1/48 scale modeling
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In the fall of 1916, in answer to air raids conducted over the Flanders front by the Royal Naval Air Service, the German Navy combined two Kampfeinsizter Kommandos into Marine-Flieger Abteilung II, based at Neumuenster. The unit was [...]
Eino Luukkanen was in the cockpit of this airplane while achieving his 56th confirmed victory. He downed a Soviet Yak-9 fighter flown by Lt. G. F. Nizhnik on August 5, 1944 over Narva Bay. This Yak was the only aircraft downed by the guns [...]
1/48 Eduard Supermarine Spitfire HF.Mk.VIII, JF322/”Billy Boy II” of First Squadron, South African Air Force, Flown by Lt. D.S. Hastie on 19 March 1944 to down a Bf109G.
Hello Imodeler's addicts
As promised, I just finished the kit I won in april as Random Award.
My choice was for an Eduard's Spitfire as I heard so many positives feedbacks about these kits...
Thank you IModeler for this opportunity to try [...]
P-40's being my fave airplane, the 49th being my fave group, a perfect combo. I always had large interest in the 49th's activities, which covered a lot of War and a lot of square miles. They flew the P-40 in various marks for a long time [...]
Here is another "desk top" styled gift for a friend who crewed on these in the U.S. Navy in the late 1940's.
1/48 Monogram PBY-5(A) Catalina.
I know this isn't everyone's style, but I like to build models that look like desktop displays.
This is a gift for a friend.
Standard Monogram 1/48th P-51D. Rattle can paint. NMF is just cheapo silver
I hope you like...
This was made from the outstanding Eduard kit, the gold standard for Mig-21s. The MT was an export version of the Soviet SMT. A small batch of 15 were built in 1971, but no customers were found. The aircraft were apparently put to use [...]
This is Tamiya's lovely Raiden in 1/48. Sweet little bird, had a lot of fun weathering it too. Enjoy the pix. 🙂
Here's Airfix's 1/48th Merlin, built out of the box with the exception of an Eduard cockpit set.
This was tricker than I had anticipated, with the tolerance between parts being very fine and many pieces needed a quick sanding in order to [...]