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Tamiya scale model kits

100 Years of the RAF, No. 601 Squadron, Egypt November 1942, 1/48 scale Tamiya 61035 Spitfire Mk Vb

Here's another one hot off the press at the "Iron Werks". I finished it up last night. It was inspired by one of Tom Bebout's @tom-bebout wonderful Spitfire builds. This kit is an older Tamiya release from way back in [...]

Tamiya, IDF, M113 AMEV in 1/35

Hi guys, here is my IDF M113 AMEV - Armored Medical Evacuation Vehicle in 1/35 scale. the basic kit is the tamiya M-113 A. I built from scratch all the adjustments that were needed for the IDF version. colors and weathering effects by [...]

News update on Tamiya Spitfire I

For those interested: Kitlinx has the Tamiya Spitfire I next Wednesday - $36 ($34 if you join and sign up) Sprue says next week. LHS says local hobby shops will have it the week after Christmas. (If you have a LHS, the standard price will [...]

1/350 IJN Yamato

One of my older models this time. This is the Tamiyas new tool Yamato with the Pontos advanced set. Some minor modifications and scrachbuild details. I tried to depict her as she was on the morning of her last day in April 7th 1945. I used [...]

Meteor Prototype DG202

This is the Tamiya 1/48th scale Meteor F.1. I made this when it was first released 18 years ago (1997). It came in for a lot of criticism at the time because it had air brakes, and the Meteor F.1 had none. It transpired that Tamiya [...]

Fw-190 F8 Stab/SG2 Tamiya 1/48

Hello my friends There is a long time from my last contribution. Maybe, this kit from Tamiya could be the root cause ? I had a lot of issues with this kit, surprisingly. I have always wanted this scheme for my F8 version, and it was very [...]

Battle of France/Battle of Britain Group Build Entry Finally Finished

...and it only took four years, three months, 1000 plus toothpicks, a roll and a half of Tamiya tape, a variety of adhesives, many trips to the "spares box", countless hours of fitting & sanding, two bottles of the John [...]

Last Details Added to my 1/32 Tamiya RNZAF Corsair

I finally received the stretchy line for the aerials in the mail yesterday and attached the completed assembly using copper and steel wire, Albion Ni-Ag tubing, and a little paint. Next, it will be placed on the shelf where it will remain [...]

1/48 Tamiya Mig-15bis Polish AF Markings

Hello Folks This is one of my latest completed model. This time Mig-15bis from Tamiya. For this build I first time paint my entire model using NMF. For this I used Tamiya AS-12 Silver decanted to the bottle and then sprayed using airbrush. [...]

1/48 Tamiya A6M3 Zero

I was quite dissapointed when I opened this kit. Not many parts, not too much details, it seemed like underestimated myself. But, I had to add at least one Japanese WWII aircraft to my collection, and I did not expect too much from $20 [...]