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Tamiya FW-190 A3 > A2 1/72
The aircraft, "blue 2" of Leopold (Poldi) Wenger was stationed in Caen-Carpiquet France in the middle of August 1942. This plane has no outer armor in the wings, probably to compensate the weight of the bomb.
On 19 August 1942, [...]
Tamiya 1/48 Sd.Kfz 234/2 Puma
OK... my latest attempt at dirtying armor.
Used most of the Hauler P-E set... the jerry can straps were really "fun". Also used an RB turned aluminum barrel, Aber "feelers" (? dunno what they're called) and added [...]
FAA Skyraider Mk.1 & Tow Tractor.
This is a What-if I made a couple of years ago in the markings of a Royal Navy, Fleet Air Arm Skyraider.
The Royal Navy had in fact, operated the AD-4W early warning Skyraider, designated AEW.1 and flown by 849 Naval Air Squadron during [...]
Tamiya BF-109 E 4 1/72 with little Luftwaffe Hangar
The illustrated machine is the white 7 of the Lt. Josef Bürschgens 7./JG 26, Caffiers Aug. 1940, that is, at the time of the Battle of Britain. As you know, the Tamiya kits are a pleasure to build and there are no difficulties to bring [...]
“Year of the Cat” Group Build, 1/35 Tamiya “Panther” Ausf. D, Sd.Kfz. 171, Kursk summer offensive 1943
Greetings everyone !
I finished this one up a few nights ago... when I finished the Russian KV-1 with bolt on applique armor.
This Tamiya German "Panther D" tank has a build thread following this link to the "Year of the [...]
1/35 Tamiya KV-1 Russian tank with Bolt on Armor
This KV-1 was a monster of a tank for it's time... and it caught the Germans by nasty surprise when they first encountered them in combat on the Eastern Front. In fact this tank is probably one of the reasons (along with the smaller / [...]
TAMIYA 1/6 scale KAWASAKI KZ1300 B TOURING
The model of the Kawasaki KZ1300 B Touring motorcycle finally arrived. Needless to say I wasted almost no time in opening the package. I did a visual inventory before opening the plastic bags. The, one by one, I opened them to make [...]
Tamiya Mustang IV..
This is my Tamiya 1/32 P51K done as a Mustang IV of 3 Squadron RAAF in Italy 1945.
There are no decals on this model whatsoever as I wanted to try HGW's wet transfer stencils and I can say that they are a great product.
All the national [...]
1/32 Tamiya Mosquito FB Mk.VI, No 305 (Polish) Squadron
A warning, gentlemen: there's some outrageous and unashamed name-dropping in the following piece, so I'll apologise for that in advance.
Imagine that you are a very young man about to graduate from advanced pilot training at RAAF Base [...]
