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Hobby Craft 1/48 P-40B "Pearl Harbor Defender" (Kit No. HC1450) 1996
I know some modelers may disagree with me on saying this but I feel this is a pretty decent 1/48 scale kit of the P-40B. It builds up nicely and is an easy build but there were two areas that I felt that needed some attention:
The [...]
Operation Herrick...1/48 WMIK Land Rover, British Army
So here´s the WMIK Land Rover form the Airfix dual combo kit.
Whereas the Snatch is more or less troublefree, well Airfix is not Tamiya, the WMIK was worse. Most larger major parts were warped, lots of flash and in some areas terrible [...]
The Great War GB: Nieuport 17, Eduard 1/48
Although I do like the looks of multi-wing aircraft, they are not my favorite ones to build due to their complexity, especially the rigging. After receiving an invitation to participate in the wonderful "The Great War: a Tribute to [...]
Tamiya 1/48 scale P-38F-1-LO
I built the kit mostly OOB, but added an Ultracast resin seat with molded seat belts, and turned brass gun barrels from Master Model. The latter were really necessary because Tamiya only provides decals to represent the cooling holes in [...]
Stinson Reliant SR-9
Hi All,
Adding to my Lycoming powered vehicle series with a Stinson Reliant SR-9, powered with a Lycoming R-680 radial.
Build:
This AMT kit is a 1970’s era kit. The build was straight forward with no major problems. Along with normal [...]
Operation Herrick...1/48 Snatch Land Rover Defender 110, British Army
And my dad continues with the little armour.
Airfix Land Rover combo kit, Snatch version built oob, added Hauler PE parts for the grids on the windows and front, painted with AK RC 079 CARC TAN 686A (FS33446).
The kit has a nice interior [...]
Armoured Cat...1/48 GAZ-233014 STS „Tigr“, Russian Army
Here´s my dad´s second part of the Suyata T-90 - GAZ combo kit.
Like the T-90 it is very detailed and has lots of parts, it even comes with a full interior. But you have to cut open the doors to see it. And it isn´t as modeller friendly [...]
1/48 Classic Airframes Cr.42
A challenging kit by Classic Airframes with some scratch building to complement the basic mold.
Fonderie Miniatures 1/48 Vautour IIB
A "gift" from a friend.
Horn of Africa...1/48 Fairey Firefly FR.1, Imperial Ethiopian Airforce
As announced, here´s my dad´s third of three Firefly FR.1.
Like the Thai one, Special Hobby kit, Eduard seatbelts, added a scratch rearview mirror. Used a plastic rod for the whip antenna and EZ Line for the antenna wires. Painted with a [...]
