1/48 scale modeling
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Arghhhhh thar be Bones a comin’ fer ya
I first encountered the F-14 Tomcat in The Mediterranean as an Airman Apprentice assigned to the Line Division of "Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron One Hundred Twenty Four" VAW-124 the world famous "Bear Aces". [...]
P-38 Night Fighter and Pontiac Firebird
Hi all, just thought I'd show off these two beauties. The P-38M won 3rd place in the airplane category at the local hobby shop competition...Not bad! The Pontiac Firebird came from a revell "Smokey and the Bandit" kit that I [...]
1/48 Hobby Boss FW190D-11
This was a rather quick build. It is the easiest FW-190D series model I've built. Not mistake filled like the Tamiya D-9 which requires a lot of aftermarket or mods or a complicated headache to build like the Eduard D series.
Definitely [...]
1/48 Hasegawa N1K2-J
Model represents an aircraft from 407 Hikotai,343 Kokutai, Matasuyama 1945. Upgrades include SBS cockpit, Master gun barrels and Aeromaster decals. The engine cowling gills were thinned and moved to an open position with scratch actuator [...]
Spitfire mk XVI
Build and detailing kit Revell ( ICM) ...scratch + eduard zoom interior cockpit
Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-2, Finnish Air Force “MT-225” 1/48
Another 109 to try my teeth on were yet another Eduard 1/48 kit. (the one in the background will be added later, as it was built a bit later, and more detail added)
Starting with Eduards fine cockpit with the etch from the [...]
Messerschmitt Bf 109E-4 in 1/48 from Eduard
I've been putting this kit off for a while until I felt calm enough to do the freehand mottling scheme required by these early Emils.
I reckon she looks great next to the recent Battle of Britain Spitfire by Tamiya...reminds one just how [...]
Hellcat mk ii Eduard 1/48
Colours: Gunze
Varnish: Winsor
Beatiful kit with.The only extra is seatbelts from eduard because it is the weekend edition.No fit problems.
I also put 0.3 wire in the engine.
Perfect fit with minimum putty and with very nice detail.
100th Anniversary of the RAF: Tamiya’s “Old” 1/48th Spitfire Mk1
Here, on this last day of this group build, I finally sat down to submit this very appropriate addition to the group! Tamiya's first issue Spitfire Mk1, which I bought when it first came out waaaay back in the early 1990's, along with an [...]
1/48 Hobby Boss FM-1 WILDCAT
Hello everyone,
This is my second completed kit of the year so I've matched last year's total already.
Quite fancied a Wildcat in my collection but wanted to do the Atlantic scheme which is why I chose the Hobby Boss kit over the Tamiya. I [...]
