Hasegawa model kits
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Invasion stripes: Clostermann's Spitfire
When Hasegawa's 1/48th scale Spitfire Mk. IXc appeared, it was a big disappointment due to the short fuselage that seemed to doom the kit. Yet overall, the kit had a finely engraved panel lines and was easy to build.
Hasegawa's flaw was [...]
Hasegawa 1/48 J35F/J Draken
Hasegawa's Draken is a very nice kit without building complications that looks like the real aircraft.
Hasegawa 1/72 E7K1 with added catapult
Background
The Kawanishi E7K grew out of an Imperial Japanese Navy requirement for a replacement for the Kawanishi E5K observation seaplane. The Kawanishi Type 94 was the result (the designation E7K1 was a later application). Kawanishi [...]
"Arctic Aggressors": Hasegawa F-16C/D
Having examined Tamiya's instructions of the F-16C/N, I was inspired to enhance the old Hasegawa 1/48 F-16 kit with plenty of spare parts from Tamiya's F-16CJ kit and added Legend's ejection seats. The final results would not have been [...]
1/48 Hasegawa SH-3H Sea King
This is a revamped model that I received from a friend and includes FlightPath photoetch parts for the interior. Yet, over time the rotor blades drooped and I left the fragile rotor untouched.
Hasegawa 1:48 Bf 109 K-4
I'm not a huge 109 aficionado, but I wanted to do something with RLM 81 Brown-Violet, and I wanted something on which to try out my recently acquired Paasche Raptor airbrush. I settled on the venerable Hasegawa kit, one of two or three in [...]
Night attacker Stuka
Towards the end of WWII Ju 87 aircraft were converted to night operations. The Ju 87D-8 were equipped with exhaust flame suppressors. Most of the night operating Stukas served under1./NSGr.9 in northern Italy and retreated to Austria until [...]
A few completions
Howdy,
Here are a few models I’ve complted over the last few years.
1/72 Airfix Fw-190F-8 354th fg captured
1/48 Accurate Miniatures P-51b Duane Beeson markings
1/48 ICM Bf-109F-4 trop,, Stab II./JG 27, Libya,
1/48 Hasegawa Bf-109G-2 [...]
Hasegawa 1/48 Kawasaki Ki45kai koh TORYU(NICK) '13th Fright Regiment'
Hasegawa 1/48 scale kit
The assembly was straight forward except for the addition of the antenna wire and the pitot tube, which was made of metal material.
Although camouflage paint is commonly used for NICK, we chose to use a [...]
Focke wulf Fw 190A-4/Trop
This 1/48th Hasegawa model depicts a Fw 190-A4 Nr. 145614, of EKdo 19, based in Benghazi, Libya during late 1942. The task of the unit was to test the suitability of their aircraft to tropical conditions. Camouflage scheme consists of RLM [...]
