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Death from Above...1/48 Junkers Ju87D-5, Royal Bulgarian Airforce
Built in 2013.
The Model shows an a/c that flew with 1/2 Szturmowi Orliak in September 1944. At this time Bulgaria had already changed sides and fought with the Soviets against the Germans.
Not 100% sure about the white ID markings but [...]
COVID No. 2-Hasegawa Mitsubishi A6M5b
This is the newer Zero kit- A6M5c changed to -5b. I had to modify the wings and fuselage. Removed the machine guns in the wings, and filled in panel lines and rescribed for the 5b. Also, modified the cowl to add the larger gun housed in [...]
Banzai!..1/48 Kawasaki Ki-45 Kai Koh Toryu "Nick", Imperial Japanese Army
Built by my dad in 2012, Hasegawa dual combo kit with Isuzu fuel truck.
Painted with Gunze and Tamiya IJA paints, elastic thread for the antenna wire, Wako fabric seatbelts.
5th Flight Regiment, 1st Company, Timor Island October 1943.
Yak-3 JRV, 116 LAP, Hasegawa 1/72
Hi to all
Another Yak from Yugoslav air force finished, this time in standard VVS colors.
Well known model from Hasegawa, with all its faults. After trying to correct most of them, filling wrong panel lines, little correcting of wing [...]
Alpine Schmitt...1/48 Messerschmitt Bf109G-6 Swiss Airforce
Also built in 2018.
After a German Bf110G nightfighter crashlanded in Switzerland, Germany delivered 12 Bf109G-6 to Switzerland so that the 110 would be destroyed in exchange and the technology kept secret.
Switzerland used these G-6 only [...]
End of War...1/48 Messerschmitt Bf109K-4, III./JG52
Newest model by my dad.
Hasegawa kit, decals from the kit, Kagero and AML, EZ Line for the antenna wire, shortened the too long legs some mm to receive a more realistic look,, plastic rods and lead wire for the brake lines, Eduard [...]
Empire of Japan-Fujimi 1/48th Aichi D3A1 Type 99 Val IJN Pearl Harbor
The Val is my first entry to The Empire of Japan Group build. The Fujimi Val is not as detailed as the Hasegawa offering, but shape wise it is pretty accurate. A kit from the mid 70's, but it does have fine engraved panel lines. Just [...]
Empire of Japan Group Build, 1/32 Hasegawa Ki-44-II Hei, Shoki “Tojo” of the 246th “Flight Regiment”
This is a plane that I recently finished up.
It was built as part of our "Empire of Japan" group build. This build was started after a small cleaning accident occurred. I keep most of my stash model kits stored on wire rack [...]
Banzai!...1/48 Nakajima Ki-84-I Hayate "Frank", Imperial Japanese Army
Also built in 2015.
Hasegawa kit (9364), added brake lines, aerials and landing gear indicators, painted with Gunze and Tamiya acrylics, Tamiya Aluminium for nmf.
The model shows the a/c of Corporal Noboru Naito, 520th Temporary [...]
First Flight – Empire of Japan
Here's the last of the four kits I finished this year - Hasegawa's lovely Mitshubishi 12 Shi experimental fighter, a.k.a. the A6M1. The kit allows you to build either of the two prototypes. I built the first and decided to model it as it [...]
