Tamiya scale model kits
The Tamiya Database at iModeler
2599 articles
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 [...]
Kawasaki Ninja H2R
Merry Xmas everyone. This is my last build of 2017, the Tamiya 1/12 H2R.
To label the bike a Ninja is somewhat misleading... One would just assume another Ninja would be an evolution of Kawasaki's flagship sports bike... The H2R is a non [...]
Nissan GT-R 'Z-Tune'
Well here's a thing - not a race-car, not an 'exotic', not even a NASCAR, just a VERY fast limited edition (only 20 units (re)built) of one of the greatest cars you've never heard of !
Not going to go in to the history of Nissan's GT-R [...]
Leopard 2 A6
Tamiya's 1/35 Leopard 2 A6 rounds off my current crop of builds before the Christmas holidays.
It's a Tamiya so this is very much an out of box build.
Markings are for an example used by the 5th Company, 203rd Panzer Battalion of the [...]
Tamiya P-51B – Don Gentile’s “Shangri-La”
Don Gentile - The Most Controversial Ace
When I sat down 30 years ago to write “the definitive fighter pilot screenplay” and chose as my subject the 4th Fighter Group in the Spring of 1944 during “The Great Ace Race,” with Don [...]
Modeling time capsules, unboxing a classic Monogram kit
I have a thing for Monogram kits. Not just the nostalgia, which there is a great deal for me, but because they are still decent kits at a good price. I frequent a local hobby shop here in Seattle called Skyway Models. Emil the owner has [...]
Hurry up! the enemy is coming.
Did this a few years ago and was my first attempt at a diorama. The theme was my own idea and made up as I went along. The tank and truck are Tamiya models and the figures are a maintenance crew also Tamiya. The wall was made out of [...]
