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Invasion Stripes: Williams Villian, Mustang P-51D 352nd Fighter Group, Tamiya 1/48
It is always fairly difficult to find operations and tasking for individual aircraft. It is fair to say that The Blue Nosed ‘Basterds’ of Bodney were huge players over Normandy in 1944 and then beyond.
June 1st to 5th
The 352nd Fighter [...]
Invasion Stripes / Flight 19 P-51B Mustang Viscous Virgie, The Flying Scott
This is the old 1/48 scale Tamiya P-51B Mustang... or is it ?
It also happens to the the VERY FIRST razorback Mustang I have built in about 20 years. With those being the Accurate Miniatures kits which were pretty nice. Say it isn't [...]
Invasion Stripes / Flight 19, 1/48 Tamiya Republic P-47D-28RA Thunderbolt "Eileen"
Building this model was a first for me. Believe it or not, this is my VERY first Tamiya P-47. EVER ! I know, sad but very true.
I know, I need to get seated at the bench more often... but life has a bad habit of interfering with the [...]
Invasion Stripes / Flight 19 Bristol Beaufighter TF Mk X 236 Squadron RAF, Tamiya 1/48
This is a kit I have had in the stash for about 15 years or more.
I jumped at the opportunity to build it as a part of our D Day / Invasion stripe group build as a part of Flight 19 group.
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Previously I had wanted to build this [...]
Invasion Stripes: Fl-19, F6F, MK-I
Hi All,
A contribution to the FL-19 mini group build...”Invasion Stripes”.
F6F, MK-I, Hellcat
E-L JV131
800 Squadron FAA
HMS Emperor, September, 1944
Along with keeping to the group build parameters, I had two more personal objectives [...]
"Flt 19 Invasion Stripes" On this Day: 6 June 1944 D-Day-1/48th De Havilland Mosquito, USAAF, Europe
It's the early morning, 6 June 1944, the Allies have finally commenced operation "Overlord" the invasion of mainland Europe. The Germans were expecting the Allies to start such an operation, just when and where. Yet they had [...]
Hasegawa 1/48 J35F/J Draken
Hasegawa's Draken is a very nice kit without building complications that looks like the real aircraft.
iModeler Review: Arma Hobby 1/48 P-39Q Airacobra
Arma Hobby has just announced a 1/48 scale model kit of the Bell P-39Q Airacobra. This entirely new product is a welcome addition to the company's emerging quarter-scale range.
I was privileged to examine the kit on the day of its public [...]
1/48 ICM B-26 Marauder
Here is my 1/48 ICM B-26 Marauder. I did a full review for IPMS USA:
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A decent kit with nice modern tooling over the older Monogram kit. IT is NOT w/o its faults. The fuselage halves fit are a bit tricky esp. if one wants to [...]
