to add to the collection. It started out as a weekend build last week, but I needed time for my gloss blue to dry. As it is one week is stellar for me in terms of getting a kit done!
I don't know the actual [...]
