Tamiya scale model kits
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Time for another Porsche
This is another Tamiya 1/24 kit, this time the Porsche 934 Turbo RSR. Based on the 930 Turbo road car, the 934 was developed to race in the then Group 4 racing category started in 1976. The 2993cc engine had a maximum output of 485 bhp, [...]
Kitbashed ICM TF-51D Mustang
The TF-51D was created by North American when the venerable Mustang was being given to smaller air forces whose pilots were thought to not be experienced enough to deal with the high-powered F-51D, North American built two prototypes, and [...]
Another Tamiya P-51D
The 353rd Fighter Group hasn't gotten a lot of love from the decal makers. This is Group Commander Glenn Duncan's "Dove of Peace X." Duncan was shot down over Holland in "Dove of Peace IX", a P-47D, in the fall of 1944 [...]
Tamiya 1/48 F-16CJ
Hello iModelers! Here is my Tamiya F-16CJ, OOB. Not much to say except it was a fun and well engineered kit, and I highly recommend it!
Tamiya P-51K/Mustang IV
Tamiya P-51D turned into a P-51K using the Aeroproducts prop blades for the Eduard P-39Q (4-blad) prop and Red Roo decals with Falcon "Dallas" canopy. 3 Squadron RAAF in Italy, Spring 1945. Most RAF Mustang IVs came from the [...]
Tamiya 1/48th MiG-15 N. Korean Air Force, Korean War 1952
To say the nifty Tamiya Mig-15 was a joy to build would not say enough how fun it was to build. Though reading that the tail is more MiG-17 than how the -15 should be is the only negative point of the kit that has been brought up on some [...]
Tamiya 1/35 Challenger 2
Dont you just love building these Tamiya kits, there so well made. This was one of the first tanks I built when I took up the hobby when I retired. Two years later I had another go at it because I wasnt happy with the result. I am more or [...]
Tamiya P-51Ds of the 357th FG
Here's Old Crow in the later scheme after the camouflage paint was removed. Also John B. England's "Missouri Armada" (with individual ID letter wrong - never trust decal instructions!) and Clarence Weaver's well-known [...]
Tamiya P-51Ds of the 354th Fighter Group
These were done around 2002-03. True Details cockpits and Falcon canopies.
"Eagle"
Glenn Eagleston was one of the original pilots in the "Pioneer Mustang" 354th Fighter Group and the group's top-scoring ace. [...]
Tamiya P-51Ds of the 361st Fighter Group
Two P-51Ds done around 15 years ago. "Lou IV," flown by group commander Thomas Christian, and "E2-S" flown by Urban Drew.
Both kits done with the True Details resin cockpit and Falcon vacuform canopies. "E2-S" [...]
