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Tamiya scale model kits

Spitfire F24 Kai tak ,Hong Kong 1951 1/48 Airfix

How I acquired this kit in the first place is unusual to say the least...a few years ago I was doing a Sunday morning tip run taking garden waste and all those paint tins with one inch of dried up paint that we all keep and god knows what [...]

F-4B VF-143 "Pukin' Dogs"

Tamiya F4B VF-143 Pukin' Dogs Furball Aero-Design 1/48 F-4B Bravo MiG Killers Part One People have hailed this as the "best ever" in the fields of airplane kits, jet kits, 1/48 kits and kits in general. They're right. It's [...]

Tamiya panther V

Only my second tank. All paint, primer and varnish are Vallejo. Easy build. I must have looked at 100s of photos of Panther camp and almost no two were the same. So I found one I preferred and went with that one. Fun to paint. I might [...]

1/48 Tamiya V-1 Buzz Bomb

This was a simple palate cleanser that was a fun little build straight from the box. The figure is from Verlinden.

352nd Fighter Group A collection of models

found on an old drive these models I don't have anymore but are a few of what I made for some of the guys in the group all are 1/48 Tamiya kits using Umbrol Enamels airbrushed with entry level £10 plastic airbrush basic on and off they [...]

A Japanese submarine

By TAMIYA, 1/350 scale. This was the sub that carried four aircraft in the hanger under the conning tower. I chose to not use them. This submarine was to attack the Panama Canal with her aircraft and possibly bomb installations on the west [...]

USS ENTERPRISE (CVN-65) 1:350

39”, took me about a week. I did not paint the hull the traditional red, after taping off and getting the black straight, I was not about to push my luck and do the red with a second tape off. The lines are decals from STARFIGHTER [...]

Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Ia

AirFix 1:72 scale model that went together well. The Spitfire gained immortality during the Battle of Britain in the summer and into the fall of 1940. The main role was to intercept and destroy the Luftwaffe’s fighters while the [...]

Brewster B-339 Buffalo, Tamiya 1/48 (No.61094 year 2004)

Hi all, Already four months ago I received this wonderful gift from my great friend Spiros @fiveten It was the Tamiya 1:48 kit of the Brewster B-339 Buffalo "Pacific Theatre". Since it had the option to build it for the [...]

Tamiya 1/48 Lancaster B I/III

Two Lancaster models are presented here that differ in the engine layout and the H2S radar. Tamiya's venerable Lancaster was criticized for the poor fit of parts, especially the engine nacelles to the wings and (wrongly) for the raised [...]