Pearl Harbor Database

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P-40B "Pearl Harbor" 1/48th Airfix

by Walt on October 14, 2024 · in Aviation · 18 ≡

I have always liked the P-40 in all its variations, although I do think I like the earlier variants better, like I do for the P-38. When I saw the Airfix kit and read the reviews I knew I wanted to build one. Unfortunately I am trying to [...]

Air raid Pearl Harbor! Tamiya's 1/48 A6M2-21 Zero

by Colin Latta on March 3, 2023 · in Aviation · 17 ≡

This is Tamiya's 1/48 Zero, (originally issued in the 1970's), with some extra detailing on the engine, landing gear, and an Eduard's photoetch cockpit set, with extra detail added. Paints are Tamiya acrylics, weathering with oils and [...]

Nichimo 1/48 B5N2 Kate

by Spiros Pendedekas on February 17, 2023 · in Aviation · 51 ≡

The B5N "Kate" was designed by a team led by Katsuji Nakamura in response to a 1935 specification by the Navy for a torpedo bomber to replace the Yokosuka B4Y. The first prototype flew in January 1937 and was ordered into [...]

Trumpeter 1/32 P-40B

by Spiros Pendedekas on May 3, 2022 · in Aviation · 26 ≡

Hi everyone! This is my presentation of the Trumpeter 1/32 P-40B, finished as a Hawaiian bird. The model was a contribution to Louis Gardner's and the small team of great friends' idea to build subjects relative to the so important [...]

Eduard 1/48 A6M2b Model 21 Zero (Mitsubishi-built)

by Tom Cleaver on January 21, 2022 · in Aviation · 22 ≡

The Airplane: At the time of its appearance in combat over China in September 1940, the Mitsubishi A6M2 "Zero" was arguably the most advanced single-seat single-engine fighter in the world. That it was designed to fly from [...]

Review: Tora, Tora, Tora! Eduard's New A6M Type 21 Zeros

by Christopher C Tew on December 15, 2021 · in Reviews · 9 ≡

Today I received a shipment from Hannants with Eduard's first release of its A6M Zero series. Think of what Eduard has accomplished during this time of the Covid Pandemic: continued their Bf 109 series, made good progress on the early [...]

Defender of the Pearl Harbor – 80th anniversary of the Japanese attack.

by capt. R on November 28, 2021 · in Aviation · 31 ≡

The scene from the movie Tora Tora Tora, when two pilots jump into their P-40s and, regardless of the glaring disproportion of forces in the air, rush to Attack the Japanese formation as a young boy from school, I was simply moved. What [...]

Vought OS2U-1 Kingfisher USS ARIZONA, Pearl Harbor December 1941 in 1/72 from Airfix

by Andreas Fey on April 28, 2020 · in Aviation · 25 ≡

Vought OS2U-1 Kingfisher USS ARIZONA in 1/72 "an Airfix oldie from the 1960s" Hello, this is my third rollout of an Airfix model from US NAVY. This time I wanted to try out the presentation of pacific water. The kit itself is an [...]

1/72 scale Aichi D3A1″Val” IJN dive bomber

by Mee Wan on April 24, 2020 · in Aviation · 7 ≡

Greetings all , This is another one of my first time building the famous Aichi D3A1 "Val" Dive bomber which was used by the IJN from the start untill the end of war. This particular kit is an old kit from Fujimi which has 4 [...]

Airfix P-40B in 1/48

by Tony Prince on March 30, 2017 · in Aviation · 18 ≡

Being a veteran of two Monogram P-40s, one by Trumpeter & another by Academy, I really looked forward to the Airfix offering. There were few issues & none that couldn't be corrected easily, although the spinner nearly defeated me - [...]