1/48 scale modeling
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AM 1/48 A-36 Apache
First completion of the year, essentially started before the Christmas holiday but just now completed. This is the old Accurate Miniatures kit of the A-36 Apache from which the now defunct company produced various versions of early P-51's. [...]
MiG-21 MF CZ-Service (Slovakian Airforce)
It was my first try on Chipping Fluids from AK-Interactive...a short Building-report (in german language) is available on my blog:
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Cheers, Christian
„Two Iconics“ – F-104 Starfighter and Bell X-1 „Machbuster“
Two of my latest builds and a tribute to General Chuck Yeager, who was the first man breaking the sound barrier with his Bell X-1.
The two models are from the Eduard Limited Editions, it was a great pleasure to build them, specially the [...]
1/48 Pro Modeler SB2C-4 Curtiss Helldiver VB-83, USS Essex, April 1945
This one is hot off the work bench. It's number two for the year, but I started it last year. I literally just finished it less than an hour or so ago...
I have been posting updates with the build progress here on Imodeler. I would [...]
1/48 E.E. Canberra B.2
This is the recently reissued Airfix kit finished as a 1970s era Rhodesian example. It's a simple, straightforward kit to build. As it is a bit light in details, I installed an Eduard PE instrument panel and cockpit set, along with a [...]
Second 1/48 Hasegawa Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien “Tony” flown by Major Kobayashi, Commander 244th Sentai
I have been anxiously awaiting the arrival of the new 1/48 scale Tamiya Ki-61. To me, the Ki-61 Hien “Tony” is one of the most graceful looking Japanese WW2 planes.
I purchased the new Tamiya kit from a hobby shop in Japan and [...]
1/48 Hasegawa Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien “Tony” flown by Major Kobayashi, Commander 244th Sentai
I have been anxiously awaiting the arrival of the new 1/48 scale Tamiya Ki-61. To me, the Ki-61 Hien "Tony" is one of the most graceful looking Japanese WW2 planes.
I purchased the new Tamiya kit from a hobby shop in Japan and [...]
CH-47D Tribute build
Hello iModeler! Here are a few pics of a 1/48 scale Italeri Chinook I recently built for a friend, who is a veteran and former Chinook Flight Engineer. I used Werner's Wings decals for the serial number of his aircraft, did a lot of [...]
J1N1 Gekko
Tamiya, 1/48. Beautiful model,interesting plane. Started its life as a heavy fighter, converted into an recce plane then finally evolved into a nightfighter. This represents the early, humpbacked version with 4 cannons(2 fining obliquely [...]
