1/48 scale modeling
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A Wyvewhat?! That's not a real Plane!
I had never heard of a Wyvern until I saw an add for the Trumpeter kit. It's what I call "ugly cool" looking, like the F-4 Phantom. As soon as I saw it, I wanted one. The 1/48 scale kit was a little expensive for my taste, so [...]
1/48 FW-190F-8
This is the mid '90s Tamiya kit that I'm ashamed to admit has lurked in the bowels of the stash since at least 1996. I've shied away from WW2 German stuff because I've never been very happy with my mottled camo results until recently. I [...]
Another Tamiya 1/48 armor
Much earlier, I posted my first armor build - a Tamiya 1/48 Flakpanzer. I am an aircraft guy, but after building that kit, I became interested in doing a few more from the series. Here is my 2nd armor build - a Tamiya 1/48 Sherman [...]
Tamiya 1:48 Dewoitine D.520
Subject:
D.520 of the Regia Aeronautica, 24th Autonomous Fighter Group, Sicily and Southern Italy
Assembly:
This model was built OOB with the additions of Eduard PE seat belts.
Painting/Decals/Weathering:
I used Polly Scale acrylics and [...]
Yoo-hoo?! No, Uhu.
My newest archiving addition is the 1/48 Tamiya He-219 Uhu. I got this kit pretty cheap from a vendor at a local contest. A couple pieces were broken but, nothing too difficult to fix. I am a modeler after all ?. The kit, as most Tamiya [...]
ProModeler (Monogram) PBY-5A
I'm posting this old (2005) review from Modeling Madness as encouragement for the Midway Group Build.
With more than 4,000 of all versions produced over eight years, the Consolidated PBY Catalina easily qualifies as the world’s most [...]
1/48 HobbyBoss Early F4U-4
More often than not I now find myself building a model based on some photo that grabs me. Such is the case with this Corsair build. I used the HobbyBoss F4U-4 with the curved windscreen or as HobbyBoss calls it, the early version. The [...]
Tamiya 1/48 Ki-61i Hien
Here is Tamiya's 1/48th Scale Hi-61I Hien finished as "Blue 24", Captain Teruhiko Kobayashi's mount from February to April, 1945. Of the six victories depicted by the kill marks, one is for ramming a B-29. The 244th Flight Group [...]
Now For Something Completely Different
Some time ago I decided that I wanted, little by little, to archive photos of most of my completed models here on iModeler. So if you will indulge me, I'm going to start with my figures.
This first one is a set of flats,Napoleon at the [...]
