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Mitsubishi Betty G4M1 Type 11
Based on various references I gathered and document I read, I learned that the paint quality in Japan during WWII was really low. As a result, Japanese fighters and bombers looked quickly quite skinned.
That was a perfect chipping [...]
Messerschmitt Bf109 G-6 Tamiya
Hi everyone... well here goes my first effort at the Tamiya 1/48 Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-6 hope you like it... take care everyone be safe...
Imperial Japanese Navy – Yokosuka MXY7 Ohka
A recently done this tiny funny build from Fine Molds with the self-challenge to build it as fast as possible. Done it in about 5 days. Very fine details and good quality parts. I also got a PE set for small details as the pitot tube and [...]
End of War...1/48 Focke-Wulf Fw190D-13/R11 JG26
And here´s the second part of my dad´s D-13 dual build.
Eduard kit mostly oob, some little details added like brake lines, landing gear indicators and tailwheel retracting wire. Camo done with Mr Paint RLM paints (Jerry Crandall´s Dora [...]
1/48 Revell A-10 of the 303rd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron
This build is a commission build. A friend who supported our A-10’s in Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom in 2012 purchased the Revell 1/48 A-10 Warthog to build it as one of the 303rd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron aircraft. [...]
Time for some nostalgia
Monogram's venerable four star "plastikit" SBD Dauntless was originally released in 1960. It was until the Accurate Miniatures and Hasegawa SBDs the only game in town in 1/48. Over the years some very impressive models have [...]
End of War…1/48 Focke-Wulf Fw190D-13, possibly EJG2
Here´s one part of my dad´s D-13 dual build. Not as fancy looking as "yellow 10" but these were the only two known D-13 schemes.
Hobby Boss kit, Eduard seatbelts, markings from the Eduard D-11/D-13 dual combo, camo done with [...]
Rear end first! The XP-55 "Ascender", Curtiss daring flying wing project!
There are types of aircraft whose construction deviates so much from the usual that one hardly wants to believe in their ability to fly. The XP-55 "Ascender" undoubtedly belongs to this spectrum, whereby the "X" in its [...]
Airfix 1:48 Spitfire Mk.XIV
Here is my newly completed Airfix Mk.XIV Spitfire. With the new kit coming out, I decided to re-do the John Wilkinson Spitfire I built a few years back when John was still alive. This is the model I always wanted to build but the 1:72 [...]
Mustang III 315 (P) Squadron
Following the Thunderbolt,here comes a Mustang,this time from the famous Polish squadron,one of the many that served so well the Allied cause...Tamiya 1/48 kit,hope you like it...
