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P-51D Mustang, "Duchess Arlene", Tamiya 1/48
Hello colleagues modellers
Today I will share with you this legendary 332nd FG Marking Machine piloted by Lt. Robert W. Williams
The model from Tamiya is absolutely trouble-free. I used only a few etchings from Eduard to the cockpit to [...]
Big Beautiful Doll
This is the aircraft of Lt. Col. John. D. Landers, P-51D, Big Beautiful Doll.
This is the Tamiya North American P-51D Mustang in 1/48th scale which came with
Cartograph decals. The model is painted with various shades of Alclad 11 & [...]
Tamiya 1/48 scale Bristol Beaufighter MK VI
Aircraft: No. 604 Squadron, Scotland 1943-45
Years ago (probably decades ago) I managed to grab a copy of the two volume set of Edward Jablonski's book, Airwar. I remember this was the first time I had ever seen or heard of the [...]
Tamiya’s 1/35 Leopard1 A1
Tamiya's very ancient & venerable Leopard1 A1 completed in February 2017.
Though not a patch in terms of detail & perhaps accuracy compared to today's kits (I'm thinking of the Revell offering) - it does to my eye still look like [...]
Tamiya 1/48th Mitsubishi A6M3 Zero (Hamp) PTO IJN WWII
After coming home from Desert Storm, I had the urge to get back into modeling in the early 90's. And I set off to just stick to building aircraft and equipment that participated in Desert Storm. Then Accurate Miniatures came out with the [...]
Yamaha YZR 500 GP racer
Tamiya occasionally decide to re-issue some of their older kits and I was especially pleased when they did a this with this one. Kit no 14001 was the first release in their successful range of 1/12 motorcycles back in 1980. this [...]
Getting Skyraiders right
One of the big problems for modelers building A-1 Skyraiders is that most of the time the model is under-weathered. A friend of mine who flew Skyraiders in Vietnam once told me that the major problem he had with most of the Skyraider [...]
1/48 Tamiya A-1H Skyraider VA-152 Black Spades
Just finished her today. Painted with MRP paints. Wash and stains was the Mig products, Aeromaster decals . Enjoy
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Tamiya 1/24 Scale Subaru Impreza WRC 99
My first 1/24 scale car! Quite a nice size model when finished and good fun to boot. Rather than try and spray the mica finish I left the main body unpainted,
