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Porsche 959 – Last post of the year of the Porsche
This the Tamiya 1/24 kit of the Porsche 959, my last post from last year's Porsche collection. I don't normally model road cars and decided to try to do something a little different with this kit. The interior is a typical 1980s colour [...]
Bomber Command Mosquito B.IV
This is the second Tamiya 1/48th scale Mosquito I built when they were first released. The first one I built was the FB Mk VI version. This is the Tamiya Mosquito B Mk.IV released in 1999. Painted with Aeromaster acrylic paint. The decals [...]
Tamiya 1/48th N. American F-51D Mustang Korean War 1950
It's mid July 1950, it has been about a month since the war started when the N. Koreans crossed the 38th parallel invading S. Korea. Cpt James Kerley stands next to his F-51 ready to fly his first mission. One of 145 Mustangs rushed to [...]
Tamiya 1/48 Pz.IIIN (Afrika korps, 1943)
Happy New Year, colleagues! I open this year model of the German tank Pz.IIIN. I started it last year, I collected it in a couple of days, and everything stopped at the stage of painting. And now bravely put aside salads and booze and [...]
Work in progress: Belgian diorama – evacuating the wounded...
Happy New Year to everybody. I have not posted anything in a long time and this morning my good friend, Marc Barris called me and told me to get out of my modeling closet. So thinking about what he told me I decided to post one of my [...]
Banff Strike Wing Mosquito.
This is the Tamiya 1/48th scale FB Mk.VI Mosquito. I made both the FB Mk VI, and the B Mk IV when they were first released. The FB Mk VI was released way back in 1998. It is painted with Aeromaster acrylic. The decals are from Aeromaster [...]
James H. Howard's "Ding Hao!" – Tamiya P-51B
The Tamiya kit, OOB, with Aeromaster decals.
James H. Howard and “Ding Hao!”:
Born in China, the son of Methodist missionaries, James H. Howard joined the U.S. Navy in 1938. After graduating from flight school at Pensacola, Ensign [...]
Year of the Cat F4F Wildcat
Got too busy with the holiday season and also wanted to get one of these posted before the year was over. So, there's no antenna as I couldn't wait for some EZ Line. I should've taken the photos yesterday when it was a little overcast to [...]
Tyrrell 020
Tyrrell 020, Tamiya kit, very simple, painted with Tamiya spray cans and acrylics/Humbrol enamel.
I added little detail, photo-etched bolts and nuts, Studio27 seatbels, wires, cables and some foil to replicate the heat shield in engine [...]
