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Gabreski’s Thunderbolt. HobbyBoss 1/48
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This is the Hobbyboss's P47D in the Easy Assembly range. I was so curious to see what it could be done with 30 pieces of plastic. Finally, it look fine (to my humble opinion) and allow to spent more time with painting, chipping [...]
Tamiya 1/48 Sherman Firefly Ic
This is my seventh completed model this year. I painted it with Vallejo acrylics and weathered it with a mix of Vallejo colors, enamels, oils and powders. The kit was a very fun build. Construction only took me two evenings allowing me [...]
Albatross around my neck :)
Well it was a long journey this my first Trumpeter kit, mods include Alley Cat canopy, bubble windows on the side, Navy tail and wing antenna, engine mods to get them close to being correct, float angle, clear beads for wing tip lights and [...]
Bf-109 G14/As.3 Green of 11./JG300.
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Before anything else, I shall want to apologize for my level of English.
Here is my very first message on Imodeler, as well as my very first article about a model. I have never had the opportunity to present an assembly on [...]
Fw-190 F-8 (Pb 1) "Panzerblitz"
From 1943 the Fw-190 F-8 started to replace the Stuka in most Luftwaffe Schlachtgeschwader. Even the famous Stuka ace, Hans Ulrich Rudel (Highest decorated pilot in the Luftwaffe) flew the F-8.
As the Red Army pushed toward the borders of [...]
RIP: Bernie Fisher
I noted that MAJ Bernard "Bernie" Fisher, the first USAF MoH honoree in Vietnam, died this past month. Going through my photos, I found these shots of my 1/48 A-1E built back in 1998.
The kit is a mishmash of the Tamiya A-1H [...]
1/48 Fairey Firefly FR.I
Firefly mania continued unabated in my workshop all summer! This is the newish Special Hobby kit completed as an example from 1770NAS, HMS Indefatigable during the "Operation Lentil" strike on Japanese refineries in Malaya. [...]
1/48 Tamiya Spitfire Mk.Vb trop
This was built several years ago. This is 1/48 Tamiya Spitfire Mk.Vb trop with Turkish Air Force (TuAF) markings. In 1944 39 Spitfire Mk.Vb were sent from RAF Mediterranean stocks.
The cockpit is modified with:
Eduard PE instrument [...]
