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Dagger!
Monogram's venerable F-102 Delta Dagger. I was able to pick up an original boxing from my local hobby shop and the fit was actually quite good. A few spots were the canopy fit and missile bay door fit if you want them closed. The [...]
Tiran 5
Tamiya Israeli Tank Tiran 5 1:35th scale
What first attracted me to the Tamiya Tiran 5 was the box art. Going across the desert in a cloud of dust, the IDF Tiran looked all tank. The Tiran 5 was adapted from T55s captured during the six [...]
Holy Grail?
George Williams hit the nail on the head with the 1/6 Tamiya kit.
So here's what I'll be building soon. Yes, it's a 1/6 Tamiya Harley with the sidecar. Personally, I consider this to be the "Holy Grail" of the Tamiya [...]
Academy P-38M Nightmare…er, Night Lightning (or) the P-38M in Japan and Why It Matters to Me
Warning: This is a lengthier than usual post, so read on at your own peril.
History of the Bird
The P-38M captured my imagination some time ago, and I decided this point in my return to modeling was my chance to act. In fact, my digging [...]
The Flying Tank
This is the Tamiya 1/48th Ilyushin Il-2 Sturmovik
It's built straight from the box. The only addition was the pilots seat harness. All the paints used were Tamiya acrylics. The wing joint was so good, I painted the fuselage and wings [...]
TAMIYA 1/12 SUZUKI GSX1100S KATANA
Well, this one is now complete. Although an older kit from Tamiya it was a good build. With the exception of just a couple of very minor issues.
Starting off was the usual engine build. Seems that almost all of the Tamiya motorcycle [...]
Review: Tamiya 1/12 Suzuki GSX1100S Katana – Kit Review
This is the opening of the still sealed box of the 1982 release of the Tamiya Suzuki 1/2 GSX1100S Katana.
Even though this model was produced in 1982 the contents were still sealed in their plastic bags. I noticed that NONE of the parts [...]
1/32 Tamiya F4U-1 Birdcage
Another recently completed build. 1/32 Tamiya F4U-1 birdcage built OOB with Eagle Edition decals. I entered it in the annual Sproo-Do model contest and show and it took a gold and Best Box Stock.
Tamiya 175 mm M107 Mechanized Howitzer in 1:35 (#37021), with diorama
Hi all,
I reported twice on this build before, but now I found the time to drive things to completion. This is basically an Italery kit reboxed by Tamiya dating from the late Eighties. I upgraded the mold by adding tubing for hydraulics [...]
M5A1 late Stuart – updating Tamiya’s classic
This is Tamiya's ancient (1974?) 1/35 M5A1 Stuart updated to a late variant by removing the Cullen device, side skirts, adding a scratch built stowage bin on the rear, tow cables from fine solder, replacing all the molded in tie down loops [...]
