1/48 scale modeling
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A tribute to my Father-in-Law Republic F-84E Thunderjet, Korea 1952
My father-in-law, Jack Terhune of Springfield, Missouri, was a U.S. Air Force veteran. He joined in March of 1950, after turning down several scholarships to play college football. He always said he joined to see the world and never got [...]
DH Mosquito FB Mk VI Tamiya 1/48
Here is a build that was a real learning experience for me. I built it out of the box without photo etch and used the kit decals with serial number rearranged to represent an aircraft of Coastal Command - flown by Flight Lieutenant Nunn [...]
Trumpeter 1:48 MiG-3 Late Version
This is said to be the aircraft of Capt. A.V. Schopov, of 6 IAP, 6 IAK (Fighter Air Corps), IA-PVO (Moscow Air Defence), winter 1941/42. There is no photo of the aircraft. The box top shows gun pods under the wings but none are in the kit [...]
‘Yellow nose’ Eduard 1/48 Messerschmitt Bf109E-4 “Adolf Galland”
Finished this model during the middle of the corona crisis.
The model is a Messerschmitt Bf 109E-4 from Eduard (weekend edition kit 84166).
My experience on this model is great, good fitting and hardly any need of filling.
Did try to spend [...]
1/48 Hawker Tempest
Done. Eduard Hawker Tempest MkV fkown by Wg Cdr Ronald Beamont DSO, DFC and Bar. Commander of No 150 Wing, Newchurch, UK. Loved this build, especially the cockpit and colour scheme. ?
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Airfix 1/48 Spitfire PR. XIX
Hello iModeler! This is my recently finished Airfix Spitfire PR. XIX. Although the interferon detail was not as crisp as the newly tooled Airfix Mk. V Spitfire, it was still a fun kit and went together rather nicely. Build was OOB, [...]
JV44 FW190D9 Mini Diorama Part 2 of 2
First off, thanks to Michael Turner, @michaelt , for kindly sending me the Red13 jv44 decals. This Revell (repackaged Eduard) kit does not include paint instructions or decals for the aircraft i needed to do and i could not find a 1/48 red [...]
Eduard 1/48 Bf-109G-10 (Erla)
HISTORY
By the Spring of 1944, the Bf-109G-6, which had been the primary production version of Messerschmitt’s fighter since the previous fall, was falling behind in the relentless race for performance. Beginning in the late spring, many [...]
MB 151 1/48 Dora Wings
Great kit , but it does require limited run kit building skills known as putty and sanding. The putty is not to remedy bad fitting parts, on the contrary the parts fit is quite good, it is to fill panel lines that due to the excellent kit [...]
Nakajima Ki-115 Tsurugi (剣, ”Sabre”), Eduard, 1/48
Hi everyone!
This is my Eduard 1/48 Nakajima Ki-115 Tsurugi suicide plane, built as part of this great "Empire of Japan" group build, hosted here, in this fantastic site!
The Nakajima Ki-115 Tsurugi (剣, "Sabre") was a [...]
