1:48th scale modelling
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Two models, one base
This was an idea to space save in my cabinet, the trusty Detolf, but still have some bases to add interest. My previous Spitfire build with base takes up a shelf all by it's lonesome, which makes only four planes per cabinet. It looks [...]
Eduard 1/48 P-51D-5
“Frenesi” was named after a song popularized by the great Artie Shaw, pronounced "Free 'n Easy". Why would a fighter pilot name his airplane for a song? Click here - (link) - and find out. The airplane was one the very first [...]
My Corsair family
I suspect that most people who build model airplanes are very familiar with the famous Vought F4U Corsair fighter from WWII and Korea. Likewise, many are familiar with the A7 Corsair II which served the US Navy and later the Air National [...]
Mini Whiskey 7 #2 1/48 Monogram C-47 Skytrain
I finished Mini W7 #1 roughly a year ago, and since then I've started volunteering at the museum that owns the real Whiskey 7. I donated Mini W7 #1 to the museum and she resides in their gift shop. So I had to build myself a Mini W7 #2. [...]
Trumpeter 1/48 MiG-3 (401th Special Purpose Fighter Aviation Regiment)
Hello! We continue). Model of the Soviet MiG-3 fighter from Trumpeter - if someone else has not bought it, I highly recommend it. Very nice to build and good in quality. Worked in pleasure).
A variant of the fighter of the 401st Special [...]
Academy 1/48 F4U-1 Corsair
I bring to you my F4U-1 Corsair in 1/48th scale, a gift from Louis Gardner. This model was a labor to build. I loved the kit so much. It was a fun project and even had some unexpected challenges fit wise that I ended up solving. I thought [...]
First completion of the year: Tamiya’s 109 G-6
Salute, gentlemen! And a great new year to all of you!
I just finished Tamiya’s 1/48 109 G-6, and what a great kit it is. I would guess no other manufacturer could pull off such “gimmicks” as the interchangeable exposed engine/closed [...]
Me 262 Major Rudolf Sinner.
Hello friends,
Here is my last adventure, an old monogram kit from the 90s. It is a Me 262, on 1/48 scale, it has reasonable fittings, but a little poor in details, with raised pannel lines, but with dedication I achieved a pleasant [...]
Yom Kippur War…1/48 Sukhoi Su-7BMK Fitter, Iraqi Airforce
After the refreshed Latin American subjects from 2016, now on to a few from the Middle East.
Kopro kit, Wolfpack Design ejection seat (had to cut away several mm of it´s bottom because it is too tall), IFF antennas with plastic rods, [...]
1/48 P-47D "Ozark Queen"
1/48 Tamiya P-47D “Bubbletop”
This is the Tamiya 1/48 scale P-47D “Bubbletop”. It was detailed using Edusrd’s BigEd set and the scheme is Thunder Cals decal set number 48006 using the “Ozark Queen” of the 84th FS/78th FG from [...]
