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MiG Group Build, Tamiya 1/48 MiG-15 bis, People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) Korean War
This model was built after I was inspired by a fantastic MiG-15 that was built by Tzigkounakis Tasos @t-tasos
I saw the splendid camouflage pattern he painted on his MiG, and I knew that someday I would be building one like his. Along [...]
MiG Group Build, Tamiya 1/48 MiG-15 bis, Major Nicolay Shkodin, 147th GIAP, 5 victories Korea July 1953
This kit was finished last night, and it was part of the MiG group build.
It went together very nicely, and no filler was needed during construction. I had originally painted it and used a hard edge camouflage pattern, but later I [...]
Another Tamiya Spitfire Mk.IX
I’m not going to go into a ton of detail on this build since there are hundreds of WIP builds on this bird out there, but to say it’s many mini-kits in one, is an understatement. After some research I chose Johnnie Johnson’s version [...]
Thank you Gary!
In addition to Chuck, Louis, and Tom, there is yet another person to thank for my growing stash of models. For this post, its Gary Sausmikat! He sent me two Tamiya tanks, a panther and a marder III, as well as the USS Gato. He also sent me [...]
1/72 Scale Revell - PT-109
We all have hear about John F. Kennedy's life via the net, including newspaper print.
While walking around in the hobby shop one evening back in 2012, I came across this 1/72 scale PT-109 model made by Revell. I ask "AL" at the [...]
Tamiya 1:48 Scale, Dewoitine D-520
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays everyone! It's been a wee bit since my last post, but I figured with the end of the year so close at hand, why not?
Anyway, I had this kit sitting up in the stash, and I saw one in a video about the early [...]
Bostwick's colourful P-47M Thunderbolt (1/48 scale
A 1/48 scale Tamiya kit build of Major George Bostwick's extremely colourful P-47M 'Hotrod' Thunderbolt as it was in mid-1945 after shooting down a Messerschmitt Me-262A jet. To celebrate this feat, it was marked with the addition of a [...]
Tamiya 1/24 Porsche Rothmans 956 – 1982 Le Mans winner – Jacky Ickx, Derek Bell
I just finished this kit - good kit with lots of detailing possibilities. I used Indycals decals, Zero 2K primer and paints, and Gravity 2K clear.
All my models: (link)
North American F-51D Mustang
Tamiya, 1/48 out of box build using a mix of kit decals/aftermarket decals to model a F-51D,12th FBS, 18th FBW Korean War.
18th FBW was the last unit to fly the Mustang in combat operations converting to the F-80 in January 1953 while [...]
Tamiya (Italeri) 1/48 Opel Blitz with ACE 1/48 Flak 38 Afrikakorps
Here´s another little armour project my dad did for diversion back in 2015.
Used the Tamiya Opel Blitz boxing of the Italeri kit together with the Flak 38 from ACE. The flak base/mount came from gaso.line, the truck bed enclosure was [...]
