1/48 scale modeling
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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 [...]
1/48 Northrop Grumman E-2D "Delta One"
This is a 1/48 Northrop Grumman E-2D built as the prototype aircraft designated as Delta One. I used the 1/48 Kinetic E-2C 2000 and converted it to the E-2D. It was made for a wonderful lady who has worked on the E-2 program for many [...]
1/48 Ki-45 TORYU (Nick)
This is Hasegawa’s 1/48 scale Ki-45 TOYRU Japanese Heavy fighter. The kit was detailed with the CMK resin cockpit detail kit. The camouflage was all hand painted. I used the kit decals for the Manchukuo Air Corps.
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1/48 F-22 Raptor
This is the Hasegawa 1/48 scale F-22 Raptor. I used the Ares resin cockpit detail set and the Eduard resin missiles, interior, exterior, and weapons bays photo etch sets to detail the kit. I also scratch built many of the wiring and [...]
Mom's 1/48 Academy P-38
This build is a tribute to my late mother and is not representative of any P-38 that actually flew. However, I did steal the nose work idea from Richard Bongs' P-38. Years ago when I started building models again mom asked me if I would [...]
Do I really need another Spitfire in my collection? Oh, yes! (or: how an old dream came true)
To the fortunately unasked question of whether "another Spitfire" is really necessary, I would answer: of course! One reason for this lies in the enormous range of what "Spitfire" can mean, as a Mk.I has very little in [...]
“Banana Wars” DH-4B
Airco DH-4B "Liberty"
The DH-4 entered service in WWI with England in 1917 and was built entirely of wood construction. After US entry into the war, several companies began building DH4s in US, with changes including the [...]
Diorama of Steven Spielberg’s 1941 Movie
A Diorama of the Movie, 1941. The diorama was built for the iModeler at the Movies Group Build. It is 1/48 scale. Everything is scratch built except for the Hasegawa P-40E and the cab of the Wespe Models Ford 917, converted to a 1939 Ford [...]
