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Tamiya scale model kits

M107 Final Reveal, the Bien Hoa Proud American

Hello all, I found the time to finalize this build. I reported on it before, in all this has been an on-and-off build for 18 months or so. I added extra detail like hydraulic piping, sharpened the detail based on the field manual for an [...]

1/48 Monogram P-40B

Finished this model a couple of weeks ago and just now getting around to posting it. Picked this old Monogram kit up at of all places a model train show for $5. After I purchased it wondered what I was going to do with it. Consequently, I [...]

FW-190 A4 Eduard 1:48 rollout and review

Hello and welcome to my rollout and short build review of this fairly new kit from Eduard. First of all, no aftermarket parts are used, so this is an “out of the box” model. The only exception is the thin wire (yellow) on the [...]

Kit Review: 1/48 Tamiya 61117, Messerschmitt Bf-106 G6, Part 2 of 2

Here it is, hot on the heels of Part 1. This article has a special meaning for me, since it will be my 100th article posted here on iModeler. Many thanks go out to Martin and his extraordinary team. The first article dealt mainly with [...]

Kit review: 1/48 Tamiya Messerschmitt Bf-109 G6, Part 1 of 2

Once I saw that Tamiya was going to be releasing a new 1/48 scale kit of the Bf-109, I knew that when it arrived at the nearest Hobby Store I had to purchase it. This is a kit that I have been waiting for a while now. After opening the [...]

#4 For 2018 1/48 Tamiya A6M5 Zero

I give you the awesome 1/48 Tamiya A6M5 Zero Battle of Rabaul FG , New Britain Island , Rabaul 1943-44 complete . this is the new tooled Zero that came out a few years ago. Finished with Tamiya paints. Wethered with Mig Dark Wash. Pitot [...]

Project Completed: The 1/32 Tamiya A6M2 Zero

Well I finally completed her. Many of you provided wonderful comments and questions when I posted the past several WIP articles on this complex build. I truly appreciated all the compliments and comments. Overall this was a complex but [...]

Tamiya 1/48 scale Spitfire MK V, racer

This little Spitfire was purchased at the end of WWII by co-owners Horace Hopkins and Copper W. Danielson (C.W.) , and flew out of the Bernard airport in Beaverton Oregon. Originally used as a motion picture prop is was soon modified to [...]

Ki-61 Hien 1/48 Tamyia

Christmas present from my wife 🙂 i don’t build Japanese Planes ussualy so i tried do my best 🙂

1/350 IJN Battleship Musashi 1944

1/350 Scale Tamiya & Flyhawk The research into the anti-aircraft guns of the Musashi warship is not clear. I built this according to the Fly Hawk manual. Fly Hawk Detail up Set is really really good. The difficulty of the work is not [...]