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'Mikey’s First Build' – Tamiya 1/48th Focke Wulf D9 – ‘Rudel’s Dora’
When we relocated to Australia from London, the shipping container with our possessions included a small number of partially started kits that I put away, upon our arrival, into 'the cupboard', to finish at a later point. The youngest of [...]
1/48 Otaki Ki-61 "Tony"
Howdy,
Finally finished this one. Markings are for Captain Ichikawa of the 3rd Chutai, 244th Sentai.
The 1/48 Otaki Ki-61, started back in the eighties and sitting on the shelf since then. The decals are from the Aeromaster "Eagles [...]
#2 for 2018 complete 1/48 Ki-61 Tony Special Attack Squadron
Finished with Tamiya and MRP paints . Weather with Mig wash . Decals used from Lifelike .
29177643_10214285761350814_829638719236472832_n by b007scott, on Flickr
29136075_10214285762270837_3852812606288953344_n by b007scott, on [...]
Battle of Kasserine Pass Group Build: Kurt Bühligen: Tunisian Nemesis
Kurt "Bühlmann" Bühligen:
The son of a pipefitter, Bühligen was born 13 December 1917 in Granschütz, in Province of Saxony of the German Empire. He joined the military service of the Luftwaffe in Flieger-Ersatz- Abteilung [...]
The Pilot Maker: Boeing PT-17 Stearman
I have always love the Stearman and all of it's different schemes and variants. For many years I have been frustrated due to the lack of modern quality kits of this fabulous bird in my favorite build scale of 1/48, or even 1/32. Then to [...]
Monogram Devastators.
With all of the excitement this week about the Lexington find, I was inspired to dig into my deep storage facility in search of the blue/gray VT-8 TBD you see here. I ‘ve built five of these kits since they came out in 1974. The blue [...]
1/48 Tamiya P-47D Passionate Patsy 310th FS, 58th FG, Saidor New Guinea 1944
One of my personal favourites, and a splash of colour for good measure!
Added the Ultracast seat and wheels, decals from the excellent Thundercals range by Norris Graser.
My next razorback is actually a sister P-47, being "The Pied [...]
1/48 Tamiya P-47D Free French 1945
Tamiya kit with the usual ultracast seat and wheels.
Decals are from Berna Decals and roundels from the spares box.
Something different and eye catching compared to the usual P-47 fare...
Happy Modelling
Darren
1/48 Airfix Hurricane Mk1 (RAAF)
Australia received one Hurricane Mk1 for testing here in Australia and it went through several paint schemes, including a sharp looking silver paint job. I choose the foliage green scheme for something different, since most aircraft I [...]
