Hasegawa model kits
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Last of the Breed...1/48 Mitsubishi A6M8 Type 54, IJN
Next Zero by my dad. Hasegawa kit oob, added Eduard seatbelts and EZ Line for the antenna wire. Painted with Gunze H59 IJN Green and Tamiya XF-12 JN Grey. The yellow wing leading edges are painted.
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Hasegawa 1/48 Typhoon Ib variants
Here are three Typhoon Ib models representing operational aircraft. These entail the "car door", "tear drop" canopy and the four blade propeller. Other than the filling of false panel lines on the fuselage, it is a [...]
Flying Gecko...1/48 Ling-Temco-Vought A-7 Corsair II, VA-22 "Fighting Redcocks", USN
My dad´s US naval theme continues, this time with something more modern.
Hasegawa´s A-7 kit, first released in 1987, this is the P14 kit from back then. Aires A-7 late seat, TwoBobs decals used which were very thin and tended to wrap and [...]
Show report: Blue Angel Modelfest in Milton, FL.
I attended the Blue Angel Modelfest in Milton, Florida yesterday. The show was sponsored by the Pensacola Modeleers. This was a fun way to spend a day with fellow enthusiasts from the Florida panhandle and south Alabama. It was a really [...]
Hasegawa 1/48 F-4E Phantom IDF
Although showing its age, Hasegawa's 1/48 F-4E model looks like the real aircraft when completed. It has many shortfalls but, the relatively low part number count allows the builder to get to the painting stage quickly.
In this model, I [...]
Hellas Hurricane
This has been in my stash for around fifteen years, so with the immanent arrival of the Arma kit, I decided to dig it out and have a go. What a great experience, said here before just how much I love the 1990's era Hasegawa 1:48 WWII kits, [...]
Hasegawa 1/48 F-8E Crusader
In the real Crusader aircraft the panel lines are not so obvious. Yet, I made an exception to enhance the 3D feel of this classic naval fighter.
Hasegawa 1/48 Macchi C.202 Folgore
Five models of the venerable Hasegawa Macchi Folgore.
Speak my name and I shall live forever: Jim Sullivan Memorial
Designed as a successor to the F4F Wildcat, the Hellcat’s origins can be traced back in 1938, with the contract for the prototype XF6F-1 signed on 30 June 1941. Instead of the Wildcat's narrow-track, hand-cranked, main landing gear [...]
1/24 Mini Cooper Sports Pack Limited (1998)
Hasegawa 1/24 Mini Cooper Sport Pack Limited (1998) is completed.
The body color is MODELKASTEN excavator green, and the roof and fenders are carbon finished.
